S2 Episode 12: Results May Vary – Inside the World of Sperm Donation – Bound by the Cloak
In season 1 we spoke with Kasi about being a single mom by choice so we decided to delve in to the world of sperm donors. In this episode we hear from a private sperm donor as well as the biological child of a sperm donor. John, a sperm donor from California is a private sperm donor who enjoys helping others create the families they have always wanted. He tells us all about how the world of direct and private sperm donation works. Nate, is the biological son of a sperm donor. After deciding to contact his biological father, his life was forever changed.
Show Notes:
Articles:
‘I had two babies born last week’: the unregulated world of Australia’s online sperm donors by Tory Shepherd (2023)
They Wanted A Sperm Donor. They Turned To Facebook by Alison Motluk (2022)
‘We couldn’t afford fertility treatment so we risked finding a sperm donor of Facebook’ by Dr. Faye Kirkland (2021)
See 15 of the Children Sperm Donor Michael Rubino Fathered: ‘They Are All Amazing to Me!’ by Nicole Weisensee Egan (2017)
Books:
Normal Family On Truth Love & How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton (2022)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro (2019)
Random Families: Genetic Strangers, Sperm Donor Siblings, and the Creation of New Kin by Rosanna Hertz and Margaret K. Nelson (2018)
I’ve Got Dibs!: A Donor Sibling Story by Amy Dorfman with illustrations by Darren Goldman (2017)
Bound by the Cloak 