A donor has donated 41 eggs to help strangers struggling to become parents - and hopes to meet any children when they turn 18.
Yasmin Sharman, from Islington, does not want children and was concerned by the lack of black donors so signed up with TFP Fertility to be a donor in October, 2016, aged 18.
Since then, the 26-year-old has donated 41 eggs - which has resulted in the birth of a baby boy to a loving family.
Each year Yasmin, who is non-binary, will get together with their friends to celebrate the birth of the baby and hopes any child will contact them when they are older.
"When I found out that my donation had resulted in the birth of a baby boy I was ecstatic," said Yasmin, a support worker.
"I celebrate the baby's birthday every year with my friends. it makes me so happy and grateful to be part of somebody's life, being able to contribute to a family that may have been going through so much emotional turmoil.
"Knowing they have a family now makes me so happy."
Yasmin decided they didn't want children of their own and wanted to help couples who were struggling to start a family.
Yasmin said: "When I first donated I was quite young, children were not at the front of my mind anyway.
"I am also an openly gay so having children is something that would be difficult for me."
Realising that some people do not have same choice as them not to have a child they decided to help others in the LGBTQ+ community and "people of colour like myself".
Yasmin booked an appointment with TPF Boston Place Fertility which they found online.
They were nervous when they walked through the door and saw couples waiting.
"Then it hit me. It was exciting to realise that what I was about to do would impact people just like them - I'm young and I have so many eggs."
Yasmin had a health check and medical history reviewed before they were accepted as a donor.
They were asked about their reasons for donating and whether they would be happy to be contacted in 18 years.
"It went super well because I am already happy for that to happen - and 18 years is a long time away," they added.
Yasmin has donated a total of three times - most recently in April, 2024.
Donors self inject for 14 days to suppress their natural natural hormone production, before a set of injections to stimulate follicle production.
A day or two before the eggs are collected, donors receive a hormone injection to help the eggs mature and then the eggs are collected during a procedure.
“I find the process quite easy," Yasmin added.
"I am really hopeful that if more children are born with the help of my eggs they will reach out to me when they get to the age.
"It would be interesting and lovely to meet them."
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