Feeling the the world is against me.

I was woken this morning at 5am by pain near my left ovary area.  Pretty sure I was ovulating I then tested this morning when I got up and got a second line, paler than the main, but a line none the less - which is still suppose to indicate positive.  Mid-day I had a bit of a change in mucus, but not like it typically is... so when I got home I retested and got a negative (after the first test went haywire and gave me an invalid reading).  So now I really don't know what the deal is.

I guess I'll continue to test this weekend (pretend this morning didn't happen) and hope to get a positive later in at the end of the weekend - when it was suppose to come.  If not, I guess I have them ship it back, I pay for storage, and I pay to ship it back here again next month.  Gee, what a great savings this free sample is turning out to be.  :(

Fill up that tank!

Yet another tank with a specimen is on its way to my neck of the woods as of this afternoon.  I was able to pay the difference and order the ID option donor I had selected, amusingly he is already showing as C (call) on the website, indicating there is less than 20 IUI-prep specimens currently available.

I once again called the doctor first thing in the morning to schedule the appointment, got routed to the nurse line to schedule, and waited most of the day for a return call.  At least the first choice doctor is actually in the office on Tuesday, that's when I am anticipating the next attempt, given my game plan based on my previous post.

Selections made and now I wait

I neglected to report back after I narrowed things down to 4... and then 2.  Amusingly, I ended up with the tallest donor in the batch and one of the shortest (5'9" - that's pretty short for my tastes).  The first choice and taller donor is also ID option, which is great as that is originally what I had wanted to do.  Of course, this means his specimens are a little more expensive.  I have yet to see if I can pay the difference on my free specimen and use him late this month.  I should be ovulating again around the 30th.

ID option means if things work out with her sperm the child could obtain his name and basic information when they turn 18.  Of course, on the other hand I can also see a guy meeting his 30th child being less than excited and as the child might hope to be if/when they met.

Last week I didn't get the most solid reading of a positive ovulation.  There was a line, but it wasn't as dark as it should be - which according to the test is a negative.  I did however the next day have very light bleeding.  So as I was reading some other information I've come to learn yet something else new - that some of us (apparently I'm one of those someones) can have what is called ovulation bleeding.  How that makes sense I don't know but it seems to fit and would explain how many times when I've thought "you've got to be kidding - I'm spotting!"  So, that could be helpful to know to get my rear in for insemination.