:-) I'm 37 and an only child so my family were just so excited they didn't mind how I went about it! My dad did keep trying to persuade me to just marry my donor...suggesting romantic weekends away etc...but in a good natured enough way. I have a lot of friends who are also mid to late 30's and single and wanting a child, so they are incredibly supportive and are now planning their own journeys thanks to my example giving them more courage. Its not so uncommon!
We are very lucky in QLD that there is no blocking legislation at the moment but I would not hang about too long if I were you because it is no longer so easy in NSW and VIC. In VIC you have to be infertile to access donor insemination and IVF services through a clinic, and in NSW they have a 3 tries and you are out medicare system. Here things are much much easier - for now.... oh - I didn't check - where are you?
One thing I didn't mention was that going through the clinic meant that we initially had his sperm tested for fertility and mobility - which saved potential heart ache of going through the process and then finding out he couldn't do it! If you donor already has his own children this risk would be reduced. It cost only a few hundred dollars to have this done, and we froze a sample for future IVF use if we had needed to go that far (phew).
anyhoo
must go, my angel is fussing...
let me know if you have any more questions...
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R
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