Dear Diary.....

As I left the LSB this morning, Toyin was furiously at work updating donor profiles on the LSB website, getting them ready for the Alternative Parenting Show.  And to think I've been whinging about the report I've had to write...

With less than a month to go until my first sample becomes available for use, my profile will presumably be written soon.  Indeed, Toyin's last email to us donors included a plea for information that would assist in her writing them.  I resisted replying with a list of keywords: 'genius, Adonis, personable, well endowed, hilariously funny, modest...' etc.  After all, she presumably already had them all on her list anyway.

But it can't be easy having to write these profiles.  Summarising someone's personality down into a paragraph or so of text.  Keeping it brief yet description.  Conveying the donor's personality, warts and all, yet trying to put everyone in a positive light.  I've equated it to online dating before and I'm still sticking by that comparison.

For me, this is becoming the end game of my time as a sperm donor: just 15 more vials required.  This time next year I'll presumably have received an email or two with notification of a live birth from my sperm and my weekly trips to Harley St will be a dim and distant memory.  It'll be a bit sad to say good bye to Toyin and her team but I'm really looking forward to posting 'I'm a father' on Facebook. I'm sure my friends will get bored of it after the 5th time...

Article written by London Sperm Bank Donor: IT consultant working in the City