Your Health Teacher Lied to You

OK, so the most important thing 2 lesbians that are trying to get pregnant is the very same thing that you spent years avoiding: sperm. There were 2 ways we could get it: known or unknown, fresh or frozen. We knew we wanted to use fresh sperm from a known donor. There were numerous reasons this was a good idea for us:
1. With a known donor you are able to get an extensive family history and are able to ask questions later if something comes up.
2. We both wondered about the type of guy that would donate sperm for money. While we’re sure there are wonderful men out there that just want to help childless couples, we’re sure there are many more poor college students that just wanted a case of beer.
3. We wanted to spend less money trying to get pregnant so we would have more money when the baby comes.
4. Fresh sperm are more motile that frozen sperm.

There are 2 donors that we wanted to use. We selected one donor for me and another donor for R. We contacted her donor 2 months ago. We had discussed using his, um…stuff several years ago and he agreed. We just wanted to talk to him again because things could change over the years. It’s also a lot easier to say yes to a hypothetical question than it is so say yes when you know that this is starting in 2 months. He agreed & we came up with a donor agreement which we will be signing it at the first insemination attempt.

That brings be to the actual insemination. Remember that day in gym class when the boys were separated from the girls and you had sex ed? We were told horror stories about people that got pregnant their 1st time. Nameless girls that had gotten knocked up but were virgins...never supposed to let a boy ejaculate anywhere near you. They lied.
I thought I was a pretty smart girl. I paid attention in Biology classes, I know all about mitosis, meiosis, fertilization, etc. I managed to make it through 21 credits of Biology classes and never hear the phrase "fertile mucus." I didn't even know I had that. So, while you were told in Health Class that all you had to do was look at a guy with a hard-on to get pregnant, there’s really a lot more to it.

R and I have been tracking her cycles for what seems like forever. She’s been waking up at 8am everyday to take her temperature. We’ve been examining cervical mucus, position, and color. These are all changes that I didn’t even know occurred. We’ve pinpointed her ovulation days and have a plan for insemination. Today I bought supplies, another part of our deal. I am responsible for making sure we have everything we need for the insemination from the 23 chromosomes to the specimen cup. It’s frightening that you really can buy everything you need online, even the 23 chromosomes. We don't need those though, we'll be traveling to meet our donor in person. My credit card company is going to have fun with my purchases today: specimen cups, needless syringes, sperm friendly vaginal lubricant, plastic specula, and ovulation predictor test strips.

Our first attempt at inseminating will take place around 13 August, depending on R's cycle. She's been ovulating on day 18 for the past 4 months, hopefully the stress of an impending insemination won't change things. Our donor is 400 miles away and we're going to him this cycle & we plan to inseminate 2 times this trip. If we get pregnant our due date would be Monday 7 May 2007. What an incredible graduation present that would be!