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Thread: If you were infertile, but wanted kids. Would you adopt or go to a fertility clinic?

post 1472333851 11-23-2016, 01:13 PM
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If you were infertile, but wanted kids. Would you adopt or go to a fertility clinic?



Let say you have a wife but you were infertile and after 2 years of trying you guys gave up. However, you have a desire for wanting kids. Would you rather your wife get inseminated with another man's sperm at a fertility clinic and raise the kid or choose to adopt?
post 1472333951 11-23-2016, 01:14 PM
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Have my brother donate sperm
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post 1472334001 11-23-2016, 01:14 PM
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adopt
post 1472334031 11-23-2016, 01:15 PM
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Adopt, took us one year of trying before I hit dat spot.

No way I'm having another dudes baby...no way bby.

But srs, we would have adopted
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post 1472334081 11-23-2016, 01:15 PM
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in the wild, it's a huge victory for Male-A if he spreads his genes and *tricks* Male-B into raising his kids while he runs off and does it again somewhere else.


I aint tryna adopt.
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post 1472334351 11-23-2016, 01:18 PM
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I adopted and am thinking of adopting more...adds way too much to life.
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post 1472334371 11-23-2016, 01:18 PM
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I would adopt 100%. There are so many children out there who need good homes. If we were unable to have our own, I would gladly look into adoption as opposed to a fertility clinic.
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post 1472334421 11-23-2016, 01:18 PM
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I'd adopt. No point in bringing another kid into this world who won't be my blood when I can give a childhood to a kid who is already here and would grow up fatherless otherways.
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post 1472334561 11-23-2016, 01:19 PM
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pay money to some genetic god tier chad to fuk/cuck me/my wife semi srs
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post 1472334651 11-23-2016, 01:20 PM
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Adopt, feel bad for the kids who were abandoned and they deserve a normal life
post 1472334731 11-23-2016, 01:20 PM
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For bros who adopt



Do they tell you about the medical history of the child? like all the stuff his mother/family and their relatives had so you can make an informed decision before you adopt a random ass kid and have all sorts of potential medical problems eventually develop srs.
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post 1472335101 11-23-2016, 01:23 PM
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Any self respecting woman would never be with a beta infertile man. If ur infertile op just ask ur bull not to pull out of ur girl
post 1472335191 11-23-2016, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted By bongowongo⏩
For bros who adopt



Do they tell you about the medical history of the child? like all the stuff his mother/family and their relatives had so you can make an informed decision before you adopt a random ass kid and have all sorts of potential medical problems eventually develop srs.
I think it depends where you get them from. If a young couple puts a baby up for adoption I believe they do have this, but if it was some abandoned anchor baby probably not.
post 1472335341 11-23-2016, 01:25 PM
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We spent four years trying for our second. Wife and I both had all kinds of tests done. Had to jizz in a cup twice. She had all kinds of tests and procedures. It was extremely discouraging and heartbreaking going through two miscarriages in that time. We were starting to discuss adoption and I was all for it. But it's a lengthy and stressful process not to mention it can be very expensive. But she ended up getting pregnant and just had our second two months ago.

But to answer your question OP and knowing how difficult and heartbreaking adoption can be I'd prob just let some Chad take her to pound town. My wife's niece said she'd be the surrogate for us when we were struggling. That was awkward.
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post 1472336461 11-23-2016, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted By gixxer0.6g⏩
We spent four years trying for our second. Wife and I both had all kinds of tests done. Had to jizz in a cup twice. She had all kinds of tests and procedures. It was extremely discouraging and heartbreaking going through two miscarriages in that time. We were starting to discuss adoption and I was all for it. But it's a lengthy and stressful process not to mention it can be very expensive. But she ended up getting pregnant and just had our second two months ago.
Congrats brah!




