Navigating the new military

HMSosie

So I'm Active Duty and my partner and I are looking to start a family. I will carry as I want to and she doesn't. There are banks that require you to be working with a doctor, does tricare and military support this? We'd like to do the whole process at home, but again don't know how to navigate the system. Any help? Thanks!

ball.and.chain

I don't think that any of our regs are active duty military in the U.S.  There might be someone on the Trouble Trying to Conceive or Infertility boards who knows if Tricare covers IUIs with an RE (reproductive endocrinologist), which is your best option if you do want to go with a doctor.  I would remove your ticker if you're going to post there, though, or at least warn them that you have a ticker.  Which you might want to remove anyway as it says that your baby is overdue and your post says that you're looking to start a family.

There are some folks here who got pregnant at home and were able to get donor sperm sent directly from the bank to their homes.  Hopefully they will chime in.  I believe some banks will ship to you and some will not.

Danni_Girl

Wish I could help, but we are both Canadian Military...

jessicakayroush

My wife is in the Army national guard here in the states. We did not however go through a doctor. We used a site knowndonorregistry.com
Our donor had all of his current medical tests and background on the site. We were able to skype with him prior to insemination and reviewed all legal documents. Luckily we found someone who was exactly what we were looking for.