So say you have someone who wants to have kids, but doesn’t want to have sex. This person is physically normal in every way; she just never had intercourse, and doesn’t want to.
She goes down to the local sperm bank and gets artificially inseminated. Will the fact that she’s a virgin cause any complications with her pregnancy?
Also, would a sperm bank have any problems with inseminating a virgin?
[del]And if she’s Hispanic and has a boy, would it be in bad taste to name the kid “Jesus”?[/del]
By wild ass guess would be no and no.
I don’t know anything that would cause a complication and I see no reason why a sperm bank would have a problem with it.
First off, I’m not an OB/GYN, so I want to put the disclaimer out there that I an not a certified expert. However, as woman who has experienced a lot of infertility issues, I have a rather expanded and precocious knowledge of the femal anatomy as it concerns reproduction.
As far as concerns in childbirth, it would lead to marginally increased pain. Assuming the hymen was not ruptured during an exam or prior to birth to eliminate that pain from the birthing experience, the tearing of the hyman during birthing would add pain… but then again, giving birth is painful! Adding that momentary pain really would not substantially increase her pain level.
Insemination would be able to occur with the hymen in tact. There is an opening in the hymen to allow menstrual fluid (aka blood) out when a woman menstruates. (I would hope that the 11- and 12-year-old girls who get their first periods are not already sexually active and have ruptured their hymens!) Granted, the hymen may be damaged my the tools used for insemination, but it’ll end up being torn when she gives birth anyway. I’m rather certain that if she was desperate to maintain her hymen (and planned a c-section), doctors may be able to work around it. But that’s not a certainty.
Personally, I’m all for the “getting busy” version of conception!