Psychological support for fathers of artificial insemination donor children

[...] they went in for AID, as the male was detected to have a low sperm count. Successfully treated AID couples show several distinct stages: the couple wanting a child while the woman cannot become pregnant; the investigation of the couple's sterility; the announcement that the husband is sterile; a period during which the couple adapt to this situation; the disappearance of the feeling of guilt, both of the husband, wounded in his "virility," and of the wife, ashamed of her desire for a child; acceptance of the idea of AID; request for AID, uneasiness at the beginning of pregnancy; euphoric continuation of pregnancy; uncomplicated delivery of a child whose father is very involved in its upbringing, and then request for a second child by AID.