A BIRMINGHAM man who has fathered 10 children through sperm donation has decided to hang up his boots and have a child of his own.
Kenzie Kilpatrick, 26, has donated his sperm nine times to lesbian couples who are unable to afford IVF. Each couple has welcomed a healthy child – with one giving birth to twins.
However, it is how he advertised his services that made Kilpatrick, who has Irish roots on his father’s side, an unusual donor – he created a Facebook page for would-be parents to contact him through.
For six months Kilpatrick donated and claims he did not charge a penny for his sperm. The only remuneration he received was for travel expenses or loss of income.
Kilpatrick, who is gay, believes his method of donating takes the stress out of a couple’s struggle to conceive.
“Because of my sexuality, these couples can be at ease I'm not going to try it on with them. You have to have that level of trust with people,” he told BBC Newbeat.
“I have 100 per cent trust in the people I donated to. I trust them with a life.”
About 50 women contacted Kilpatrick through his Facebook page, 'Drama Free UK Sperm Donors'. Despite receiving criticism for his approach to his donations by various organisations, Kilpatrick believes Facebook is the ideal place to make contact with potential parents.
“Facebook is a wonderful thing. It's got a lot of information. You ask people in a conversation how long have they been together,” he said, in his BBC interview.
“You go back through their timeline and you can see the information.”
Under British law, Kilpatrick is the legal father to all 10 of his biological children – and he is responsible for them.
If the couples had sought their sperm specimens through donation clinics, the donor would have waved all rights to the child.
Kilpatrick would meet the couple at their home or at a hotel to make the donation. Using a kit that is purchased online, the transaction would take place.
The kit includes a specimen cup, syringes and ovulation and pregnancy tests.
“For someone to want something so bad, and to be able to try and help someone give them that is fantastic,” Kilpatrick added.
With the flurry of media attention since he came forward, Kilpatrick now has an agent, who told BBC Newsbeat that he is in talks about getting Kilpatrick on television in the US.
However, Kilpatrick has denied he is entering the public eye for personal gain.
“It's fantastic everyone now knows this is another route people could possibly take,” he said.
However, he says his days of donating are over - and he has decided to have a child of his own.
"I am desperate for a child of my own and I have found a lesbian couple who want to co-parent with me," he said.
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