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In vitro fertilization is a very expensive thing to have done. I believe that it costs 12,000 to 15,000 each time it is done. My partner and I were unable to afford such costs so we looked up online ways we could do this at home. The only costs involved were the supplies.

We now have two sons. They are the joy of my life. My wife and I looked into the many different ways that one could obtain sperm and the places where one could become inseminated. To get artificially inseminated seemed to be a very expensive project. So my partner and I looked into an alternate plan.

1. Look on line for Sperm Donors
-Be very careful when doing this. We had several less than scrupulous offers including one where a man said that he and his wife would come over and "do it" naturally.

2. Pick someone who lives somewhat close to you.
-We would pick up "our" sperm in sterile containers (which can be purchased at any pharmacy) and be home within a half hour to inseminate. Keep those sperm close to the body to keep them warm.

3. Make sure that he has official and recent documents that says he is free of any sort of illness, such as herpes, HIV, AIDS, etc...

4. Sign a contract that says that you will not seek child support, and he will not seek any parental rights. You can find various such contracts on the internet that you can reword to fit your needs.

5. Purchase some sort of monitor that shows when ovulation is at it's best time. We used a monitor that showed low, medium and high times. We inseminated during the medium and high times.

6. Keep in contact with the fellow that you have chosen to be your insemination guy. Ours did not charge us one thing. Give him a warning when you read low on the monitor that you will be needing him within a day or two. We would inseminate two to three times each month.

7. Collect the sperm from your donor at a certain time in some sterile or clean container. I used the term clean in the medical sense of the word. Do not reuse containers.

8. Get sterile or clean item to inseminate with. People joke about a turkey baster. In my entire life I have never seen a male the size of a turkey baster. We used 20 cc syringes.

9. When you and your partner are prepared, have the one that is going to be pregnant lie down with her feet in the air (it helps to have something for them to lean on like a wall or the side of the bed. It needs to be somewhere comfortable with some sort of entertainment (like TV) because she is going to be there for 1/2 hour.

10. Insert the syringe in as far is as comfortable to your partner. Inject the sperm into the vaginal canal. Have your partner elevate those hips and legs for at least 1/2 hour.

-We also used an item called "Instead" after the sperm was inserted to keep the sperm from escaping the vagina.

11. Have that pregnancy test available two weeks after the insemination.

12. Don't get discouraged.

All of this information can be purchased online with more detail including sperm donor contract and the legalities of using a sperm donor at

http://www.budgetinseminatio n.com

Good luck. It took us three trys for our first son and ten for our second son. We used the same donor for both boys so they are true siblings. When our OB heard how we got pregnant the first time, she put my partner in the high risk pregnancy group. The second time, she trusted our method much more. There is nothing better in our lives then this family that we have been able to have.

We did seek out an attorney for joint custody. Another thing to look into (if your state allows) is Second Parent adoption. However, those are different subjects.

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