Hello- just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this since it's a bit random for answers on generic fertility sites.
I'm planning to start a family in 2014 - a bit early to start thinking about things maybe but the rationale here is that my husband is in the army and goes to Afghanistan in about January next year (or sooner if the army changes its mind). The last time he went on ops we talked about freezing his sperm, essentially, in case he got his legs blown off (it's quite common to also lose your balls). It turned out that on his last tour he had a job which didn't involve him going on patrol, but this time he most probably will, and is therefore in more danger so I'm more keen to do it this time. Obviously if he comes back in one piece we will do it the old fashioned way, but if not it's nice to have a back up! Husband has donated sperm before so if it's not needed it could be donated again. Money's not an issue, and I don't mind spending some cash on what is effectively insurance that we might not need, but I don't want to spend money on something that we might need but won't work.
I have no fertility issues that I know about (fairly regular periods, in the ideal weight range, family history pretty good) so I was wondering if anyone else has experience of using frozen sperm with a healthy partner? I've been told that it's likely that it would have to be via IVF, and I know people who've done that after partners' vasectomies, but not with any positive results.
If anyone can recommend a good facility in either Leeds/Yorkshire or London as well I'd appreciate it.
I'm very scared about having kids, but also scared about not being able to have them. Having taken the decision I now want to make sure I'm in control of as many variables as possible!
Thanks for any advice :) x
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Anyone got any experience of freezing partner's sperm?
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GreenGateGeorge · 21/01/2013 22:18
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