Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[msarkozi]

awe man!!! I was just counting days on the calendar, is there any way he can get home for around ovulation time? I have no idea if this is possible or not, but is there a way he can freeze it while he is gone, and ship it to you?

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Ahh Nato that truly sucks, I hope you can find a sperm place and quickly. Would it be crazy to fly there for a few days?? Yes it would be, I'll shut up now!!xxx

 

[NatoPMT]

yes sassy you lunatic. Now you have me googling flights!! look what youve done. Hmm, with time differences and stuff, it would take about a week to get there and back and stay for the weekend. I bet id get there, and not ovulate cos of the 24 hours flight stress. now that would be a bitch

Mel, hes going to australia, its a 24 hour flight, pretty much as far away as you can get. no viable popping back options

Ive just called the Bridge Clinic where my friend got treated, and its not possible, they want HIV tests and all sorts before they would freeze - the tests we have already had done would count for future reference and shes sending me the stuff on IVF for me to wrinkle my nose up at anyway

she also got confused when i said i wanted artificial insemination, rather than IUI, which i was starting to think about but then she said he needed bloods before they would freeze

i feel a bit better having been told no, like its better to be told no than sit here confusing myself and being annoyed at myself for not making the right enquiries.

 

[vickyd]

Hello again!

Nato 1000 quid for just storing the sperm or doing the insertion procedure as well???? If you only want to store and do a home insemination i think you are right that a sperm bank is the best way to go...Stupid question but cant you get a sterile cup and store in your freezer?

Megg love the fabric you chose...I think it will turn out excellent in the hands of master craftswoman Hearty!!!

AFM im pretty sure that if i wasnt pregnant i would be fired from my job...In greece you cannot fire a pregnant woman for a year and a half after she gives birth. I guess its my hormones or all the shit that happened last week but i cant let anything go at work. Usually when my boss is being an ass i ignore him and just take his verbal abuse. Now i talk back and yesterday i told him to go to hell lol!!! I guess unless i relax a bit ill be looking for a job this time next year!!!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Sorry

Grrr that's so annoying! What about frezzing at home? Is there anyway that would work at all??xx

 

[Sassy_TTC]

LOL at Vicky telling her boos to go to hell, I wanna do that

 

[msarkozi]

Nato I am so sorry!!!!! I really hope there is a option that will work out for this month.

Vicky, it's totally a hormonal thing. I told my boss off last week as well

 

[vickyd]

It would be funny except my boss id actually the owner of the company!!!!!

 

[msarkozi]

oh, that sucks!!! I hope you aren't looking for a new job!! I am sure they will chalk it up to a hormonal thing

 

[heart tree]

I'm still researching the home chill option but it's hard cuz I'm on the bus and there are people standing over me probably reading over my shoulder. I haven't found any good options at this point. I'm so sorry. I love that you looked at flights though!

I know a drunken Christmas isn't ideal but you should go buy yourself a gorgeous outfit (or 3 with all the money you are saving by not flying to Oz). Then buy a bottle of expensive champagne (or 3 to go with each outfit) and make a good time out of it. Champagne and clothes help lift my spirits temporarily.

 

[NatoPMT]

Im gonna tell your boss to go to hell too. Nice one though, i think id be tempted to take advantage of that law. I think you are entitled to feel out of sorts and can tell who the hell you like to do what the hell you want to

You cant home freeze, that was my first googling stop when i discovered about stupid trip to stupid australia. Apparently you can damage the genetics and end up with a poorly baby if any sperm at all survive

The whole price list thing got confusing, but the IUI itself would be £790 extra at the clinic i was eyeballing. I have found american ones where he just does it in a cup and posts it. Stupid england and its lack of questionable internet companies

 

[heart tree]

Vicky you are such a bad ass! You are going to remember this day when your girl is a teenager and tells you to go to hell!

 

[heart tree]

Yeah I saw the one where he puts it in a cup and then posts it. As far as using your own freezer it is impossible as NATO already knows. I looked into this a while back when Tim was going to England. I was hoping to google and find some sort of at home freezing machine but haven't found anything yet. I bet it is the clinics trying to keep a hold on the market. Their charges are outrageous!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Nato - I would ring every tom, dick and harry tomorrow, there must be someone that could do it without all the testing. Bloody hell how hard would it be to put some swimmers in the freezer, stupid companys!!

My friend works for a fertility company in Essex I could ask the question if you want.xxx

 

[vickyd]

Bad ass Vicky who balled her eyes out all evening because she lost it and told her boss to go to hell!!! He just infuriates me!!!!! One of the products i designed in 2009 (after my losses i pulled alot of all nighters in the lab) is doing excellent right now, and at the Dubai trade show there was huge interest from many large multinational companies. So the sales reps came back all enthused and were praising me like crazy. So i saw the look in his eye, "uh oh shes gonna ask for a raise or a bonus any day now" and was sure he would try and pick a fight so that i would be too intimidated to ask. Thats exactly what he did yesterday and the result was i told him off and hence will not ask for my much deserved raise and/or bonus!! Hes sooo smart and im too emotional for my own good....

 

[NatoPMT]

I have told husband its £550 to fly to australia for the weekend, and he is now actually tryingt o talk me into it. I dont think anyone has ever flown to australia for the weekend.

I know that some donors freeze at home with special kits, i read on wiki:

If sperm is provided by a private donor, either directly or through a sperm agency, it is usually supplied fresh, not frozen, and it will not be quarantined. Donor sperm provided in this way may be given directly to the recipient woman or her partner, or it may be transported in specially insulated containers. Some donors have their own freezing apparatus to freeze and store their sperm

but suspect that hearty is right and the market is cornered for a reason

we want babies, not to make clinics loads of money - we are being taken advantage of.

yes please sassy, do ask if poss x

 

[NatoPMT]

if i went to australia and conceived a boy, i would have to call him Sidney.

Vic.. fuck him, ask for your pay rise anyway, sounds like you deserve one. Can your next project be a home freezing kit, we will give you a pay rise then

 

[vickyd]

Sidney is a cool name.... I say go to Australia, fuck the sperm banks and fertility clinics! Cant you stay longer than a weekend?

 

[Jaymes]

if i went to australia and conceived a boy, i would have to call him Sidney.

Vic.. fuck him, ask for your pay rise anyway, sounds like you deserve one. Can your next project be a home freezing kit, we will give you a pay rise then

 

[heart tree]

Yes Vicky, please make an at home freezing kit. Pretty please? We will all pay you.

Nato, go to Australia if you can. I've also known girls named Sydney. It is a win/win situation. Good thing he isn't going to Perth.