CAREER women in Sydney are creating a nationwide sperm shortage as they race to have a family before turning 40.
With demand for sperm growing rapidly - particularly from single Sydney women - clinics are importing vials from the US on a monthly basis.
“The demand is incredible and continually rising,” said John Braine, from Fertility East in Bondi Junction.
The most surprising trend has been a 40 per cent rise in the number of single women seeking sperm donors.
“These are women, aged from 35 to 40, who are single, attractive career women, who cannot find a man to have a baby with,” he said.
While Sydney’s man-drought had compounded the problem, new laws giving children the right to know the identity of donor parents was a big factor in the decline in donor numbers. As a result, there are fewer than five registered sperm donors in NSW.
