Wow! I have opened the folder containing all of the forms and paperwork that Dr D wanted us to go through and there is so much and it does not seem to be in any order .
I have laid it all out into piles, my pile, his pile and info pile. Hubby has 4 forms to fill in, i have around 15 and the info pile is huge. Some of the forms are quite informative and others are down right scary. There is a form we have to sign in regards to the welfare of the child, we have to declare that we have not had any convictions of child abuse etc, this is because by law UK fertility clinics have to do their best to ensure no child born as a result of fertility treatment is likely to face serious medical, physical or psychological harm. It seems quite harsh and I understand why it needs to be signed but again just another smack in the face , if we conceived naturally we would not have to sign such a form, maybe if all parents to be were held accountable via such a form the world may be a better place !
There is lots of medical consent forms to sign, day surgery forms (for the egg retrieval), each of us has to sign registration forms and we both have to give consent for the freezing of the embryos . There is also form that we have to sign in the event of either of us dying or being mentally unable to make decisions that we agree to our embryos/sperm/eggs being used to create a life. It is something we have never thought of and something we need to discuss before signing. If either of us passed away would we be happy with the other using the embryos and having a child without the other….. I am not so sure.
We currently have another hurdle to deal with at present , I will post about that tomorrow.
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