Is a fertility group for patients using donor sperm for you?
Your diagnosis is male factor infertility. Your physician has asked you to consider donor sperm. Or you have moved forward with a donor sperm treatment plan. If this is true, this coaching group is especially for you.
Whatever your particular situation.
Maybe your physician has diagnosed problems with sperm production, or sperm transport, or sperm motility. Maybe there are anatomical problems, or you’ve been diagnosed with blockage. Maybe there is infection. Whatever the diagnosis behind your infertility that has led you to consider donor sperm, you will find a tremendous benefit within this coaching group.
Regardless of where you are in the process.
It may have just been discovered that donor sperm is your only option and you have just begun your research and exploration of the facts. Or maybe you are in the process of treatment and have had donor sperm inseminations performed.
Regardless of where you are at in the process, this coaching group is an opportunity for you to connect with other individuals and couples who are experiencing the same thing as you. This is an opportunity to interact with a seasoned and knowledgeable fertility nurse with years of experience in the field and particular experience with couples who have used donor sperm.
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What you can expect in an infertility group for patients using donor sperm.
This group provides an incredible opportunity to receive support – support in many different forms.
Support through relational and emotional issues.
You may be experiencing many different emotions regarding the decision to proceed with a donor sperm. You may be eager to take the next step. You may be experiencing a sense of loss because she was not able to achieve pregnancy with your sperm. You may have much fear because of the many unknowns that lie ahead. You may be experiencing all of these emotions at once.
When male factor infertility is diagnosed, relationship difficulty often develops. Difficulties may arise for many reasons. You may carry feelings of guilt and believe you have let down your spouse. You may feel that you have disappointed her. In fact disappointment is likely to occur. Relationship difficulty can then be intensified by her uneasiness to express her own feelings, not wanting to add to the weight you’re already under.
This is an emotionally charged time for you. The fertility nurse will help you cope with the emotions you are facing and the strain it may be putting on your relationships, particularly the relationship with your significant other.
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Space for open communication and supportive feedback.
This coaching group provides a space to talk openly about the conflicts and feelings that are arising in this process. It is a safe place where there will be listening and empathizing ears. There will also be opportunity to receive powerful and supportive feedback, whether from patients who too know exactly the tensions you’re experiencing or from the fertility nurse who has coached many other couples through this same experience.
Other fertility patients in your coaching group will give feedback on the process, decisions and outcomes they’re facing. What is working and not working for them can provide insight and direction into your experience.
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Focused, relevant, timely support. Sound, compassionate, valuable advice.
You will have many opportunities to ask questions relating to the medical procedures that you and your spouse will encounter. The fertility nurse can answer your questions and coach you through important considerations, options and implications.
| In this group setting, you will have the opportunity to: |
| - Ask questions regarding treatments, procedures and medications; get answers and perspective. |
| - Discuss your experience and explore the impact it is having. |
| - Engage other similarly-situated couples on an intimate level. |
| - Be educated on what’s ahead in your fertility treatment process, and receive insight and direction on your path forward. |
| - Learn what to ask your healthcare providers and receive feedback on how to make the most of your time with your physician. |
| - Get input on questions to consider as you go through this process. |
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Guidance through difficult issues and dilemmas.
There will be many tough decisions and interesting dilemmas as you move through this process. For example, you’ll have the opportunity to consider whether you’re going to disclose to your child that they were conceived using donor sperm – that they are not genetically linked to their father. How will you approach this sensitive issue with your child? You can receive input from the fertility nurse as well as your fellow participants who are facing the same dilemma.
There will be opportunity to talk about your feelings toward this issue and many others. What are the pros and cons? How are others processing these issues and issues like this?
The final decisions you make will be yours. And you will move forward with confidence from these decisions knowing that have had the opportunity to speak with others about these sensitive issues and to hear many options and alternatives – an opportunity that few people have.
The power of the small group community cannot be overstated!
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A knowledgeable and caring coach familiar with every facet of the process.
| This group will provide you a great deal of opportunity to interact with a fertility nurse coach. You will be coached by a seasoned fertility nurse who has worked with thousands of patients. She is thoroughly familiar with all the tests and procedures that you will be undergoing. She has over 10 years of wide-ranging experience in the field of infertility and extensive experience in donor sperm procedures. This means that she is thoroughly knowledgeable of: |
| - All the medical terminology. |
| - All the testing and procedures that you’ll face. |
| - All the options and implications that lie ahead. |
| - All the decisions that you’ll have to make. |
| She will coach with your best interests in mind. She will ask questions. She will listen well. She will share a wealth of professional knowledge. Your fertility nurse will: |
| - Coach you through finding a donor sperm program if your center doesn’t have their own. |
| - Help you maximize the time you have with your physician. |
| - Help you work through the roller coaster of emotions that typically accompany this process. |
| - Explore with you the options and their implications and guide you through the difficult choices that lie ahead. |
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A strong, powerful and supportive community.
Another valuable form of support you will receive is support from others in the group. Your fellow group participants are moving through the same experiences as you. They may be at the same point or at a different point in the process. You will benefit from their support, encouragement, wisdom, challenges, ideas and responses.
Participants at different points along the journey can offer insight, dispel fears and lend guidance. They will provide you a valuable view based on the process, decisions and outcomes they’re facing.
| There is much to gain from others in the same situation as you: |
| - Feedback as to what worked well and what didn’t work so well and what could be done differently. |
| - Insight from what other physicians may have recommended to other participants. |
| - Guidance from the questions others have asked their physicians and from the ways they have engaged their health care providers. |
| - Direction from the measures others have taken to ensure they were comfortable with their treatment plan. |
| - Counsel from participants who have successfully ensured that their relationships (with spouse and/or others) haven’t broken down. |
| - Advice from others regarding what areas in their relationships were more apt to break down and why. |
The value of community at this time in your life cannot be overstated. We are not meant to engage these times in our life alone.
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What are the logistics?
The group will comprise no more than 10 other individuals and/or couples.
We will meet by phone for 1.5 hours every other week for a 16 week period.
After your payment is received, you will be sent a phone number and pass code. Just prior to each designated group coaching time, simply call the phone number and when prompted, dial the pass code. You will then be connected to your group.
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