My name is Kiah. I am a lesbian woman married to my wife, Diana, and we are looking to start our family. We knew from the start of our relationship that we would want to have children together, though of course it would have to be through non-traditional means!

I am a molecular biologist working in cancer research, and Diana works part-time selling continuing education coursework. Once our baby is born, Diana will be staying home full-time to care for our home and family. I would be carrying our baby, as undergoing pregnancy and childbirth have always been dreams for me, while they are not for Diana.

Ideally, we would love to have 2-3 kids, and are willing to work with donors who may be interested in helping us with siblings later on, though this is not a requirement. Family is a big priority for us and this really would be our dream come true. We both have large, supportive networks of friends and relatives, and we know we would make great, passionate parents!

We are currently working with a reproductive endocrinologist and open-ID sperm donor from a bank; however, we only have three shots at natural IUI before they move us to fertility drugs. The cost of donor sperm and treatment is very high and would likely be above our budget at that point. We are on our third round of natural IUI and if we do not succeed, meeting with a donor who would be willing to work with us at home is our next potential course of action.

We are interested in meeting someone who would be willing to donate sperm out of a desire to help us build a family. We are not interested in coparenting or any sort of shared custody/visitation arrangement--our baby will be ours, and Diana and I will be his or her only parents. We will need to create a legal agreement detailing our parental rights and the rights of the donor: to privacy, and never to be asked for any form of child support or compensation. We are looking for a donor who is willing to have his identity released to our child upon their turning 18, as we believe it should be a child's choice to know where he or she came from. We will also need to have the donor undergo STI testing and simple genetic screening (the same tests I have been through already). We will pay for any testing and legal fees.

We are a relaxed and easy going couple. We would like to meet and form a pleasant relationship with our donor, and we are flexible, but need to ensure our protection as a family and the donor's protection as a citizen before moving forward, to reduce risk to a child , to the donor, and to ourselves as parents-to-be.

The appearance and ethnicity of our donor are not priorities for us, but we would like someone we would get along with and have a cordial relationship with, for our and our children's sake.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our profile! We look forward to taking the next steps in our journey to start a family.