A new mum who spent £16,000 undergoing IVF treatments says it was like ''shopping at Waitrose'' - and she chose a ''six-foot, blue-eyed donor''. Stacey Forde, 39, has revealed the process she went through with a sperm bank - where she compared choosing attributes for your child to like filling a supermarket trolley.
She says she was given a choice of hair and eye colour, height, hobbies and academic achievement of a donor. Stacey says the sperm bank also offered the chance to pay more to see pictures of the donor as an adult - but she opted for images as a child.
She said the process is ''basically like shopping and at the end you press add to cart, it’s like shopping at Waitrose''. Stacey says she couldn't afford the 'lawyer' donor option so went for a student who was six foot with blue eyes.
