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[quote=Anonymous]When we told our twins how babies are made, they were grossed out, so we told them they were actually created by scientists in a lab because we couldn’t have kids the old fashioned way. They found that more palatable, lol. They’re 15 now and have known for years. It’s really no big deal.

We also had male factor. For your son’s sake, it’s really important that you tell him so that he’s aware that he may need assistance conceiving children — male infertility is a unique situation in that it requires the female partner to undergo medical treatment and procedures to treat the male’s medical issue. It would be a lot for your son to learn one day that not only is he an IVF baby, but that having biological children of his own may possibly require IVF.

If I were you, I’d take this recent comment of his as a natural opening to tell him how he was conceived. To spare him unnecessary anxiety since he’s only a tween, I wouldn’t tell him that this has any implications for his own fertility at this time. I’d wait until he’s out of college to break that news. You certainly don’t want him to assume that he can’t get anyone pregnant.[/quote]

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