Okay, so realistically, the five people who read this, me and N included, I must say we haven't updated in so long because there has been nothing to update. UNTIL NOW!! Now I have tons! I'm brewing a whole coffee pot to stay up long enough to write all of this out! Prepare yourselves...
The last few weeks have been filled with N reading tons of books about this whole process. I was supposed to, but always found other things to do like play on facebook, almost burn the house down trying to learn how to BBQ, watch a movie, or sell my car for a cheaper monthly payment. Finally, I bought "The Expectant Father" because I was told it would be a good option for either male or female readers who aren't the birth mother or simply the partner of the birth mother. I have to say, it's okay, but also quite interesting how they market books to men. I'm stuck having to look at a "New Yorker" style cartoon every other page designed to "hold your interest!" It's like society is saying it's okay for men to need cartoons to stay involved in the baby-makin' process. Come on, society!! Anyway, I learned a lot by reading what I have read so far and N has learned a ton from her books. We are definitely feeling good and ready for this. We've also allowed ourselves to become emotionally involved and attached to this whole thing happening, so let's hope it works out. Otherwise this could take us years to get over! And quite frankly, I don't want to deal with that! :-)
While waiting, we've also been picking out names we like. How crazy, huh? I know we're getting ahead of ourselves but we simply can't help it. No lie. And speaking of getting ahead of ourselves, I bought a baseball the other day so I can play catch with our future kid! Yeah!
Tonight (Wednesday night) I get to give N a shot that will make her ovulate in 36 hours. Friday morning we go into the doctors office at 9am for the insemination. We have to be at the sperm bank next door at 8am to legally release the sperm over to the doctors office. LX 2017, I hope you're ready! Apparently we will be!
I was told by the doctor that I would be able to be a part of the insemination. I'll be allowed to actually insert the sperm. I'm very, very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I've also been practicing the sound effects I will make as I push the plunger. Something like "ccchhhhhoooooi!" or maybe very simply "cha ching!" or whispering very softly as it goes in "Let's go, little guys! Swim on! Swim well!" Or course this is all in my imagination because if I actually did all of this, N would be so turned off her uterus would literally shut itself off as to prevent her from having a child with someone who talks to sperm.
Oh, did I mention Friday is Friday the 13th? We're hoping this means good things for us rather than bad. We're pretty sure it's an awesome thing though. Literally kick-ass awesome.
So after all of this we have to wait another two weeks until we can do a home pregnancy test to see if LX 2017 really is all he's cracked up to be.
Speaking of LX 2017, we ordered his extended family health history as well as his donor essay. Let's hope N's smarts will be enough to make this baby come out right. He openly admitted to donating sperm to "pay the bills" which is something we all suspected anyway, right? It was for some reason just weird to see it openly admitted! He also claims we will be "more than happy with the results" if we pick his sperm. Let's hope so, you conceited fertile man!
Anyway, wish us luck on the 13th. We know it's slightly far fetched that this will work the first time but we're hoping it will. I will be sure to let you all know what happens. Thanks for reading! I love you all!
- D Scissors
