Time to donate again?

I've got a question out with the clinic, do they need me to donate again?

I'd like to get to my ten family limit, and most importantly if any of the existing families I've helped would like another brother or sister more donations may be required.

As I've mentioned before, I think it is important for siblings to share a common genetic background - I know how I'd feel if I was a donor conceived child, I'd feel more secure if I had the same genetic Father as my brother or sister.

I'll probably have a vasectomy once our family is complete. Though that may be with this pregnancy, or perhaps the next? Who knows?

Clinic Update

I contacted the clinic recently to find out the current situation regarding their success in using the sperm that I had donated during 2007/2008.

The news that I got was fantastic. I was able to help seven families conceive, of which a number have complete their pregnancies and some are currently in progress.

If you are a Mother or a Father, or someone that is working towards having a child - you appreciate how fabulous this is.

The Thin Blue Line

We did a test today as my wife hadn't gotten PMT which was very obvious :) and she was due AF from yesterday.

We got two lines - the control line - and a very, very faint blue line.

If so then baby'd be due in the first half of June.

We are very excited, scared, and realise that it may be a chemical pregnancy or just a trick of the light - as I did leave the test to develop for 5 minutes longer than we should have.

No Luck this Month

No Luck this Month ... start again in a couple of weeks!

Mechanical Intercourse

Thank goodness the last week is over.

Having Intercourse 8 times in 7 days, at my age, and with my commitments, was quite a challenge.

Loving making under these circumstances is I am sorry to report, quite a chore.

Not only are the number of positions restricted to those which as rather most conclusive to depositing the sperm in the deepest, most correct place, the whole concept of pre-arranged sex is one which is rather less enjoyable than the more spontaneous type.

We'll know in the next two weeks if we were successful - fingers (and legs) are crossed that it all went well.

Either way I'll blog an update.

Sperm under the Microscope

Yesterday my wife and I were watching a television programme about 'The secrets of the cell and of life itself', the programme discussed the improvement in Microscopes and had a section on a rather ingenious linen merchant called Antony van Leeuwenhoek. Amongst his studies and discoveries were blood cells, bacteria, and also sperm cells. The host of the programme procured his own sperm, and looked at it down an antique microscope.

Now, something I wondered for some time, what magnification do you need to see Sperm cells?

A cheap Microscope from a toy shop can be had for £25 or so that have magnification up to 1200x. Would this be enough?

So - I'll leave it for you, the reader to do your own research on Google - you may be surprised.

And my kids may be getting a Microscope for Christmas ;)

Houston We Have a Problem

My wife had her AF a few days ago.

It's not surprising - we are not sure whether we had intercourse at the correct time of the month, and if we did we were probably both suffering from Swine Flu which is hardly the healthiest time to conceive.

This time around we'll work out when she'll be at her most fertile, and try to remember to have sex during that period.

It makes us realise how lucky we were first and second time to fall pregnant straight away.