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A man has lifted the lid on the world of private sperm donations, including how the man, once dubbed Australia’s most prolific donor, would “boast” online
A man has lifted the lid on the world of private sperm donations, including how the man, once dubbed Australia’s most prolific donor, would “boast” online
Experts have warned about the growing trend towards private sperm donation. Health by Ally Foster 23rd Feb 2021 4:11 PM Each year hundreds of Australian children are born through sperm donation, but strict regulations and costly medical processes are seeing an increasing number of women moving away from regulated clinics and into the murky world of private donation. Private sperm donation Facebook groups, where potential donors and recipients can connect without having to go through a fertility clinic, have grown in popularity...
A 72-year-old retiree believed to be Australia's oldest sperm donor has fathered up to 50 children, all of whom he call his sons and daughters. John Lindsay Mayger began donating in 1978 after his wife suffered two miscarriages, though they later had four children, some of whom have their own families. 'I was traumatised by the two miscarriages and I could start to understand how people who couldn't have children would feel,' he said. He has no idea how many children he fathered from the donations to IVF clinics in 1978 and 1979, but guesses it was about two dozen. John Lindsay Mayger, from...