The Queer Family Podcast – LGBTQ Families & Queer Parenting Stories · Jaimie Kelton – Queer Parenting & LGBTQ Families'.

Seven Kids, One Lesbian, and a Graduation Gift of Sperm

·1 hr 7 min·5 clips
Lex's parents bought her sperm as a college graduation gift because she knew she wanted a baby that badly.
Host Jaimie Kelton interviews Lex Beach, a lesbian mother of seven, about her unique family-building journey starting with sperm as a graduation gift. They discuss topics like sperm donation, queer relationships, high divorce rates among lesbians, and the challenges of blending families.

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A warm, messy account of queer family-building that keeps the logistics, love, and humor in view.

This conversation traces Lex's queer family story through the practical work of getting there: sperm, timing, ultrasound monitoring, IUI, twins, and the affectionate arithmetic of raising seven children.

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A queer family story about making parenthood happen, with the logistics left in.

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