Irrelevant.

Like I mentioned previously, the next step in our conception journey is IVF if this IUI cycle failed again.

Anticipating that possibility of a negative result, Mr. Sperm Supplier (go on, click it) decided that we should get the ball rolling for IVF even though we had to fork out $265 for the mandatory IVF counselling and info session that would be totally redundant if I have already conceived. Nonetheless, he thinks the money spent is well-worth it if it means we will be ready to start the IVF cycle immediately without delay when (if) "Aunty Susan" arrives. Also, he reckons that since our medicare safety net has been reached for this year, it makes more sense to try and complete as many cycles as possible before the threshold resets itself next year.

Satisfied with the calculated decisions, we arrived promptly for our IVF counselling last Friday.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...the session went on until we came to the part where the counsellor asked,"If one of you dies, does your partner have the permission to use the leftover embryos if his or her new partner happens to be infertile?"

(Sure, Ms. Counsellor, this is preciously why we're here for - to will our frozen embryos to the next in line. Thank you!)

If you dissect the question, that's essentially quite a few hypothetical scenarios in succession:
- IF we're moving ahead with IVF,
- IF there are leftover, usable embryos still in storage,
- IF one of us dies,
- IF the survived partner remarries someone infertile.
- IF, for some reason, the infertility cannot be addressed by medical interventions.

Not knowing what to say, I turned to Mr. Sperm Supplier, and judging from his expression, I could tell that he was both as stunned and amused as me. In the end, I somehow managed to gabble a unanimous answer which entailed giving Mr. S.S. permission to use any remaining embryos if the above scenarios were to play out, because I realised the question was irrelevant!
 
I mean, it's not like he's going to remarry if I die tomorrow.
 
Right, Joe? ;)