Donor "naturally inseminates" women, has produced 106 babies (GQ article)

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I would prefer someone hot.

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But these kids may grow up to marry each other! Yuck!

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Anonymous wrote:(shrug) Some women just can't bring themselves to make it with a robot.

I thought the docs use a turkey baster? They use a robot???

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This story is somewhat out of context. Here in the US, you can just walk into a clinic and you will be offered a whole range of options and without the added judgmental remarks/ actions. In Europe lots of thing we take for granted here are either illegal or very hard to get (like DE, surrogacy, sperm banks etc) So these people may be thinking, OK, he is not the best, but he is what he is and there is no mix up. Like that ugly doctor many years ago who used his own sperm b/c he was crazy ...

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Anonymous wrote:The article is pretty funny. Apparently lots of the husbands like to lay in bed with them and hold their wives' hands while he's railing them.

That should bode well for their future relationship.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:(shrug) Some women just can't bring themselves to make it with a robot.

I thought the docs use a turkey baster? They use a robot???[/quote

No, it's a small pipette (think a little turkey baster).

[Anonymous]

I just...no. Not for me, that's for sure! Yuck.

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Interesting read!

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There's an older article in Newsweek about this. Clearly there are people in the US looking for alternate routes.

http://www.newsweek.com/free-sperm-donors-and-women-who-want-them-68233

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The article is pretty funny. Apparently lots of the husbands like to lay in bed with them and hold their wives' hands while he's railing them.

Like in The Handmaid's Tale?

Nailed it.

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Anonymous wrote:This story is somewhat out of context. Here in the US, you can just walk into a clinic and you will be offered a whole range of options and without the added judgmental remarks/ actions. In Europe lots of thing we take for granted here are either illegal or very hard to get (like DE, surrogacy, sperm banks etc) So these people may be thinking, OK, he is not the best, but he is what he is and there is no mix up. Like that ugly doctor many years ago who used his own sperm b/c he was crazy ...

Would just like to add that DW and I (I'm also a woman) have a son from mini IVF and are trying for a second now. We use a directed (known) donor and we had to jump through a ton of hoops - psych consults, donor taking MMPI-2, meeting with a social worker - and pay a TON of money just because we used a known donor. Some clinics refuse to work with you if you use a directed donor because of (I guess) liability. From what I understand, all of this is required when using a surrogate - in fact, it's even more intense I think. So I get what you're saying, but there are still many restrictions here.