It seems weird to me that seemingly all of the sudden salon.com is publishing articles about infertility. All the articles I've seen so far have been basically of the "here's a funny/cynical/hipster-infused/heartfelt perspective on infertility". There's one today about jerking off into a cup to produce a sperm sample.
Again, I somehow couldn't relate anymore. I only vaguely remember giving my first sample and I did have a lot of these feelings: I hoped not to get stage fright on the big day, was wondering what the room would be like, videos or mags or what,...I just had no real idea about what it would be like other than stuff I saw in movies (like the scene in She's Having a Baby for example). Anyhoo, all in all it was easy for me. I for some reason don't get to embarrassed about it and was able to view it as pretty much a mechanical thing I had to do. Unlike the author of the salon.com article I viewed my "job" in the fertility corporation Intended Mommy and I were running as the easy part. She took shots, spread her legs, was generally poked and prodded and looked at with a spot-light in a room of AT LEAST two relative strangers. I jerked off in private into a cup. How bad can that be? Not so bad in the grand scheme of things. Hell, most guys actually jerk off on their own time for no particular reason other than some quick pleasure! No woman volunteers to go to the Dr's office, put her legs in the stirrups and have a vaginal ultrasound with a big wand that is digging around looking for ovaries. It's not fun. Plus, it's almost always followed by a blood draw. Sweet!
Lastly, DO NOT read the comments to the salon.com article! People on the internet (most of them at least) or some of the nastiest most purposefully hurtful people. It brings to mind an old phrase in my mind where the only response to these people is "what makes you think anybody gives a shit about your fucking opinion on something you obviously know almost nothing about."
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