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"she should have sex with him" what's wrong with you? who are you to say that she *should* do anything? what a troll.

the recipient pays. or, if the donor is a sperm-bank donor, the sperm bank pays for initial testing, and passes those costs along to the recipients when the sperm is purchased. a vial or "straw" of sperm can cost $600+ and it's not the whole ejaculate, a vial is 0.5 ml of semen.

Royalic and others: turkey baster is definitely an option, but 1) can have huge legal complications (without a doctor inseminating, you can't 'prove' to a court that you didn't have a sexual relationship with the donor, so it can affect paternity down the line). that said, i know several happy turkey baster

or, it's also "probably worth it" to stick your neck out challenge the government's right to require these "necessary fees." i think she's doing a good thing here, and i will be eager to see how it turns out. i saw this firsthand when a friend wanted to inseminate using a "known donor," but ended up needing a

yes, you can 'take him' to PP...and pay for it...every time you you attempt to inseminate. that's the point. um, it's not like all Planned Parenthoods offers free men's blood and urine testing or something.

too bad it costs thousands and thousands of dollars and many insurance companies won't cause it unless you can prove that a direct relative is a carrier. (which, duh, how would they know unless they'd been tested?)

are there mouse gestures for Chrome yet? i couldn't give up my mouse gestures.

This headline (and article) is terrible. I would personally take this study with a grain of salt, because it's partially based on women who miscarried *reporting* whether or not they took Advil. (Don't you think some of them might be a little distraught or feeling irrationally guilty, or otherwise affected?) The

PumkinCat is wrong. Biological sex is defined by a combination of biological factors. Most scientists and doctors would certainly agree that chromosomes do *not* tell the whole story. Hormones, physical sex characteristics, brain chemistry, and psychology all play roles in the formation of sex.

Was it born in the caul?

look into hypnobirthing: http://www.hypnobirthingnewyork.com/

Okay, I'll bite. Is "dottering" a word? Because it's not in Merriam-Webster. Are you referring to how someone who walks unsteadily is a "doddering" old person?