Is my wife pregnant?
She has mentioned a few tingles and aches so far.
We didn't have intercourse very frequently during her fertile period due to being so busy with the children, work, and planning and also enjoying some social events for our families.
So it'll be interesting to see if she is in the family way.
If so, then it'd be a Mid-April baby(s).
Testing from this coming weekend onwards may give a hint.
Wednesday 29 July 2009
No Results ... again
A few days again I sent another email to the clinic to ask for the results of the CMV test.
This time I stuck a read receipt to see when they'd read it .... and they'd read it the same day.
Really, this isn't good enough, when they don't need something from me I am treated like something they trod in.
Very disappointing.
This time I stuck a read receipt to see when they'd read it .... and they'd read it the same day.
Really, this isn't good enough, when they don't need something from me I am treated like something they trod in.
Very disappointing.
Monday 20 July 2009
Family Sperm Donation History
I learnt something of interest this month regarding a previous history of Sperm Donation in my family.
My late, Great-Uncle was unable to have children with his wife due to problems with her plumbing, and sometime during the 1950's/1960's he decided that he didn't want his genetic line to end and he became a Sperm Donor. As he lived and worked in London I guess that does narrow down the clinics that he may have donated at.
No doubt records may have been may have been long lost a long time ago, and therefore I have no idea whether he ever had any children due to his donations.
I found this out by chance as my mother was discussing my sperm donations with her sister, I guess totting up all the 'extra' grand-children she had gotten, and her sister mentioned this 'hidden' piece of family history.
I am just sorry that he, or his twin-brother (my Grandfather) never got to meet my two lovely, healthy and superb young boys.
If our next child is a girl then we are going to name her after my Great-Uncle, we didn't see him much, but he was always kind towards me and my brother.
My late, Great-Uncle was unable to have children with his wife due to problems with her plumbing, and sometime during the 1950's/1960's he decided that he didn't want his genetic line to end and he became a Sperm Donor. As he lived and worked in London I guess that does narrow down the clinics that he may have donated at.
No doubt records may have been may have been long lost a long time ago, and therefore I have no idea whether he ever had any children due to his donations.
I found this out by chance as my mother was discussing my sperm donations with her sister, I guess totting up all the 'extra' grand-children she had gotten, and her sister mentioned this 'hidden' piece of family history.
I am just sorry that he, or his twin-brother (my Grandfather) never got to meet my two lovely, healthy and superb young boys.
If our next child is a girl then we are going to name her after my Great-Uncle, we didn't see him much, but he was always kind towards me and my brother.
Friday 17 July 2009
We may have the Swine Flu
My symptoms,
My wife is getting better - though still very tired.
I've had a couple of days off work - and I've only managed to last this long due to drinking pots of coffee every day.
It brought up the question - do we go to a social event where a friend is in their third trimester? We could have made it, it would have been tough but we'd have survived. We decided that it wasn't fair for us to put someone at risk - and although our Doctor would not say for sure that we had Swine Flu - I don't see what else we can have?
If we have got Swine Flu then I can only say we got off with the 'Mild' version. I'd say that it's been almost as bad as having Shingles, but not quite. Plenty of rest, paracetamol, and fluids seem to have helped a lot.
We discussed, do we put off having a child until next year when all this Swine Flu is over with? But what could happen next? Sheep Flu? Hopefully Swine Flu will be all done and dusted by the time my wife gets to her third trimester - but who knows?
I guess this illness probably isn't doing a great favour to my sperm count but hopefully I have a good overhead available and so things will work out fine.
One final thing of note - Swine Flu - it's a very apt name as with all the tummy upsets our house smells like a farmyard.
- Sore Throat
- Oh so very very very tried / can't concentrate / feel dizzy and drunk
- Runny nose
- Aching Limbs
- Tight Chest
- Chills & Sweating
- Headache
- Tummy upset
- Occasional Cough
- Hacking Cough
- Headache
- Very tired
- Tight Chest
- Sore Throat
- Tummy upset
- Chills / Sweating
- Very tired for about 8 days
- Temperature
- Diarrhoea
My wife is getting better - though still very tired.
