I have this problem I thought I might get good advice from the good people here.
I'm happily married and can't really complain about anything in my life, except for one issue, I want to have a child and my wife doesn't. I don't want to end our marriage over it, but on the other hand, I want to know there's a continuity to my family tree, even if I don't get to experience the whole fatherhood experience (I keep being told that I could be an amazing dad though).
I went to the sperm bank to donate sperm, but I was told I'm a carrier of a common virus that is harmless when couples bring children through sexual intercourse, but it's quite dangerous when it's introduced through IVF to a mother who doesn't have it, so even though all other parameters were great, they couldn't use me as a donor.
I told my wife about the idea of the sperm donation and she was ok with it, but now that it's off the table, she thinks this is it, but I still want to know there's a wee baby in a good family that carries something of me with him/her.
Any ideas or suggestions what I should do?
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Snufkin22 · 26/12/2016 19:27
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