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Sperm Donor Stories

Stories from our donors

  • James: Altruistic Sperm Donor
    James: Altruistic Sperm Donor

    There aren’t many things you can do in life that would make such a huge difference to someone else, says James*, about his decision to be an altruistic sperm donor.  “It...

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  • Fertility Struggle Inspires Husband to Donate Sperm
    Fertility Struggle Inspires Husband to Donate Sperm

    When John* and his wife were faced with the possibility that they might never have children his whole perspective on life changed.“I suddenly realised that although I hadn’t thought about it,...

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  • Sharing Schemes Help Everyone Says Sperm Donor
    Sharing Schemes Help Everyone Says Sperm Donor

    Sperm sharing programmes are a way in which those having fertility treatment can help others also struggling to conceive. Mark became a sperm donor after his wife began fertility treatment at...

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Stories from donated sperm recipients

  • Long-term struggle overcome with donated sperm
    Long-term struggle overcome with donated sperm

    Donating sperm really does change lives; there are few other things that you could do for someone else that would have such a positive impact. One couple that will always be grateful...

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  • Baby Archie is the Icing on the Cake for Helen and Nicky
    Baby Archie is the Icing on the Cake for Helen and Nicky

    As Helen Smith watches her partner cradle their son Archie, she can still hardly believe that her dreams of motherhood have come true.Being in a same gender partnership Helen and Nicky...

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  • Donor sperm helped Peterborough couple eventually become a family
    Donor sperm helped Peterborough couple eventually become a family

    Louise longed to have a baby with her husband of 18 years, however when attempts to reverse the effects of Tony’s earlier vasectomy failed the couple were becoming resigned to the...

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  • Double Delight for Norfolk Mums
    Double Delight for Norfolk Mums

    When twins Rorie and Logan celebrated their first birthday in Norfolk, surrounded by family and friends, the happy occasion signalled the end of an emotional rollercoaster for their parents Kerry Brookman...

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  • Delighted to have the baby I always wanted
    Delighted to have the baby I always wanted

    With her biological clock ticking loudly, Abigail Simpson, from Norwich, felt that she didn’t have time to wait for ‘Mr Right’ if she was going to have the baby she always...

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  • Donation was the answer for a man told he would never father children
    Donation was the answer for a man told he would never father children

    At 20 Fraser West felt he and his partner Nina were still too young to consider starting a family, but then suddenly his hope of ever fathering a child was snatched...

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  • Generosity of sperm and egg donors helps Julie become a mum
    Generosity of sperm and egg donors helps Julie become a mum

    Single and 40, Julie Norman, from Ipswich, knew the chances of her dream of becoming a mum were slim, especially as NHS funding for IVF was out of the equation. Then...

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