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.

CMV Results

Got my final CMV results back, they are all negative and no evidence of infection.

So this is good news for the potential recipient, wherever, and whoever you are.

Not entirely sure why it took so long to get the report to me - the Lab printed the report at the start of July, and the Clinic received the results a few days later. So a delay of a month in posting it to me.

Finally - my arm is not fully returned to normal - I wouldn't say that it is giving me much pain, mostly pins and needles, and mild electric shocks. The sensations become stronger if I've used my arms. It's not the end of the world if that's as good as it gets.

All I want to do is ...

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.

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.

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.