Pregnant fast with OvulaRing as a lesbian mom

Interview Q&A

Dear Anastasia, can you please tell us your personal story? How long did you already have a desire to have children?

I actually wanted to have children in my early 20s, but I wanted to wait for the right partner. I finally met her in 2014 and fell in love. We are very happy together and quickly realized that a child would make our happiness complete. In 2016, we actively started planning to have children. We searched for a private sperm donor on the internet and, despite many setbacks, quickly found one.

Due to a family tragedy, we had to postpone our plans to have children for the time being, but our donor remained loyal to us and kept his word to help us until it worked out. So, we tried again in mid-2017. Unfortunately, every donation was unsuccessful. We tried the cup method; nothing else would have been an option for us. Our nerves were on edge and we quickly looked for mistakes in ourselves! Although I always had hope that it would work out eventually, I noticed how the light inside me was getting dimmer and dimmer. At some point, my cycle also stopped cooperating. I think it was definitely due to the stress I was putting myself under subconsciously.

What did you try before OvulaRing?

I tried everything possible and everything that seemed sensible to me at the time. I just wanted to finally get pregnant! I tried a lot of things, such as cycle teas, changing my diet, ovulation tests, measuring my basal body temperature, but also relaxation music and taking folic acid and other important vitamins. But nothing helped, because I was simply not relaxed and was constantly under stress!

How did you discover OvulaRing?

We tried to conceive for almost two years, but unfortunately without success. When my period finally stopped coming, but I knew I wasn’t pregnant, I went to see a gynecologist. The gynecologist suspected PCOS, but said that further tests would be needed to confirm the diagnosis. At the same time, the gynecologist recommended OvulaRing and gave me some information material, which I read carefully with my partner. After a few days of consideration, we decided to try OvulaRing—we wanted to leave no stone unturned.

How long did it take you to get pregnant with OvulaRing?

Last fall, we ordered OvulaRing and tried it out in the next cycle without a donor to familiarize ourselves with it. At the end of the year, we tried it for the first time in a cycle with four sperm donations—unfortunately without success. But it worked in the very next cycle: one sperm donation and a direct hit! So I got pregnant with OvulaRing in the second cycle of use.

After all, OvulaRing is different from the usual methods of optimizing conception: what is different about it? What do you like about it?

Despite some initial skepticism, we were completely convinced by OvulaRing right from the start. I had no stress at all anymore! No more guessing with ovulation tests, is it positive or not? No more constant temperature measurements or daily urination on a strip that can’t tell me exactly whether I’m really ovulating anyway.

With OvulaRing, I was simply relaxed! I could evaluate it whenever I wanted and had time, it reliably measured my temperature and also detected ovulation. The ring was able to tell me that I was ovulating at all, which is very reassuring for a woman who wants to get pregnant. OvulaRing also detected when I was stressed or too active, so I knew what I needed to change. In addition, I always had a specialist contact person available to answer any questions I had.

What else did you try?

For example, I had also tried another fertility monitor based on ovulation tests, but it wasn’t suitable for me. It was hard enough to always urinate on the strip at the same time. But because of my shift work, it never showed the right result. So I never knew whether I was ovulating, whether I had missed it, or whether the device was faulty. I simply didn’t have the same certainty that I had with OvulaRing.

What do you think about the use of OvulaRing?

The application is really easy and very simple. It is comfortable to wear and does not interfere with everyday life at all.

As a woman in a same-sex partnership, how did OvulaRing help you get pregnant?

The right timing to get pregnant is particularly important when using the cup method with a private sperm donor. OvulaRing helped us to make sure we didn’t miss the fertile days.

Do you feel well advised by the OvulaRing team?

Absolutely yes, there was always someone there for me, everyone was very nice, patient, and helpful. Once again, a big thank you for that!

Would you recommend OvulaRing and if so, why?

I am part of a Facebook group for same-sex couples who want to have children, and I have already reported on the success of OvulaRing there. OvulaRing was also new to many of them. Based on my experience and success, some lesbian couples now want to try OvulaRing too. So I have already recommended OvulaRing because I would like to help other women with it. I firmly believe in OvulaRing because without it, our son would not be growing under my heart right now. Every woman who wants to have children should be able to experience this happiness!