Self Insemination:
Find out how to artificially inseminate at home

Self insemination or DIY insemination is a step you may wish to take if you have been trying to conceive for a long time, but unsuccessfully. It has worked for many couples before, and in fact on alot of online forums women have posted that they've not only had their first baby by performing self insemination, but that they've gone onto have second and third babies via this method!

But why would you try self insemination?

Well, it can be a useful method for couples who have problems with sexual dysfunctions like impotence or vaginismus, it can be useful if the husband can't have intercourse for whatever reasons on the females most fertile time of the month, and of course if you are in a lesbian relationship, or a single woman wishing to have a baby, it can be a viable way to conceive without having to pay the big money to get fertility assistance like IUI or IVF.

Check out this short video about artificial insemination:

Is DIY insemination easy?
How do you do it?

Although this method isn't something you may desire to do, and has been critisized as being too clinical by some, the fact of the matter is, it has helped some couples achieve pregnancy where they haven't been able to before.
For some men they may have motility problems with their sperm, with involves the way the sperm moves. Injecting them up to the cervix can give them a kickstart in their quest to make it to the fallopian tubes where it will hopefully meet up with the egg for fertilization on the path to the uterus.
You will need a 10ml sterile syringe (without the needle on the end!). Have the male ejaculate into a clean plastic container, trying not to spill any of it.
If you don't have a partner, you can use sperm donors thawed out sperm.
Expel all the air from the syringe, than put it into the sperm drawing it back.
Lie down with your knees bent and wide apart. You can guide and direct it to your cervix if you are comfortable (like inserting a tampon), or if you prefer have your partner guide it in.
Make sure the semen is slowly ejected so that it will pool around the cervix and not splash back off the walls.
You can keep your hips raised and elevated on a pillow. Try to lie as still as possible for atleast 30 minutes. It is normal for some sperm to leak out, so don't panic if it does.
But try to keep the majority of it in for the 1/2hr after doing the procedure. Your most fertile days of your cycle is when you want to do this procedure - that is the 5 days leading up to ovulation and the day of ovulation.
Try to do this atleast 2 times in that time frame, preferably 4 times to ensure you've given yourself the maximum chance of conceiving.