In fact the Dutchman, 44, is known for
being the most fertile man in Europe,
and quite possibly, the world.
Why? Houben has fathered a whopping
98 children in the space of 12 years.
That’s a lot of sexercise.
It all started in 2002 when he donated
his sperm through a local fertility clinic
in the Netherlands. Fast forward twelve
years where he now spreads his seed in
a more traditional sense, or the
‘natural’ way, by offering a free service
to have s*x with women and couples who
want to have a baby.
“What motivates me is meeting new
people who turn out to be great, normal
people and there’s some beautiful hope
of creating a new life which will be loved
and look after,” he told the BBC.
Through his website, Houben connects
with couples — lesbians and
heterosexuals — who have problems with
fertility, or who lack the necessary
organs needed to make a baby.
“I’m not saying the traditional family
is a bad form, absolutely not, I’m just
saying if they want to keep existing …
we might have to reconsider what a
qualified family is,” he said.
But unlike other donors, Houben prefers
to be a part of the process … in more
ways than one.
“I have met many children from right
after birth and I’ve been present at
two births, it was fantastic,” Houben
said.
“As [the] children grow up they’ll
develop their own relationship with me,
or not, but they’ll know where they
come from. For now it’s mostly the
initiative of the parents to visit me
twice a year, for example.”
And with a strike rate of 80 per cent,
Heuben’s little swimmers are hot
property. A semen analysis, otherwise
known as a spermiogram, reveals he’s
sitting comfortably with 100 million per
count. Anything under 20 million means
the carrier is ‘not a good prospect’.
‘I don’t fire blanks!’ he joked.
“A married couple came over here for
one week after many years of visiting
clinics in the USA and the UK. They had
tried everything, then they read about
me, wrote me and we had a very nice
contact.
“Half a year later they managed to
come, stayed for 8 days, she and I
slept together four times. After ten
years of trying they had their first
pregnancy. Last year they came a
second time for their second child and
it worked almost immediately.”
But how does Heuben disconnect from
the emotions of fatherhood?
“I try to keep my emotions out of it as
much as possible. You have to find a
balance between having these feelings
of being so many times a father but
also that it’s no use clamouring for that
because that’s not what you promised
the parents.” [MATT YOUNG]
being the most fertile man in Europe,
and quite possibly, the world.
Why? Houben has fathered a whopping
98 children in the space of 12 years.
That’s a lot of sexercise.
It all started in 2002 when he donated
his sperm through a local fertility clinic
in the Netherlands. Fast forward twelve
years where he now spreads his seed in
a more traditional sense, or the
‘natural’ way, by offering a free service
to have s*x with women and couples who
want to have a baby.
“What motivates me is meeting new
people who turn out to be great, normal
people and there’s some beautiful hope
of creating a new life which will be loved
and look after,” he told the BBC.
Through his website, Houben connects
with couples — lesbians and
heterosexuals — who have problems with
fertility, or who lack the necessary
organs needed to make a baby.
“I’m not saying the traditional family
is a bad form, absolutely not, I’m just
saying if they want to keep existing …
we might have to reconsider what a
qualified family is,” he said.
But unlike other donors, Houben prefers
to be a part of the process … in more
ways than one.
“I have met many children from right
after birth and I’ve been present at
two births, it was fantastic,” Houben
said.
“As [the] children grow up they’ll
develop their own relationship with me,
or not, but they’ll know where they
come from. For now it’s mostly the
initiative of the parents to visit me
twice a year, for example.”
And with a strike rate of 80 per cent,
Heuben’s little swimmers are hot
property. A semen analysis, otherwise
known as a spermiogram, reveals he’s
sitting comfortably with 100 million per
count. Anything under 20 million means
the carrier is ‘not a good prospect’.
‘I don’t fire blanks!’ he joked.
“A married couple came over here for
one week after many years of visiting
clinics in the USA and the UK. They had
tried everything, then they read about
me, wrote me and we had a very nice
contact.
“Half a year later they managed to
come, stayed for 8 days, she and I
slept together four times. After ten
years of trying they had their first
pregnancy. Last year they came a
second time for their second child and
it worked almost immediately.”
But how does Heuben disconnect from
the emotions of fatherhood?
“I try to keep my emotions out of it as
much as possible. You have to find a
balance between having these feelings
of being so many times a father but
also that it’s no use clamouring for that
because that’s not what you promised
the parents.” [MATT YOUNG]
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