#artificial insemination

[oddwomen]

Jet (February 15, 1979)

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Sans Undertale tried to get me pregnant with Joker from The Persona series as a sperm donor. He kept putting the needle in a chicken egg before realizing and then he put it in one of my human eggs. 

Also, The Joker from Batman was there???? 

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Glad you’re back!

I am not too familiar with cetacean reproduction, why did Seaworld use AI for their orcas? I am pretty sure that captive orcas would breed the “old fashioned way”, I understand zoos use AI when the animals are having fertility issues, cannot be introduced, etc.

Hey! You’re correct that orcas are more than happy to breed naturally. In fact, most of SeaWorld’s orcas were indeed conceived through what we in the animal husbandry world call “live cover” (aka, good old-fashioned copulation). 

While it has many uses, in SeaWorld’s case, artificial insemination was mainly used to reduce the need to transport animals for breeding purposes. Back in the old days, if you wanted to breed a male in Florida to a female in California,  you would have to ship one of them to the other, with all the expense, logistics, and stress that involves. With AI, only the semen needs to be shipped. While AI has its own challenges (you have to monitor the female’s follicular development and progesterone levels very closely to ensure she is inseminated at the correct time to achieve conception, appropriately prepare the semen for shipment, and train both animals for the procedures), it allowed animals at different parks to be bred without all the stress and social ramifications of a move.

In short, if the animals already live together and are both fertile, it’s much easier to let them breed via live cover. But if they’re several states away, AI was the way to go.

[bauern-bua]

[chbesamer]

[gracelogan]

Wouldn’t it be funny if to get out of being Decimo Tsuna demanded a paternity test with intent to tamper with the results only for Reborn reveal he’d gotten a second test done in case of this very scenario only for them to realise Iemitsu is not the father but there is a familial connection with the tampered with test.

Upon interrogation Tsuna admits to having switched Iemitsu’s dna out with Xanxus’s dna and it turns out they’re half siblings due to Nana getting artificially inseminated when it just wasn’t happening with Iemitsu on their extended honeymoon.

Squalo, Xanxus and Tsuna are the only ones who thinks this is funny.

[dramioneasks]

Paternity - bguette - M, 25 chapters - Hermione Granger is a strong, independent woman who doesn’t need a man to have a baby. So, she uses the sperm of her entrusted friend, Ron. The baby leaves a rather unsettling feel in his gut from the day he’s born with its striking similarities. Some may even say they look alike.

[fatmagic]

[profic-palace]

Regarding Otacon's Conception...

We already know that Strangelove and Huey are his parents, right? Now, how in the hell would anyone in their right mind, let alone a self-respecting lesbian like Strangelove, want to procreate with or even lay hands on someone as nasty and slimy as Huey?? I propose that Otacon was a test tube baby! One of the first in history, to be exact. Artificial insemination experiments were already having successes in the late 70s, and Otacon was born in 1980. I have a headcanon that Strangelove had some scientist friends who were doing that sort of testing, and offered herself as a vessel as a way to honour the Boss / Joy with a child. Being that the only scientist around her willing to participate in the experiment was Huey, she reluctantly acquired a sample from him, and Otacon was born!

[cbirt]

Smartwatch ECG Signals Transformed into Diagnostic Tools for Heart Failure using Artificial Intelligence

A new study published by researchers at the Mayo Clinic has shown that a smartwatch ECG can accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments. This is a significant breakthrough because it shows that heart failure can now be detected earlier and more effectively.

The research published in Nature Medicine reports a couple of health technology advances, which include an app and backend infrastructure that allow patients to share their ECG data from a smartwatch with their clinicians remotely in a secure and easy way, as well as a modified version of a proven 12-lead ECG artificial intelligence algorithm that can now be used to record ECGs on a single-lead watch.

It has been found in the study that consumer smartwatch ECGs can detect patients with cardiac dysfunction, a potentially life-threatening and often asymptomatic condition.

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[drachmanspy]

is there an acceptable way to ask a friend to donate their sperm to you?

Like I know it's a weird thing to ask, but it is there any way to make it sound less cringey/pathetic?

[orcinus-veterinarius]

What do you think about cetacean artificial insemination?

I have no ethical objections to the use of artificial insemination in any species.

[theshortolivia]

Do you ever wonder who your real parents are

First, thank you for my first ask ever! It’s super cool that I exist to people I don’t face to face know.

I’m gonna assume that by ‘real parents’ you mean biological parents. (Just a note I would try to stop using the term ‘real’ when talking about biological relationships it might offend people). Anyway, I actually do know my biological parents! I have two moms, one of them is my biological mother, and my parents used a non-anonymous sperm donor and artificial insemination to conceive me.

I used to be really uncomfortable about the donor thing as a kid, it weirded me out that there was a stranger involved in my conception. But I love to talk about this now for education purposes and as a fascinating story most people as old as me don’t have to tell (a two mom family having a kid not from a previous hetero marriage in 2000? pretty rare at least where I’m from!) so here’s some further explanation:

When my moms decided they wanted kids they actually chose sperm donation instead of adoption because as a lesbian couple in 2000 Ontario, they would have been pushed to the bottom of the adoption list and it would have been really difficult to get a child basically. So they went with a non-anonymous sperm donor. (This is better than anonymous for a million reasons I could go into another time if you’d like I’d love to talk about it from my perspective as a donor baby!) My moms decided which of them would get pregnant based on who wanted to, health, and family health history. They chose the donor based on a multitude of things: someone who looked like my non-bio mom so I’d look like both sides of the family, someone with good genetics both health wise and characteristic wise (no diseases run in family and family are very smart, creative), and because this donor specifically provided much more information than other did, way more than required. He gave us a video of himself talking about why he chose to do this, family and childhood photos of him, extensive family history including professions and personalities, etc. Then on March 21st 2000 (I’d have to check with my mom but if I remember correctly this is when) at 10am my mom got artificially inseminated and I was conceived. (I think it’s super cool that I know my exact conception date and time btw). Fun (not so fun) fact my moms were common law partners (mostly same legal bindings as marriage in Canada) when I was born but my non-bio mom was not put on the birth certificate out of discrimination (a common law husband to a woman’s biological baby would have been placed on the birth certificate), so, to have legal guardianship over me she had to adopt me. To make things equal my bio mom disowned? me and they both adopted me together! In similar discriminatory fashion, my non bio mother did not originally get granted leave from work and they had to go to court to fight it because a man would’ve. (My parents are trailblazers they’re so cool!)

I can meet the sperm donor if I’d like, he allowed meet ups on his profile at the sperm bank, so once I was 18 I could meet him. I’ve never really cared to though since I don’t see him as anything other than half of my genetic information, i suppose it could be interesting to see what similarities we share since I’m studying genetics but that’s about it. I do think it’s really cool I know my genetics so closely because it’s all written down though. Im half European Jewish on his side and have his eyebrows, and a mix of his and my bio moms hair!

I also know of the other 5 I think? children whose parents used him as a sperm donor scattered around the North America, my parents were in contact with them when I was a baby not not really anymore though, I also don’t really wanna meet them cause they’re strangers to me? Like idk it’d feel kinda weird to make up some connection to them cause we have genetic info in common.

Thanks again for the ask, im pretty much an open book and it’s super cool that I can give my perspective’s answers for questions!

(Sorry this was so long winded and probably disorganized, that’s just how my neurodivergent brain be)

[chbesamer]