His Facebook title simply says Matt Stone (Shipping Donor). There’s a profile photo of him and then his cover image is of a couple cute babies. Nothing unusual so far.
In fact most of the photos he lets the public access are of babies, ultrasounds and screen grabs of testimonials saying he’s “awesome”.
And then there’s this interesting one proving he is free of nasties like hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia –OK, that’s a less normal social media boast.
Matt, 37, is a sperm donor who claims to have fathered about 100 kids in the past four years he’s been offering his genetic material for free on Facebook.
He lives in North Carolina, US, and reckons he gets contacted 10 times a day for people seeking his sperm. Here’s some ultrasounds showing his impregnating success stories.
Matt tells The Mirror that he knows a bit about sperm banks because he worked for one about 10 years ago. And he thinks they are too expensive and “don’t ” always have the couple’s best interests at heart”.
Four years ago he decided to not let his sperm go to waste and started offering to via Facebook to couples and single women who pass his rigorous vetting process. He tells the UK newspaper that he supplies to up to eight people a week, and as many as 20 women could currently be carrying the children.
He says he knows of 70 progeny born from his offerings but says there could be more as not everyone chimes back in to update on their fertility status.
Matt, who works in IT, said: “With every successful pregnancy it’s incredibly rewarding, I’ve helped couples with fertility issues and those in gay marriages to have the dream they would never otherwise be able to have.
“All my donations are for free, I’m looking to help people and not to make money off anyone, financially I’m very happy.”
But he is also adamant that he wants the kids he sires to grow up in a happy home. “”I care a lot about the well-being of the future children and screen the parents, I don’t want to see the offspring in bad situations.
“When screening, I look to see if there has been negativity in their lives, if they have complaints about their relationship, if they’re employed, if it looks like they have a healthy, stable home-life and their age.”
Matt says his most commonly chosen service is artificial insemination but does also offer natural conceptions providing the individual provides clear STI tests.
The single father-of-two (obviously not including the others) says he plans to hang up his siring kit when he turns 45.
