This is not professional medical advice!! Rather, it is a tutorial intended as a refresher or introduction for medically trained professionals moonlighting plunger-pushers for their partners, or possibly plunger-pushers who have been previously trained by their RE or other physician. An infection in your uterus is NO JOKE! Be careful ladies and gentlebois.
Having said all that, I hope this post will take some of the mystery out of at-home inseminations (particularly IUI).
Have these items handy:
- sterile 'field' (Mr. Mom's nurse word) = sterile drapes
- sterile non-latex gloves
- sterile syringes, 1cc (=1ml) slip tip or leur-lock tip work here
- sterile catheters (or "Tom Cat" catheters, supplied by Insemination Supplies)
- lots of specula (soo much fun.)
- garden or leather gloves
You can find all of these items on Amazon, except the catheters - those we could only find at the link I supplied above.
Swim team
The swim team arrives after a quick trip with FedEx (2-day or overnight). Thanks FedEx people!
Inside the shipping box is the dry-ice tank.
And then we open the lid and we see the dry ice steaming (sublimating actually). Just lift the lid straight up (or follow directions, which should be provided).
Feels like science.
Inside, there is a metal 'cane' holding a vial of the sperm way down in the tank. The 'cane' is the metal rod on the left, which has a cylinder attached. In the cylinder is a little metal rack holding your vial(s).
All items in the tank are COLD. Like the arctic in winter. If your skin touches anything it'll just burn. Worse than licking metal in a Wisconsin December. Make sure you're wearing your gloves when handling items that are fresh from the cold tank. Ok? Ok.
Check out PART 2 for the fun stuff!
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