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Discussion: appt with a clinical social worker?

Created on: 09/08/08 04:01 PM Replies: 3

2beamom



Joined: 09/02/08
Posts: 105
appt with a clinical social worker?
09/08/08 4:01 PM

Hi, everyone, How many of you have had to have an appt with a clinical social worker before being donor inseminated as a single mom to be? I didn't realize this was even a possibility. But saw from someone else's post that it was . I can't even stand the thought of someone deciding whether or not THEY deem me fit to be a mother. Other women don't have to go through this to be a mom, so why do SMBC have to. How common is this required to be evaluated by a CSW? Please let me know.

allyphoe



Joined: 12/21/11
Posts: 36
RE: appt with a clinical social worker?
09/08/08 11:36 PM

The RE we used was the only one in our entire state who would work with other-than-straight-married-couples. (State law specifically allows DI for married couples; DI for anyone else is alegal, so the other REs saw it as a risk not worth taking.) He did require a visit with a counselor, but it was really no big deal - she primarily assessed whether I was competent to make decisions. And we knew in advance that the only person who had ever been dis-recommended by the counselor was turned down on grounds of questionable mental competency.

I find that a thick skin is a useful trait for parents to have, myself. :)

2beamom



Joined: 09/02/08
Posts: 105
RE: appt with a clinical social worker?
09/11/08 3:43 PM

Thanks for the response, what area of the country do you live in. I haven't heard anything about donor insemination on single women being illegal here. I know our local RE does work with single women as I have asked his office.

allyphoe



Joined: 12/21/11
Posts: 36
RE: appt with a clinical social worker?
09/11/08 11:10 PM

It's not illegal here, it's alegal (neither expressly permitted nor expressly forbidden). I live in Oklahoma.
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