Today, I'm going to show you how to do home insemination with frozen sperm and
the Mosie Kit. Let's do this.
Hey everyone, for those of you who don't know me, I am Maureen co-founder
of Mosie Baby where we make the Mosie Kit and it features the perfect syringe, in our
opinion, for home insemination which we call Mosie. Today I'm gonna do something I've wanted
to do for a really long time, which is show you how to work with frozen sperm at home.
And hopefully you'll learn something from this video, whether or not you use another
option or you use the Mosie Kit. My goal here is to encourage people on their path to pregnancy
who are working with frozen sperm at home. And none of this would be possible without
our friends at Cryobank America. So a big thank you to Cryobank America for providing
us with this vial to work with today. I will be using this for educational purposes only.
I am very happy with the family that I have so I will not be personally inseminating with
this vial. But hopefully again, like I said, you'll learn something from this process.
This is something I'm so thrilled to do today because we do get a lot of questions about
working with frozen sperm and I want you all to know that it's totally possible to do and
you will be able to after watching this video, understand how easy it is. So if you like
what you see here, give us a like and if you want to subscribe to our channel for more
videos about home insemination. But for now, let's go and do this.
okay, so we've removed
the contents from the shipper. You'll have your cryotank, which is here, and you'll have
some paperwork in the envelope which includes a return label to ship it back when you're
ready. You'll also have your instructions for thawing and your donor information. Ours
is a sample today because Cryobank has prepared us a sample. I have some gloves that I'm using
to open up the cryotank that I got from our local grocery store. You'll be able to use
any sort of latex gloves or the gloves that come with the cryotank as well. So we're going
to cut open the zip tie here and inside is the vial. We'll take off the lid and you can
just do that by slowly lifting it up. And there's a little handle here that you can
use to grip it. So it will be smoking cold, you'll see inside there's some information
on the top about your donor ID and I will pull this out so you can take a look. We can
just put this little holder back in and it will be cold, you can feel it through the
gloves. At this point, I recommend double-checking the information labeled on the vial on the
top with your paperwork and when all looks good you can pop it out. So, to do that just
grab your fingers top and bottom and just pop it out. If you need to you can even pop
it back in like that. For now, we're gonna pop it out as we're gonna prepare to thaw
our vial. So congratulations, you've got your vial out of the cryotank. The next step is
to thaw it. So at this point, you want to follow the instructions from your sperm bank
and today we're following Cryobank America's instructions which actually are very simple
and straightforward. They recommend that you set it on the table, or set it someplace,
at room temperature for thirty minutes. And then, you come back and it should be liquid.
So we are going to set a timer and we'll start that now. This is also a good chance for you
to take a moment and prepare your insemination spot. This should be somewhere comfortable
like a bed or a couch. You'll want to make sure you have your blankets ready, your pillows
ready, your podcast ready, your TV shows ready, whatever it is that you'll want because after
inseminating you'll want a little bit of time to lay there - fifteen to thirty minutes after
you've inseminated. So we will be back when the time is up here and this vial is liquid.
See ya in a few. Okay, we are back, the vial has thawed, and we are ready to transfer to
the syringe. So, a few things to think about here - you'll want your materials ready, your
syringe ready, and you'll want to take a look and confirm that it is indeed defrosted. Here
I can see that it's liquid and I could touch it right now without my gloves and be okay.
For our purposes today, I am wearing gloves but if you're at home, be smart - wash your
hands, and if you're comfortable with it you don't necessarily need gloves for this process.
I mean it is going to end up in your body, so food for thought there. Do what's comfortable
for you. So, I'm going to open up our Mosie Kit here. Inside we have our instructions,
our syringes - it comes with two and we're only going to use one today, and the collection
cup. We recommend that you open up the kit prior and you take a look at the instructions.
