call me crazy, but i'm not quite sure this is what God had in mind...?
my husband sent me this article published today by 'The Sun'.
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A BRITISH scientist may have fathered 600 children after making donations to a fertility programme he ran with his wife.
And one of his biological children has suggested the number may even be as high as ONE THOUSAND.
Bertold Wiesner - who was born in Austria - ran the Barton Clinic in London which helped more than 1,500 women conceive.
Barry Stevens, a film-maker from Canada, was concieved using Wiesner's donated sperm and said the number could be much higher.
He said last night: "He was the one that found the donors so it's possible he didn't tell his wife and she believed the donations were coming from a lot of different men."
Wiesner ran the controversial clinic with his wife Mary - until he died in 1972. Research shows he regularly made donations from the early 1940s until the mid-1960s.
David Gollancz, a London-based barrister also conceived at the clinic, said last night: "A conservative estimate is that he would have been making 20 donations a year.
"Using standard figures of live births which result, including allowances for twins and miscarriages, I estimate that he is responsible for between 300 and 600 children," he added.
Allan Pacey - a male fertility expert at Sheffield University said a healthy man could make up to 50 donations a year.
He said Gollancz's estimations were "plausible".
Last year it emerged that one anonymous American sperm donor had fathered more than 150 children.
Bertold Wiesner - who was born in Austria - ran the Barton Clinic in London which helped more than 1,500 women conceive.
Barry Stevens, a film-maker from Canada, was concieved using Wiesner's donated sperm and said the number could be much higher.
He said last night: "He was the one that found the donors so it's possible he didn't tell his wife and she believed the donations were coming from a lot of different men."
Wiesner ran the controversial clinic with his wife Mary - until he died in 1972. Research shows he regularly made donations from the early 1940s until the mid-1960s.
David Gollancz, a London-based barrister also conceived at the clinic, said last night: "A conservative estimate is that he would have been making 20 donations a year.
"Using standard figures of live births which result, including allowances for twins and miscarriages, I estimate that he is responsible for between 300 and 600 children," he added.
Allan Pacey - a male fertility expert at Sheffield University said a healthy man could make up to 50 donations a year.
He said Gollancz's estimations were "plausible".
Last year it emerged that one anonymous American sperm donor had fathered more than 150 children.
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