Sperm Donation World

Sperm Donation World

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Sperm Donation World episodes

  • Episode 50: From Brisbane to Perth to have a Baby

    Ingrid Stefaniw, 35, who now resides in Brisbane, after traveling abroad and living overseas as a health professional worker which allowed her that flexibility. From the age of 30, she set herself a timeline to find a partner to start a family she gave it a good hard crack, going on over 85 dates on various dating apps with none of them worthy of being her baby’s father.

    Like a lot of people, she took the clinic approach, following a failed IUI and IVF cycle respectively, she finally began her quest for fresh sperm, where she spoke to a handful of donors before deciding to travel across the country to pick me as her donor. We chat about her experience and journey, and how she achieved her first cycle success with a baby due in Feb 2023.

    Follow the Podcast on Instagram @spermdonationworld

    For show notes and to learn more visit https://ivfdonationworld.com/from-brisbane-to-perth-to-have-a-baby/

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 49: After 10 IUI failures, we needed a new plan

    Angela Deliso, 35, from California, always knew deep down she was attracted to women, and with the expectations of society, like many didn’t come out to herself for some time. In 2015 she signed up for a dating site where she met her partner Dee and fell in love and got married. Like most love stories the conversation of children came up and before they knew it they were buying vial after vial from the Cryobank.

    After 10 failed cycles of IUI, Angela started questioning her own fertility and the eternal pressures she felt in not falling pregnant to gift her family a newly desired member. It was at this point she came across Kyle Gordy, a world-renowned donor that had proven success and provided an alternative approach. From the clinical setting to doing Ai in the backseat of a car. Angela discovered she wasn’t barren after all and that all she required was good quality sperm, from one fresh donation Angela fell pregnant and is now blessed with a baby boy.

    For more information on this episode visit the website. https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-49-after-10-failed-iui-we-need-a-new-plan/

    48 min
  • Episode 48: Donating with a Disability

    "AJ" from Los Angeles has spent almost a decade Wheelchair-bound from a freakish accident down at the beach one day just shy of his 24th birthday. Coming from a Mexican-Latino heavily religious family, he always dreamt of becoming a parent one day, and with that unfortunate event that transpired, his fathering aspirations had to be let go.

    Along the way, he stumbled across the idea of becoming a sperm donor, where he could potentially help a couple of families become parents. With restricted travel limitations, and requiring assistance to produce a donation, it's fair to say logistically he had to think outside the box to make such a gift come true. AJ is a pioneer for those donating with a disability and sheds some insight that may hopefully inspire others to follow suit.

    For more information about this episode visit 

    https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-48-donating-with-a-disability/

    If you're in a wheelchair and would like to become a donor join Sperm Donation USA today.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/spermdonationusa

    58 min
  • Episode 47: Fertility Fraud, Doctors impregnating their own patients

    On the Eve, of the Netflix premiere release of Our Father, which highlights the fertility fraud of Doctor Donald Cline from Indianapolis who sired countless amounts of children without patient consent. What better time to speak to a person that found themselves a victim of similar circumstances meet Eve Andrews Wiley from Texas who shares her story and her own hardships from being doctor-conceived.

    Eve's thought to be father Doug died at the age of 7, she later found out at 16 through snooping through her mother's emails that she was donor-conceived.  From there she tracked down Donor 106 "Steve" who was registered as her donor only to find out later he wasn't after forming a strong bond with him. Through her home detective work, she found out she was conceived with her parent's own fertility doctor. Eve has spent her time since pushing for changes in legislation holding those accountable that participated in such heinous acts, to date she has discovered over 60 doctors worldwide that thought this was acceptable practice to partake in.

    For more information about this episode and links to Eve Wiley visit 

    https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-47-fertility-fraud-doctors-impregnating-their-own-patients/

    2 hr 36 min
  • Episode 46: Uprooted

    Imagine living almost half of a century and finally being told you were conceived with the assistance of donor sperm back in 1945 in Boston. Well, this is what happened to Peter J Boni, while his mother was recovering from a stroke in her mid-70s it was finally time to tell the big family secret. Peter shares with us his story from becoming an established CEO in the tech world, to losing the man that raised him from depression, through his time in Vietnam and other life-changing events that helped shaped him to become who he is today.

    Since finding out in 1995, Peter has become a fountain of knowledge and a representative for Donor Conceived Peoples rights, and his book "Uprooted" will act as a tool to help push for change and help educate others. Peter shares with us some of his views and perspectives and a bit of history of donor conception and where it might be headed.