This includes information about the actual insemination that you'll do, but it also has
information on the back about ovulation. And, we recommend that prior to even ordering your
sperm, prior to getting to this point, that you have been tracking your cycle, you know
when you're ovulating. This is a huge purchase and it's a huge endeavor obviously so you're
probably already doing that but just incase I mention it here. Anybody whose doing home
insemination you'll want to have a good idea of when you are ovulating ahead of time. And
you'll want to double check it. You'll use an ovulation predictor kit or some sort of
tool at home. And, we encourage you to check your cervix and your cervical mucus on your
own. So, you can look for information on our website how to do that, we'll link it below
as well. So, you're ovulating, you've got your vial, you've coordinated the shipment
of that, but do know (side note) that a lot of the cryotanks can last for a few days,
a week, ten to fifteen days, so depending on your situation, your shipment, and your
sperm bank know that as soon as it arrives you don't have to use it. That there's a little
bit of a window for you to time it with your ovulation. Okay, so the next thing you want
to do is get your syringe ready and we are going to open up the Mosie syringe and you
will with any syringe, but we definitely recommend this with Mosie as part of our instructions
as well, that you pull it back and get comfortable with it and know how it feels, you know just
so you have the confidence for this process that you're comfortable with the shape, the
size, and the push and the pull. Mosie obviously is a little bit different, it doesn't have
a barrel at the tip and it's got a slit opening, so you kind of want to take a peek at that
because as you go to suck it up you'll want to think that through too. When you're ready
and you're comfortable, give it one final big push, have all the air out of that top
and set it aside for now. You may want to have a paper towel as well, there could be
some condensation, you don't want to get any water mixed with the sperm. You want to help
those little guys, those little swimmers survive and mixing it with water is not a good idea.
So, we will then get our jar ready. We'll crack this open. If you were using a known
donor and you needed to travel or you're using your husband, your partner, your spouse - taking
that sticker off there - you could travel with this if needed but today, we don't need
to travel. So we're okay! I'll set that down. Now, we have as you may have seen that this
is ICI in some of our shots. You can order what's called ICI Intra-cervical insemination
vials or you can order IUI vials. So IUI vials are a different amount of semen in the vial.
So, the ICI has a little bit more. The IUI ones are used typically in a doctor's office
but people have used them at home and they've done them with success. Some people like to
order two IUI vials for insemination, we know it's not right for everybody. Do what's right
for you. IUI vials tend to have more sperm in them per count so look at your sperm bank,
talk to them, see what you can afford, see what's right for you. So as we prepare for
the big transfer, key thing to think about. When you pour it in, you want to make sure
that you stay in one spot. You don't want to be dribbling it around, dropping it here
and there, just naturally pour it in. So, here we go. You'll screw it off - it's a screw
top. And you will gently transfer it in. Okay, set that aside. So, I'm going to take our
syringe and I'll begin to suck it up. You may notice it might have that fresh sperm
smell, so for people who have not worked with sperm before don't be alarmed it's very natural.
So I'm gonna begin, I put that slit opening in there. Dip it all the way in, make sure
it's emersed in there and you are going to begin gently sucking up the sperm. I'm doing
it very patiently so that we avoid getting any air bubbles. Now we're at the very end,
there you go! If you do get an air bubble, know that that is okay, even people in doctor's
offices get em. You will just want to flick it, perfect, all the way to the top. And if
you need to you can very gently take the syringe plunger here and just push it right up to
the top. And it is out. If, by chance, you push just a little bit of sperm out, a little
bit of semen out, that's okay too, you're doing your best, you're human. You got this,
you're gonna be okay. So at this point, this is where the fun stuff really happens, right.
You're gonna take this to a private location, your comfortable spot, and you're gonna follow
the insemination instructions either included in your sperm bank's kit or the Mosie Kit.
And from there, I wish you luck. Quick note, a few things to think about prior to doing
this you obviously want to check with your doctor, your local laws - see what's happening
there, and as well you'll want to like I said, make sure you're ovulating, make sure that
the timing is right. Again, a huge thank you to Cryobank America for providing our sample
to work with today. I am so thrilled to be able to do this and we want to hear from you!
Comment below if you have questions, you know where you are in your journey, let us know,
we're happy to help and support you no matter your path, no matter your plan. We love talking
about home insemination. So, reach out to us, we'd love to hear from you. And in the
meantime, we're here wishing you success that you get your big fat positive real soon.