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hoppingpenguin

sas1979

LLCoolJ

sas1979

hoppingpenguin

LLCoolJ

sas1979

When I ordered mine the rep said they didn't except to receive anymore or become available (I assume that means no one has any purchased and stored there) but they did add my name to a waiting list should any become available.

allisonjia

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toriandjake

We were married in 1997 and 6 months later we were ready to get pregnant. And then we waited. And waited. And waited some more. FInally my husband went in and found out he was shooting blanks. The doctor said he could go to a specialist, but my husband wasn't interested. He felt everything happens for a reason, and I was OK with that...at least for a while. Years went by of me surrounded by women my age having babies. The ones that would, whoops, accidentally get pregnant. Having to attend baby showers. I really felt I was missing something in my life. I loved kids, I babysat all the time growing up. I just couldn't imaging life without them. So it was probably in 2002 that my husband finally went in and had more tests done. He found out he has Kleinfelder's Syndrome, which means he has an extra X chromosome and would never have children. He didn't fit the typical profile and it was more a fluke thing that they even performed the test on him. But we finally had an answer. And then he fell back on the everything happens for a reason. That wasn't OK with me anymore and in 2004 I finally convinced my husband we should go the donor route. We picked 1481 because he had many similar qualities of my husband and because he's a negative blood type (so am I). After 2 tries I was pregnant. I was so glad to be able to experience pregnancy, labor, nursing, the whole works. I finally felt I had the purpose I had been longing for. Our daughter was born in April 2005. Then when she was 2, I once again went to my husband and said she needed a little brother or sister. It took 3 tries that time, and in August 2008 our son was born. They are so cute together and I'm so glad they have each other. Unfortunately I was divorced last fall. Among many other issues, we definitely had differences in how to raise our kids. For one he never wanted them to find out how they were conceived. I felt it was nothing they should be ashamed of and had a right to know. But that's a whole different story. Anyway, he would have never wanted me to join a forum like this, and I would have respected his wish. But that loyalty is long gone, so I'm glad I now can be part of this. Oh, and his thinking that everything happens for a reason...I'm thankful my kids aren't genetically his. OK, yes, maybe I'm still a little bitter.