A single woman has revealed she spent her life savings on becoming a mum ahead of her 40th birthday. Lisa Green, from Solihull in the West Midlands, had always dreamed of becoming a mum – but as she got closer to 40, she feared she’d never meet the one. When she was 38 she decided … Read more
A new documentary recounts the story of a 21-year-old British man with Asperger’s syndrome who discovers he has 25 American half-brothers and sisters after he was conceived using donor sperm. Oli Benjamin, from London, was born in 1999 after his mother Jody and her female partner decided they wanted to have a child via IVF … Read more
‘She’s a wildcard’: Evicted Bachelor star Izzy Sharman-Firth reveals the bizarre reason why her mum asked for Locky Gilbert’s sperm By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:12 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 07:13 BST, 24 September 2020 Bachelor viewers were left stunned after Izzy Sharman-Firth’s mother asked Locky Gilbert for his sperm … Read more
World’s oldest sperm is discovered inside a female crustacean that mated and was then trapped in amber 100 million years ago By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 09:15 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 16 September 2020 Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the oldest fossilised animal sperm from around 100 … Read more
As soon as her three-year-old son could voice the words, he proudly insisted to his mother: ‘I’m a girl’. Watching him happily playing for hours at home with his elder sisters’ toys and clothes, Louise Anderson says she knew it was no passing ‘phase’, despite some trying to tell her otherwise. So much so that … Read more
The grieving mother of a transgender teenager is launching a legal bid to stop fertility doctors destroying her child’s frozen sperm. Louise Anderson, 45, plans to go to the highest court in Scotland after learning that samples saved by her 16-year-old daughter Ellie, who died suddenly in July, could be thrown out in days. Ellie Anderson, … Read more
Female body has the final say on which sperm fertilise the eggs to avoid inbreeding and create healthy babies, scientists discover Experts from Finland explored how women’s reproductive fluids impact sperm They found a man’s sperm performs better in a genetically-compatible woman Specifically, those mating pairs with different immune genes are better suited This helps to … Read more
Endangered sperm whales are less likely to forage for food at dawn in some areas of the Mediterranean, underwater robotic equipment has revealed. Unmanned underwater robots equipped with acoustic monitors recorded the sperm whale sounds over several months and thousands of miles of ocean. Sperm whales emit distinct ‘clicks’ to sense objects from reflected sound waves … Read more
Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales and dolphins, known as odontocetes, and is one of the easiest whales to identify at sea. The creatures gained their name during the days of commercial whaling. Whalers thought that their large square heads were huge reservoirs for sperm, because when the head was cut open it … Read more
Katie Price has revealed she wants to expand her family by using a sperm donor. The former glamour model, 42, who is already a mum-of-five, said she’d be open to the idea of having more children, but doctors have warned she’ll have to get pregnant ‘within the next couple of years’ due to delivering four … Read more