It's funny how couples who want to have a baby find it extremely hard, but then the casual ****** all end up aborting or being baby mommas/daddies.
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post 1472337511 11-23-2016, 01:40 PM
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did you try getting a prostate massage to improve fertility?
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post 1472337801 11-23-2016, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted By bongowongo⏩
It's funny how couples who want to have a baby find it extremely hard, but then the casual ****** all end up aborting or being baby mommas/daddies.
Chit like this is what started me down the path of being agnostic/atheist. Also serial killers living long healthy lives after tons of drug use when innocent kids are getting cancer.
post 1472337951 11-23-2016, 01:43 PM
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i'd just get a dog but thats me
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adopt for sure. of course, being infertile is a broad term. most guys that have fertility problems just have low count, so you can always do IVF. My wife and I are looking at adopting, she doesn't ovulate regularly if at all, and i have low count. IVF has like a 30% success rate and costs about $17K so that's a lot of cheddar to let go up in smoke if it fails.
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning as the correctly performed full squat.
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post 1472339081 11-23-2016, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted By bongowongo⏩
Congrats brah!




It's funny how couples who want to have a baby find it extremely hard, but then the casual ****** all end up aborting or being baby mommas/daddies.
It does suck but you have to remember those irresponsible ones getting preggo are also really young and can get knocked up so much easier. But it is frustrating. We are good friends with a couple in their mid 30s who have been trying just as long as we were. They'd make amazing parents and have the resources to do so but just can't catch a break. Then you have my wife's niece who is with her b/f off and on for the last 5 years. She got knocked up at 17 and had an abortion. Got preggo less than a year later and decided to keep this one. They break up for a year and a half, she becomes a welfare mom struggling to keep food on the table. They get back together and decide wouldn't it be great to have another baby. So they did. Then they got into another fight, he spent 4 nights in jail because of alleged abuse. But now they're back together and it sounds like he's cheating on her again. So yes, it's hard not to get upset with situations like that.
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post 1472339791 11-23-2016, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted By gixxer0.6g⏩
It does suck but you have to remember those irresponsible ones getting preggo are also really young and can get knocked up so much easier. But it is frustrating. We are good friends with a couple in their mid 30s who have been trying just as long as we were. They'd make amazing parents and have the resources to do so but just can't catch a break. Then you have my wife's niece who is with her b/f off and on for the last 5 years. She got knocked up at 17 and had an abortion. Got preggo less than a year later and decided to keep this one. They break up for a year and a half, she becomes a welfare mom struggling to keep food on the table. They get back together and decide wouldn't it be great to have another baby. So they did. Then they got into another fight, he spent 4 nights in jail because of alleged abuse. But now they're back together and it sounds like he's cheating on her again. So yes, it's hard not to get upset with situations like that.
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Been trying for 2 months with wife and nothing so far. Getting scared srs
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Originally Posted By 0p3rator⏩
adopt for sure. of course, being infertile is a broad term. most guys that have fertility problems just have low count, so you can always do IVF. My wife and I are looking at adopting, she doesn't ovulate regularly if at all, and i have low count. IVF has like a 30% success rate and costs about $17K so that's a lot of cheddar to let go up in smoke if it fails.
I know this is a dumbass question but could you collect the ejaculate over a few days and then turkey baste it at home?
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Adopt for sure, but I would opt to adopt either way. It really cannot be overstated how many kids are out there needing a good home and family situation.
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Originally Posted By ClaptonDeCheeks⏩
I know this is a dumbass question but could you collect the ejaculate over a few days and then turkey baste it at home?
There is actually a procedure called IUI that is sometimes called the turkey baster method. it's basically what it sounds like, they separate the good sperm from the bad, then inject it up there. sperm actually need to make it all the way up into the uterus, so manually using a turkey baster won't cut it.
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning as the correctly performed full squat.
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Originally Posted By Ken-O⏩
Been trying for 2 months with wife and nothing so far. Getting scared srs
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Not infertile but also don't want kids. Long term GF also doesn't want kids. If we change our minds somewhere down the line will for sure adopt. Not very likely though.
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Originally Posted By mexanacho⏩
Have my brother donate sperm
that never crossed my mind.
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