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Blakqsh33p · 29th Jul 2011, 09:25 PM

I feel a little stupid for posting this but here goes...

My friend told me that a lesbian couple can make their own babies without male assistance. Well maybe not 100% without a man but she said we can take a sperm and eject the male DNA and inject it with lesbian A's DNA and then fertilize lesbian B's egg with the sperm and therefore it will create a child... but the child will be female because it's DNA would only be consisted of the XX chromosome and no Y chromosome at all...

Can anyone confirm this and provide any information on it? Has it been successful in recent studies? This is very interesting to me.

ihkcs · 29th Jul 2011, 09:32 PM

never heard of this but sounds interesting.... the only story i've heard of lesbians making their own baby was a case where a woman (born male) had her sperm frozen before she had a sex change and later ended up using her sperm to create a baby with her girlfriend

Blakqsh33p · 29th Jul 2011, 09:33 PM

Aw, that's a touching story... and smart on her part

kiersten · 29th Jul 2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ihkcs

never heard of this but sounds interesting.... the only story i've heard of lesbians making their own baby was a case where a woman (born male) had her sperm frozen before she had a sex change and later ended up using her sperm to create a baby with her girlfriend

That is EXACTLY what I intend to do for myself. I want to have my own children once I meet someone & settle down after I have had my GRS. I even desperately went thru a phase in my early 20s for a few years where I just wanted to be pregnant so badly. When I first heard about this, it at least gave me a little hope that I could have children, even if I couldn't be the one to give birth to them...

Pseudojim · 29th Jul 2011, 10:25 PM

So far as i remember from what i have read, the closest this has come to being reality is a substitution of mitochondrial DNA in one woman's egg with that of another woman's egg. Fertilisation still required a sperm, so in effect the child created had 3 parents. I believe this was done because of a problem with the recipient's mitichondrial DNA.

Remember though, mitochondrial DNA accounts for a tiny part of the whole sequence.

IsItSo · 29th Jul 2011, 10:32 PM

It's never been done with humans, although it's been successful in several experiments with animals. Either way, sperm is still required.

Kidd · 29th Jul 2011, 10:33 PM

I know it's been done with mice and other animals already, with two fathers and no mother, even.

One Mouse, Two Dads? : Discovery News

GNN - Mice with Two Mothers

Hitchhiker · 30th Jul 2011, 03:30 PM

It took like 500 mice to have 2 live births, so I don't think it's going to be implemented in humans anytime soon, unfortunately.

**Gerry** · 30th Jul 2011, 05:15 PM

I have never heard anything like this before...

**Mogget** · 30th Jul 2011, 06:01 PM

There's some science fiction written from this premise. Some feminists back in the 60s (I think) had a field day with it.

Zontar · 30th Jul 2011, 07:04 PM

Babies from same-sex parents would be nothing short of a Frankenstenian biological nightmare.

I'd just stick to surrogacy and adoption.

Blakqsh33p · 30th Jul 2011, 10:05 PM

Okay thank you all for this information, I knew it sounded too good to be true. I guess my friend doesn't know what she is talking about!

29th Jul 2011, 09:25 PM	#1
Blakqsh33p Have you any wool?! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Tampa Age: 24 Posts: 226 Join Date: Jul 2011	We don't need men to make babies?? I feel a little stupid for posting this but here goes... My friend told me that a lesbian couple can make their own babies without male assistance. Well maybe not 100% without a man but she said we can take a sperm and eject the male DNA and inject it with lesbian A's DNA and then fertilize lesbian B's egg with the sperm and therefore it will create a child... but the child will be female because it's DNA would only be consisted of the XX chromosome and no Y chromosome at all... Can anyone confirm this and provide any information on it? Has it been successful in recent studies? This is very interesting to me.

29th Jul 2011, 09:32 PM	#2
ihkcs Member Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Mom, stepdad, sister, lots of friends Age: 24 Posts: 26 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? never heard of this but sounds interesting.... the only story i've heard of lesbians making their own baby was a case where a woman (born male) had her sperm frozen before she had a sex change and later ended up using her sperm to create a baby with her girlfriend

29th Jul 2011, 09:33 PM	#3
Blakqsh33p Have you any wool?! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Tampa Age: 24 Posts: 226 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? Aw, that's a touching story... and smart on her part

29th Jul 2011, 10:25 PM	#5
Pseudojim Part robot Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bi - Kinsey 2ish Out Status: All but family Location: Australia Age: 27 Posts: 2,154 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? So far as i remember from what i have read, the closest this has come to being reality is a substitution of mitochondrial DNA in one woman's egg with that of another woman's egg. Fertilisation still required a sperm, so in effect the child created had 3 parents. I believe this was done because of a problem with the recipient's mitichondrial DNA. Remember though, mitochondrial DNA accounts for a tiny part of the whole sequence.

29th Jul 2011, 10:32 PM	#6
IsItSo EC Addict Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: 同志 Out Status: A few people Location: New York-ish Age: 18 Posts: 771 Join Date: Apr 2010	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? It's never been done with humans, although it's been successful in several experiments with animals. Either way, sperm is still required.

29th Jul 2011, 10:33 PM	#7
Kidd You'll love me! Full Member Gender: ♂ Orientation: ♂ ♥ ♂ Out Status: Out Location: N.W. Ohio Age: 21 Posts: 1,430 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? I know it's been done with mice and other animals already, with two fathers and no mother, even. One Mouse, Two Dads? : Discovery News GNN - Mice with Two Mothers __________________ I feel a hunger. Take my picture by the pool, because I'm the next big thing. Fingers crossed, my time is coming now...

30th Jul 2011, 03:30 PM	#8
Hitchhiker Member Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: A few people Posts: 74 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? It took like 500 mice to have 2 live births, so I don't think it's going to be implemented in humans anytime soon, unfortunately.

30th Jul 2011, 05:15 PM	#9
Gerry We're all a little mad! EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Las Vegas Age: 24 Posts: 5,551 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? I have never heard anything like this before... __________________ "Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality".-James Baldwin

30th Jul 2011, 06:01 PM	#10
Mogget Mad and dead as nails EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 5 or 6. It varies Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Alaska Age: 22 Posts: 2,026 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? There's some science fiction written from this premise. Some feminists back in the 60s (I think) had a field day with it. __________________ "As to what I am, I once was many things but now I am only several." - Mogget in Sabriel by Garth Nix "The world is quiet here." - VFD

30th Jul 2011, 07:04 PM	#11
Zontar Mister Funny Man Full Member Gender: Male Location: Binghampton, NY Posts: 1,539 Join Date: Oct 2010	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? Babies from same-sex parents would be nothing short of a Frankenstenian biological nightmare. I'd just stick to surrogacy and adoption. __________________ Get up and open your eyes...Don't ever let yourself ever fall down... Get through it and learn how to fly...I know you'll find a way...today. -Days of the New, "Dirty Road"

30th Jul 2011, 10:05 PM	#12
Blakqsh33p Have you any wool?! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Tampa Age: 24 Posts: 226 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: We don't need men to make babies?? Okay thank you all for this information, I knew it sounded too good to be true. I guess my friend doesn't know what she is talking about! __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.

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