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> I then went and sat in the waiting room while the doctor impregnated my wife. Beautiful phrasing.
Thanks. :) Amusing side note, the doctor was a woman and devout Christian, who believed that she was simply a conduit for God's work, and if you got pregnant it was because God guided her hands well. Also interesting was that she had the highest success rate of all the doctors in the clinic.
This might seem overtly politically correct and I'm actually a bit surprised in myself for saying this, but have you considered changing instances of male/men to just generic families? (e.g., We help families have children vs we help men become fathers). I will state up front, I'm not trying to police language, just pointing out that deciding specific keywords up front affects how people find your business online or…
We live in an age where men can AND do become fathers without a female partner. Both through adoption and through surrogacy. Given that, it would be a disservice to such men who deeply desire to be fathers.
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* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/chan-surrogate-gestat... * https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/29/i-always-wan...
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Facility backup generators activate within seconds of an outage, and are load-tested regularly for 30 minutes. In case of heat/smoke/motion detection, facilities managers are sent smartphone alerts. There are very clear SOPs for almost every possibility. THAT SAID, you can plan for all kinds of issues - power outages, natural disasters, human error, technical error, etc. - but you will never be able to bring risk dow…
> you will never be able to bring risk down to zero. I'd avoid these straw men, trust your customers to understand risk management. > you can plan for all kinds of issues - power outages, natural disasters, human error, technical error, etc Great, I'd love to see this risk modeling. Which sets of components would need to fail in order for a sample to be destroyed? Which components have failed? How often? Are the fail…
First, we are not owed children. No one has the right to a child. Children are human beings, thus persons, not property. IVF commoditizes human life. The result is an assault on human dignity. If anything, the child has certain rights that the parent owes the child in this regard, among them the right to be conceived by parents who do not view her or him like an object to be produced. Attitudes like these also have pernicious consequences. If the weakest among us are not given basic human respect, then it undermines the foundation for all other human respect (insert your favorite social cause here).
Second, IVF often involves the fertilization of multiple embryos. The result is that the remainder are aborted and thus murdered.
I would discourage people from making use of IVF. I also encourage Khaled to rethink engaging in an immoral business such as this.
There are various lesser known surgical procedures that can increase chances of pregnancy, but putting those aside, sometimes we must accept that we aren’t going to have children. Consider adoption. Furthermore, freezing sperm generally indicates a selfish attitude toward procreation that goes back to my first point. I.e., ask yourself why you’re freezing your sperm. Are you prioritizing something above having children like a career or convenience? Are children being treated as an afterthought? You would be better off having children earlier when you have the energy to raise your children.
What is your company policy on racial and ethnic diversity? Would you balance caucasian and non-caucasian banks?
To me the name "legacy" is a huge turnoff, big enough that I probably won't use your service. Maybe it's just me though!
I'd love to learn more! Is there something in particular you don't like? As a marketer (and the growth person on the Legacy team), I've learned you can't build a strategy or business that appeases everyone. Ultimately, a name is just a name. Ultimately, we are working to help hopeful fathers build families.
Could you edit your post and list which countries (and states) you operate in and plan to expand to? I know HN is mainly US based and that many YC startups tend to be US based. But it would be useful for people to know about the geographical reach because unlike online SaaS launches that probably can work worldwide for many solutions, this one has many physical aspects to it.
Yes, of course! I'll edit it shortly. We're live across the United States, and actively working on international expansion to Canada, Europe (via Geneva & London), and the Middle East (via Dubai).
- low-birth rate
- high education
- high per capita income
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> I then went and sat in the waiting room while the doctor impregnated my wife. Beautiful phrasing.
Thanks. :) Amusing side note, the doctor was a woman and devout Christian, who believed that she was simply a conduit for God's work, and if you got pregnant it was because God guided her hands well. Also interesting was that she had the highest success rate of all the doctors in the clinic.
If one's sperm quality is poor, what does Legacy recommend be done about it? Is there anything specific or is it just general health/lifestyle improvements?
Yep - this is a great question and I have tons of thoughts here. First and foremost: sperm quality is an indicator of overall health, and the two are closely correlated. This is both good and bad. Good because living a healthier lifestyle improves sperm quality. Bad because there is no easy fix to improve sperm quality. Supplements are fine, and there is some limited research to support them, but they are not a panac…