I've had a couple of days off work - and I've only managed to last this long due to drinking pots of coffee every day.
It brought up the question - do we go to a social event where a friend is in their third trimester? We could have made it, it would have been tough but we'd have survived. We decided that it wasn't fair for us to put someone at risk - and although our Doctor would not say for sure that we had Swine Flu - I don't see what else we can have?
If we have got Swine Flu then I can only say we got off with the 'Mild' version. I'd say that it's been almost as bad as having Shingles, but not quite. Plenty of rest, paracetamol, and fluids seem to have helped a lot.
We discussed, do we put off having a child until next year when all this Swine Flu is over with? But what could happen next? Sheep Flu? Hopefully Swine Flu will be all done and dusted by the time my wife gets to her third trimester - but who knows?
I guess this illness probably isn't doing a great favour to my sperm count but hopefully I have a good overhead available and so things will work out fine.
One final thing of note - Swine Flu - it's a very apt name as with all the tummy upsets our house smells like a farmyard.
Tuesday 14 July 2009
No Results
Just sent an email to the clinic to remind them to send me a copy of the CMV test results.
It really makes no material difference to me what the result is - though if it is negative then I know that it was worth the hassle.
I suspect that the six weeks the Doctor said for a full recovery is probably about right.
It really makes no material difference to me what the result is - though if it is negative then I know that it was worth the hassle.
I suspect that the six weeks the Doctor said for a full recovery is probably about right.
Sunday 12 July 2009
Donor Conceived Perspectives: Voices from the Offspring
My previous posting had been in the back of my mind for sometime and I was spun into action by reading this Blog --- if you are considering Donating --- than take a read.
Stupid Laws
I am very disappointed in with regard to the current Law and Donor Conceived children, here's a couple of rants to get things started:
- There is no law to say that the parents must tell Donor Conceived children that they are Donor Conceived. If the child suspects they can ask the HFEA ... once they reach their teenage years--- but that's about it. I do know there was some talk about putting on the Birth Certificate that a child was Donor Conceived but this it just total stupidity as this makes the information almost public. Surely the answer would have been for the HFEA to send a letter to the child when he/she reached 18 to set up an interview. This'd force the parents to tell the child at an earlier date that they were donor conceived.
- My children have no right to access information about their Donor-Conceived half-siblings. This is just lunacy - why can Donor-Conceived half-siblings request information about their other half-siblings but exclude my children? Total crassness on behalf of the lawmakers
Saturday 11 July 2009
New Project
Yep - this weekend we start off with trying for baby #3.
It's a tough job, of course I'm not enjoying it one tiny bit but it is a burden I'm happy to carry.
It's a tough job, of course I'm not enjoying it one tiny bit but it is a burden I'm happy to carry.
Thursday 9 July 2009
Armed and Dangerous
My arm is almost better.
The recovery was set back by a week or so as on Sunday I had a pushchair to push for a few miles when we had a day out at the seaside.
I've not need to take further pain relief - that is a blessing in itself.
Hopefully by the time my vacation starts in August everything will be better as we have many days-out planned ... and I guess I'll have a pushchair to push.
Actually isn't it funny. We come into this world with little or no hair, unable to feed ourselves, get wheeled around and have no control over our bowel or bladder. And when we exit this world, if we get to a grand old age, history repeats itself?
The recovery was set back by a week or so as on Sunday I had a pushchair to push for a few miles when we had a day out at the seaside.
I've not need to take further pain relief - that is a blessing in itself.
Hopefully by the time my vacation starts in August everything will be better as we have many days-out planned ... and I guess I'll have a pushchair to push.
Actually isn't it funny. We come into this world with little or no hair, unable to feed ourselves, get wheeled around and have no control over our bowel or bladder. And when we exit this world, if we get to a grand old age, history repeats itself?
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