I’ve impregnated more than 180 women after they messaged me online – but now I can’t get a girlfriend
A MAN who has had sex with more than 200 women - fathering more than 180 kids - has moaned he can't get a girlfriend.
Sperm Donor Joe, 51, says he's known as the "angel of the north" after helping hundreds of women have a baby.
He impregnates women that he meets online by “partial intercourse” - sex without kissing or cuddling - NI, natural intercourse, and AI, artificial intercourse.
Single Joe, who uses a pseudonym, has traveled across America, Argentina, Italy, Singapore, The Philippines and the UK donating his sperm.
But despite being busy in the bedroom, Joe, who is not paid for his services, says he struggles to find a girlfriend after getting divorced five years ago.
He explained: "I am still single. It's very hard to find someone who can tolerate this lifestyle.
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"People say they can handle it, but it makes people very jealous.
"A woman wants a man to devote themselves to their child - and I've got so many of them."
Joe refers to himself as the “angel of the north”, for helping women who can’t naturally conceive to fulfil their dreams.
A donor shortage, coupled with the high cost of going private - as much as £2,000 for a single artificial insemination (AI) cycle using donor sperm, or £7,000 for IVF - has pushed thousands of women to find help through social media.
HOW DOES SPERM DONATION WORK IN THE UK?
In the UK, donation in exchange for payment is prohibited by law.
If you donate your sperm through a fertility clinic or a sperm bank, you won’t have any responsibilities or rights towards a child conceived using your semen.
However, as of April 2005, children conceived through sperm donation do have the right to ask for certain information about their donor once they reach the age of 16.
You can find the clinic that is best for you through the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) licensed clinic.
Every year, around 2,000 children are conceived with the help of a donor.
Donated sperm cannot be used to create more than 10 families, with no limits on the number of children born within each family.
According to the NHS, one in seven couples may have difficulty conceiving.
More than eight out of 10 couples, where the woman is under 40, will conceive naturally within a year if they have regular unprotected sex (every two or three days).
He said: “People contact me on Facebook or Instagram or email me and ask me for help and I usually will ask them about their period.
“I use the start date for all my calculations and I put that in my calculator and then we work out a date to meet and we discuss exactly how they want to go about doing it.
“For some people the natural insemination is the most effective but some people are in a relationship where they feel that might cause trouble, so they prefer to do an artificial insemination.
“I help people all over the UK. Right now I have a couple of women who are pregnant because I sent them my sperm by overnight courier.
“So I got those women pregnant without ever meeting them.
“Out of my 180 kids I have met more than 60. There are some kids that I meet on a daily basis and there are some that I often talk with on WhatsApp.”
It comes after women have opened up about using similar services to have a baby.
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Bailey Ennis, 24, decided to go it alone and have a baby via artificial insemination in September 2021 because she was so keen to be a mother.
She became pregnant on her first attempt the following month after finding a sperm donor online — and gave birth to son Lorenzo on July 2, 2022 weighing 5lbs 2oz.
PLAYING IT SAFE
WOULD-be parents should do their homework on how to safely seek a sperm donor, fertility experts say.
Official fertility clinics are tightly regulated, with donors undergoing medical and psychological checks. Sperm donors through these clinics are not the legal parent.
But private arrangements outside clinics are unregulated, with no safeguarding. These donors may be considered a legal parent under UK law.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said: “It’s always safer to have treatment at a licensed clinic.”
According to the NHS, some people get pregnant quickly, but for others it can take longer. It's a good idea to see a GP if you have not conceived after a year of trying.
Women aged 36 and over, and anyone who's already aware they may have fertility problems, should see their GP sooner.
They can check for common causes of fertility problems and suggest treatments that could help.
Infertility is usually only diagnosed when a couple have not managed to conceive after a year of trying.
There are 2 types of infertility:
- primary infertility – where someone who's never conceived a child in the past has difficulty conceiving
- secondary infertility – where someone has had 1 or more pregnancies in the past, but is having difficulty conceiving again
