The sperm bank dash...be warned way TMI about to be shared!

Due to Mark being started on new medication that has been proven to effect the quality of his boys...we have decided (and been supported by) our RE to get some sperm stored....yet another new experience for us...we are so lucky...

so yesterday, after seeing the RE off to the sperm bank we go. Now, it is not as easy as just dropping in...we needed to make an appointment time in which to drop off our sample...more "expert timing" required...just fantastic! So we made our appointment for this morning and headed home...hoping to have an hour to relax before going to get Elliott from school.

This is where the TMI comes in...cover your eyes kids! They now let you get your sample the couple way...not solo. To us this was a yippee...in some way it feels as if we can still have a baby by making love. Still not romantic and old fashioned...but more so then Mark having to get the sample solo.

However...as we got 5 mins from home...the phone rings...who was it...the school nurse! ANd when a school nurse starts a conversation with "don't worry, he doesn't need stitches" the news is going to be bad. SO without listening to another word i told Mark to turn the car for school...and then went back to my conversation.

It seems my darling son, on his first day back at school for Term 3...decided to take on a pole in a duel...the pole is still standing...Elliott did not fare as well. He got knocked down, he jarred his jaw...he got a massive blood nose. So, home we came...for an hour...before he threw up...so off to A&E we went. They were great...took us right in...and checked him over. He has a mild concussion...his jaw will be sore for a few days...but other then that all is OK..phew...home again, home again jiggety jig.

So that then left us with a tricky problem...how do we get our sample...and into the city...with Elliott in tow...Mark has had 3 days off work and had to go back today....so a bit of planning and we came up with a solution...well, the best we could do anyway.

So..before E went to bed I told him he would have a special treat in the morning...that he could have his brekky in the downstairs lounge room with a DVD. I stressed that I had to help Mark with a special test...and that he had to stay put lol. Not my finest hour...but hey...means to an end!

This morning went off perfectly! E thought he was as lucky as...i got everything packed into the car before i turned his movie on. So...then we made with the romance (oh the irony) and collected the "sample"...then off we go once again with me carrying Mark's boys in my bra.

I always imagine what it would be like to be pulled over or in an accident on my way to th sperm drop off (i did it 3 times with IUI). I do stick to the speed limit...but you know...it plays on my mind. I wonder if the cops would take sympathy if I begged for leniency because I was trying my hardest to save the sperm lol

I made it from home to the lab in under an hour...and 10 mins later E and I were back on the street and ready to head home...

and to think...I have all this to do again on Tuesday....isn't infertility fun and exciting!

To add to the excitement...I now have the wait...to see haw many straws they can get...waiting waiting waiting...I should be good at this by now...but i'm not ;-)