Life as Dad to Donor Insemination (DI) Kids

Scientists Grow Sperm in Laboratory Dish

2012-01-14T14:04:00.006-05:00

Interesting article. Certainly encouraging. Not sure how I feel about the germ cells being hosted by a live mouse. I'd be concerned that my son could be Stuart Little if they could not assure me that the human sperm retrieved would include no mouse cells. Shades of Jurasic Park concerns. But science is amazing. Who would have thoughts years ago that even ICSI was possible and successful. So

Happy 2012 !

2012-01-01T00:38:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year ! Welcome to 2012 !Well the kids are in bed sound asleep after staying up to see the ball drop. It was just us and they were plenty cranky at the end. Nothing special just a night of board games, Chinese food, they called their mom at 11:30pm, and fighting over what TV to watch. again nothing crazy.I did take them swimming for about an hour and a half earlier in the afternoon which

Sharing the Pain of Loss

2011-12-24T13:55:00.007-05:00

This morning I read a post on the Yahoo group Donor Sibling Registry by Allison Rouble of the blog GENdMOM. Afterwards I posted a reply. Both are below."Still Playing Head Games with Myself"It never seems to fail with me, after being married for 11 years and having never used any birth control, having received a diagnosis of male infertility due to unexplained azoospermia and having to use

Post Secret: Sperm Donor via One Night Stand

2011-12-19T00:05:00.002-05:00

One of this blog’s most viewed posts involved a December 2008 postcard that was posted on the popular Post Secret website. That post card was submitted by a donor conceived individual who was envious of adopted individuals because their fathers had not “jacked off in a cup for money”.The below post card was published this evening, 12/17/2011, on Post Secret, and was mailed in by a man who

Year End Updates

2011-12-18T21:28:00.001-05:00

Kids are doing well. They have been speaking with their male half sibling Z from out West on a fairly regular but unscheduled basis lately and the conversations are getting less silly and more “normal” or what passes for normal among 9 year olds. My son J does most of the talking from our side. The kids have not spoken with T, their female half sibling, in some time, my fault not making that

WiFi May Damage Sperm Quality: Study

2011-11-29T11:20:00.008-05:00

An Argentine study is claiming WiFi in close proximity to sperm may damage the sperm's quality. The article in yesterday's NY Daily News is not that surprising as was the conclusion of a 2004 study that use of lap tops causes an increase in temperature to the scrotum and hence sperm causing damage. Just something to think about when working at home or accessing WiFi on a laptop PC. Better safe

Dating Sites and the "Want Kids" Box

2011-11-08T09:50:00.006-05:00

One amusing facet of dating again as a adult is the proliferation of on-line dating sites. One question on most profiles is whether you want kids. Many single women looking to get married also will want to have a family. Not all but many. When some see you have checked off you are done having kids it it obviously closes off some potential relationships. This would never happen but can you imagine

Divorce and Unused Donor Sperm

2011-10-29T16:38:00.007-04:00

Within the past few weeks I signed my Settlement Agreement with my spouse settling the division of our assets, agreeing to all issues surrounding our kids, etc. This agreement will now be filed in the NYS courts and eventually be approved resulting in a final divorce decree. We did not include any section detailing what is to become to the unused donor sperm vials still sitting in storage at the

Will They Misinterpret My Exasperation?

2011-10-23T19:52:00.003-04:00

My daughter's weekly homework packet is due Monday morning. Inevitably when she comes to me Sunday nights from her mother's there is always a large chunk not yet done prompting me to get on my daughter's case about why this much is left undone until the last minute. It usually results in hours of prodding her and both of us becoming very very exasperated.Will she interpret this years from now as

When Finding a Donor or Half Sibs Could Mean Life or Death

2011-10-22T09:37:00.010-04:00

When I first started writing this blog, I came across a number of blogs written by young donor conceived adults mostly from outside the United States. One such blog was "who do you think you are?" written by Narelle Grech. The blog's URL subtitles it as T-5s daughter. She was an opinionated, straight talking, never afraid to be in your face blogger. And she challenged my thoughts and

Participating in Web Chat re "Donor Unknown" Today

2011-10-20T07:55:00.005-04:00

As I noted earlier in the week I will be participating in a web chat today to coincide with the premier of the documentary "Donor Unknown" on PBS website Independent Lens. This movie is an interesting contrast to the Style Network: Sperm Donor as it involves involves young adult donor conceived individuals making contact with their donor Jeffrey, California Cryobank Donor 150. When the Sperm

Parallel drawn between the Donor Conceived and Occupy Wall Street

2011-10-19T17:45:00.003-04:00