THREE IVF PREGNANCIES, TWO CHILDREN AND A SECRET SPERM DONATION

PREGNANCY ONE: Pamela and Alun

married in August 1997. In 2000, they visited a fertility clinic, using donor eggs and Cathcart’s sperm to create several embryos, one of which resulted in the birth of a child in March 2001. The couple split three months later, reaching a financial settlement in April 2002. PREGNANCY TWO: In 2004, unbeknown to Alun, Pamela conceived a second child using another of the embryos but miscarried in July that year. PREGNANCY THREE: Two months after her miscarriage, in September 2004 Alun agreed to donate sperm to her so that — using donor eggs — she could conceive a sibling for the first child. He claims he did so as a ‘donor’ and not a ‘husband’ and therefore should not have been financially liable for the child, born in November 2005.