LAD BIBLE – A mum who had a baby using ‘free sperm from Facebook’ has explained why she would never do it again.
Laura Coldman was desperate to give her son a sibling, but she became single in August 2018. After exploring different routes, she stumbled across a Facebook group where men offered to donate their sperm for free.
While her particular sperm donor came ‘highly recommended’, she thought things were off when she visited him at his Sheffield home and stayed in a ‘waiting room’, before he delivered the goods around 20 minutes later.
“You never truly know what you’re getting into.” – Laura
Over seven months, she received three more samples from the donor and eventually fell pregnant in July 2021, before giving birth to a healthy boy, Calum, on April 21, 2022.
However, she’s now issued a warning to other women who are considering going down the same route, after it became apparent to her that the donor ‘could be anyone’, including a criminal or someone who has mental health issues.
Laura said: “At first I thought the Facebook group was a joke, but the more I studied the page, the more I warmed up to it.
“The donor messaged me pretty much right away – offering his services. I asked around in a different private group to make sure he was legitimate – he came highly recommended …
