Lesbian mum 'bought sperm off internet'

This Is London ^ | 1/22/04

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

lesbian who conceived a baby after buying sperm on the Internet has given birth to a boy, it was reported today.

Jaime Saphier, 26, from Merseyside, gave birth to her first child by emergency Caesarean section at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

Her mother Susan Saphier told the Liverpool Daily Post: "Jaime went in to hospital on Monday, but the baby failed to arrive and the doctors were so concerned they decided to perform an emergency Caesarean.

"Jaime said to me 'I can't believe I'm a mum'. I told her I loved her and felt proud she was a mother.

"The baby is beautiful and it felt wonderful to be holding my grandchild for the first time."

Last year Jamie and her partner Sarah Watkinson went public about their decision to buy sperm from the website ManNotIncluded.com after they were refused help from their GP.

They paid about £1500 for the fresh sperm to be delivered to their home where Miss Saphier impregnated herself using a DIY kit provided by the website.

The site's clients are able to select the race, eye colour, height and weight, social background and educational achievement of the sperm donor.

The first single-sex couple to have a baby using the website gave birth in December last year, in south Yorkshire.

Man Not Included founder John Gonzalez told the Press Association this was the website's second birth for a single sex couple.

He added: "These births are very, very important to us, it is like welcoming a child into your own family, it is a very emotional experience for us.

"It proves to our critics that we are a reality, not just a concept, and that we do deliver healthy babies successfully.

"I have not spoken to Jaime or Sarah as yet, I think they will just be getting used to becoming parents at the moment."

Man Not Included is expected to open its first clinic, based in Bristol, in March.

[Redcloak]

There's an eBay joke here somewhere, but I'm not sure how to tell it without getting the thread pulled.

[cjshapi]

It IS true. You can buy anything on the Internet these days. Dare I ask if the DIY kit contained a turkey baster?

[Quick Shot]

Heck on the Internet, I thought you could find free donors... any volunteers

[Grumpy Bear]

Did the DIY kit look like this?

[evolved_rage]

The site's clients are able to select the race, eye colour, height and weight, social background and educational achievement of the sperm donor.

Guaranteed! LOL! Now who was that myopia-suffering doctor who secretly supplied sperm to 200 women.

[aShepard]

....Dare I ask if the DIY kit contained a turkey baster?...

LOL Hey! I've got a whole new marketing idea for Kobe.

The Kobe Bryant sized turkey baster!

[apillar]

I guess all those spam ads were actually are true! I really COULD make $1000 a day working at home!

[JustPlainJoe]

Doesn't EVERYBODY sell their ummm, you know.. on e-bay when they need a few bucks? Or am I the only one? c'mon, fess up guys!

[b4its2late]

This is NOT what I pictured the whole stork story to mean when I was growing up.......

[lilylangtree]

Poor little baby. Hope it's not an ET.

[cjshapi]

Just gotta be careful when preparing the Thanksgiving meal!

I've probably just stepped over the line of gross but couldn't resist.

[baltodog]

I may try selling mine like this.

Last summer, I had a roadside stand next to the nieghbor kids' lemonade stand.

It didn't go over too well.

[Terry Mross]

And here I've been giving it away. Just damn!

[apackof2]

Man Not Included

SICK, SICK, SICK

[gathersnomoss]

Ummm, how am I supposed to fit inside of that thing?

[Spunky]

"Now who was that myopia-suffering doctor who secretly supplied sperm to 200 women."

If I recall he was no beauty either.

[TheBigB]

I tried once to open my own chain of for-profit sperm banks, but when I tried to patent the name, I was refused.

Apparently, "Jack-in-the-Box" was taken.

[gathersnomoss]

Yeah, but who would foot the bills for workmans compensation when your wrist blew out?

[leadpencil1]

"Man No Included" sold to "Brain Not Included".