Today, I discovered that when my husband agreed to donate sperm so an infertile friend and his wife could have children, there was nothing "artificial" about the insemination. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my husband and I did artificial insemination. At the hospital, they mixed up the sperm and didn't realize until it was too late. I'm now pregnant with a stranger's baby. FML
Today, I learned I’m shooting blanks and can’t have children. My wife’s response was that her brother can be our sperm donor. She has no issue with this. FML
Today, my child-hating friend who vowed never to have any no matter what, announced that she's pregnant. I've had three IVF cycles, spent $90k in fertility treatments, and still can't conceive. FML
Today, I discovered that my infertile girlfriend, who I have been having unprotected sex with for the past two months, is apparently very fertile. FML
Today, a child that was born due to my donation to a sperm bank in 1995 contacted me. My current wife, who I met in 2003, is convinced I cheated on her and is filing for a divorce. FML
Today, we recently found out I'm infertile, and I thought we were both devastated, until my partner posted a drunk video to Facebook, basically celebrating that we will never have, "crying, nappy-shitting, soul-sucking, bank account-draining little sods." FML
Today, I found out that my kids are both my half-brothers, and the fertility tests my wife had us do a few years ago showed that I'm sterile. She didn't tell me until I found the test results in her desk and asked her about it. FML
Today with a DNA test, I found out that my husband is my half brother. 30 years ago his father made a donation to the sperm bank my mother used, and I’m the result. To make matters worse, I’m pregnant. FML
Today, I found out that the reason I hadn't gotten pregnant yet was because my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of his son. He even had the nerve to continously tell me, "it'll happen soon, baby" and let me believe we were trying. FML
Today, I found out that the reason I hadn't gotten pregnant yet was because my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of his son. He even had the nerve to continously tell me, "it'll happen soon, baby" and let me believe we were trying. FML
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_daniellesays_ 10
Then there should no longer be anything "factual" about you two being married.
Chellybelly92 14
Whip his ass. No don't do that. Bad idea. But I'd seriously get a lawyer or a marriage counselor.
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Comments (151)
KamiyaHaine 18
I feel bad for you, OP. =(
lulu889x 22
That's wrong on so many levels? How did you end up finding out the truth?
fmlinact 12
Hmm I also strongly suspect that if it was done this way, then legally he is liable for child support
lulubelles 33
In the UK he would be, not sure about elsewhere. In the clinic the donor and the parents can sign a form releasing the donor from all responsibility. As they went 'DIY' I bet there is nothing protecting op's ratbag husband should they decide to claim from him. Gotta say he'd deserve it too!
kewpiesuicide 29
If they did it correctly, they signed waivers against his right as a parent. Even if the insemination was unprofessional , the rest may not have been.
TheDrifter 24
Here in Canada there was a lesbian couple that used a friend's "donation" and a turkey baster to conceive, when they split he was held liable for child support, regardless of the waiver they signed because it wasn't anonymously done in a fertility clinic. The judge ruled that you can't waive legal obligations, therefore the waiver was invalid.
summerguy97 16
Can't you take the case to a higher court up there in Canada?
TheDrifter 24
It went to the supreme court. You cannot agree to an illegal act in a contract and they ruled that likewise you cannot avoid a legal obligation by contract. Rights you can waive, but not obligations. The woman with custody went on welfare and it was the government going after him for child support.
Frenchtony 17
Wait ! They do this in the French movie "un long dimanche de fiançailles". It's during WW1 and a soldier asks one of his friend, who wasn't fighting at the moment for some reason, to make a fifth child to his wife (they had four children already) so that he gets to come back home, because once you had five children you were discharged. In other words, is your husband's friend in Irak ?
militarybrat 21
Thats not real. I have several military friends who have over four children and they all get deployed
Frenchtony 17
I'm pretty sure it was real I mean it was WW1 so things probably have changed, in almost a hundred years and this applied to French army maybe not U.S.
kewpiesuicide 29
It is proven that having an ****** while trying to get pregnant makes it more effective. However, that probably wasn't his train of thought..
TheDrifter 24
Perhaps it was. But somehow I don't see that line of logic getting him out of trouble.
psuedodragon 23
Actually, that's a myth. Using artificial sperm (basically just a thick liquid made of a compound that would show up on scans) they've proven that a woman's ****** does nothing to contribute to the likelihood of conception. It doesn't "suck the sperm up" or in any other way add an extra boost to the swimmers. So the husband could try and use that as an excuse, but it wouldn't make him any less full of shit.
SuzyTurquoiseBlu 25
I agree. I've got two children, and penetrative sex has never me ******. Female orgasms have nothing to do with the conception process... They are just a bonus.
TheDrifter 24
It's not a matter of "sucking up the swimmers" it's the hormonal changes with an ****** that make the egg itself more susceptible to penetration. A woman can get pregnant without one, but they do make it more likely.
griffy14 9
It doesn't make the egg easier to get to for the sperm. The research I've read on topic suggests that the act of sex and the hormones released during increase the chances for the egg to bind to the uterus.
paigebona 7
No way
thedevilcries 10
Just divorce him, if he would do that obviously you deserve better
lzdawgtwo 3
Ya that might have been something that should have been discussed prior to the donations...good lord!!
Mightytall 35
So maybe you should have talked about all the details before this all happened. But don't listen to the others and file for divorce ... surrogate parenting is old news. It's been done for many many generations. It sucks you found out after the fact, but it doesn't make your hubby a total jerk... just a bit of an idiot.
phillysportsfan 13
It's sad that there are so many comments that assume that marriage has to end because the husband made a mistake.
ParisMilton93 15
Yes he made a mistake...but if she doesn't get pregnant after this attempt...is he going to continue with this method in the following months until she finally conceives?