Finding the right man in life is hard enough, but finding the right sperm donor is arguably even harder it seems. We have come across many interesting stories, from British women who sought Danish sperm donors to make ‘Viking babies’ or a woman who traced her sperm donor, fell in love, and married him.
As per a report in Times Now, a 45-year old woman from Ahemdabad approached the Sakhi One Stop Centre run by the Gujarat government after she was impregnated and abandoned by her 35-year old sperm donor who also took her twin sons away from her claiming that they were ‘his’. She had already been separated from her husband and was battling depression amid the entire chain of events that took place.
She had called the center last week seeking shelter, according to Abhayam 181 helpline officials. Explaining the story from the beginning, a counselor recounted how she had met her husband, “She mentioned that she had fallen in love with a resident of Vastral and had married him. After four years of marriage, the duo decided to seek the IVF procedure after they realized that natural pregnancy was not possible.” After the couple met a man who agreed to donate his sperm for the IVF treatment, and the insemination was successful. It is then that she gave birth to her twin sons.
All was well for the couple for the next 5 years, but things became sour when the husband fell into hard times and developed a bad drinking habit. The husband allegedly started arguing with her about how the twins were not his sons, despite the fact that he himself had insisted her to undergo IVF treatment. She tried to assure him that she has no contact with the donor but to no avail. Hence, she started living separately with her sons. She was unfortunately unable to go to her parents for support as the marriage was against their wishes.
The counselor continued, “She started working as domestic help and earned more than Rs 15,000 a month, which was enough to sustain them. During this time, she ran into the donor, who was running a coaching class for secondary and higher secondary students. The donor was aware of the problems between the couple and felt bad about his unwitting role.”
The woman and the donor became friends over time and he shouldered responsibility and started helping her with the kids, TOI reports. After their relationship developed and a courtship began, she discovered that she was pregnant and proposed the idea of marriage to him 5 months ago. But he reportedly refused.
And while she struggled to find work during the lockdown, the donor claimed the custody of the twin kids, calling them his ‘own’. He abandoned her and refused to let her stay with her sons.
