Mother of transgender teen embroiled in landmark legal battle over her frozen sperm 

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

Mother launches legal bid to stop her transgender daughter’s frozen sperm being destroyed

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

Reproduction: Female body has the final say on which sperm fertilise eggs to create healthy babies

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

Sperm whales avoid foraging first thing in the morning, underwater robots reveal

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

Heartbreaking moment giant sperm whale is caught in a fishing net

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 reveals she plans to expand her family by using a sperm donor

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

Khloe Kardashian shocks sisters as she tells them ‘I do have a sperm donor’

Khloe Kardashian shocks sisters as she tells them ‘I do have a sperm donor’ after undergoing IVF egg retrieval By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 17:21 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 17:22 BST, 22 April 2020 Khloe Kardashian shocks her sisters in an upcoming episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, when she reveals she has … Read more

Woman who was dumped over text before their wedding became a mother thanks to a sperm donour 

A woman who was dumped by text months before her wedding has revealed she is happier than ever after becoming a single mother with the help of a sperm donor.  Jade Edgington, 30, from Birmingham, West Midlands, was just six months away from her big day when her fiancé had a change of heart and … Read more

Bad diets to blame for plummeting sperm counts: Men who eat junk food have 25% fewer swimmers

Worsening diets could be the reason behind plummeting sperm counts in men, a study has suggested. US researchers found young men who ate a diet full of junk food had significantly less swimmers than those who ate healthily.   The team analysed sperm quality of almost 3,000 Danish men, who also reported their typical eating habits.  … Read more