    You can buy Uprooted here

    For more information about this episode and information about Peter visit Episode 46: Uprooted – Sperm Donation World


    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 45: Donor Child

    Emma Grønbæk is a Donor Conceived Person (DCP) born in 1996 with the assistance of donor sperm acquired from the Cyros International Sperm Bank in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is now an Author of the book  "Donor Child - A Child of Love". In this episode, we speak to her about her book and her own outlook on what it's like being donor-conceived from a positive perspective.

    Emma shares with us that she has no current desire to meet her donor or any potential siblings out there. Also that her parents ignored the doctor's advice at the time to conceal her conception story and how they actually went about it instead. Most DCP live very normal and happy lives, yet most don't feel the need to speak up about it on social media platforms. So it's lovely to hear a very level-headed perspective.

    You can find Emma's book and more information about her on the website. Episode 45: Donor Child – Sperm Donation World (ivfdonationworld.com)

    Follow the Podcast on Instagram for more information. @Spermdonationworld

    59 min
  • Episode 44: A Heterosexual couple journey - 4 donor babies over 12 years

    Using an Alias "Lily" for privacy reasons from the East Coast of the U.S we explore a journey of a mother who is in a heterosexual relationship married to a man that had a vasectomy who previously had two children with a previous partner. This newly formed relationship ignited a spark for Lily to have her own children and spanning over 12 years with a 4th child almost here she has well and truly achieved this and has become one of the most experienced mothers in using online donors in America.

    We take a trip down memory lane encountering what it was like in the early days of online sperm donation to what they have gone to now. Lily along the way has had to use a few donors and quite often has had to travel a distance in order to reach them, especially for future siblings. She shares with us all her tips about timing, cervical mucus, we talk about her children's personalities and her different donors.

    For more information about this episode visit: https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-44-a-heterosexual-couple-journey-4-donor-babies-over-12-years/

    To follow the podcast on Instagram: @Spermdonationworld

    2 hr 10 min
  • Episode 43: Sperm Jacking

    Sonja Thompson was raised in Fargo Dakota, she always knew from a very young age she was attracted to women and is a sucker for a pretty smile and a cute face. So much so that at the age of 23 in Kentucky her then "hot girlfriend" convinced her she was to carry their next child. Previously Soni had no intentions of ever carrying but was talked into it. From there the only question was where to source the sperm? It was hard finding someone willing to donate it and back in that time there were no Sperm Donation World communities, so a  master plan was hatched to acquire the sperm needed by having a threesome, with a man that was thinking he was hitting the jackpot. In fact, the real prize from that night is her son Andrew.

    Soni now 52 and single shares her life story, from pulling off the ultimate heist, to confronting the man and what led to her telling him and her experiences raising a young man that had his own fair share of issues along the way. Soni and Andrew now in his mid-20s do a podcast together called Thompson Talk which has brought them even closer.

    To find out more information about this episode visit https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-43-sperm-jacking/

    To find out more about the podcast follow on Instagram @spermdonationworld

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 42: The Laws in New Zealand for Donor Conception

    Upon Adam Hooper's pending arrival in New Zealand it's probably best he gets in touch with Nz's most experienced lawyer in the field of donor conception. Introducing Mother of three Jaenine Badenhorst from Rainey Collins Lawyers located in Wellington Who specializes in Litigation and Family Law.

    In this episode, we learn about the rights of donors and recipients and their partners, we touch on a little bit on surrogacy. We talk about donor-recipient agreements. All in all, turns out the laws are pretty good in New Zealand for those who seek to do artificial insemination whether it be at home or at a clinic.

    For more information about this episode visit https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-42-the-laws-in-new-zealand-for-donor-conception/

    For more information on the podcast visit Instagram @spermdonationworld

    51 min
  • Episode 41: Achieving Parenthood (As a Single Mother by Choice)

    Samantha J Richardson was brought up in a small town south of Chicago she is the co-author of the book Achieving Parenthood: The Struggles Are Real, The Hope Is Eternal a book that shares various people's insights and journies to parenthood. In this episode, we touch on Samantha's journey from living in countries such as New Zealand and now Australia where we explore her own struggles towards having her little bundle of joy.

    Like many women before her, she was in a dead-end marriage that wasn't going anywhere and the future of having children with this man was becoming less appealing by the second. She ultimately left that relationship and was willing to explore the single mother by choice option. She came across QFG paid a couple of thousand dollars only to be given a small list of very unhealthy and unappealing choices. That is when she discovered Sperm Donation Australia where she met a couple of donors. Unfortunately for Samantha, she was experiencing fertility issues and stage 4 endometriosis where she was forced back to the clinic route, where she used a known donor.

    To find out more information about this episode and to find a link to her new book visit.

    https://ivfdonationworld.com/episode-41-achieving-parenthood-as-a-single-mother-by-choice/

    To follow the podcast on Instagram @Spermdonationworld

    1 hr 18 min

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