I like your ticker Kate! Is his name going to be Hugo or is it a cute nickname while he's in the belly?

Yeah, there are some horror stories out there about sperm donors sueing for custody and judges not recognising that we, as gay women, are perfectly capable of raising our children without a father having to be involved. We couldn't take the risk though, that someone we didn't know very well, or even someone we were good friends with, could come and take our baby out of the house for days at a time. We had reached a stage last November where we decided that if we couldn't get pregnant with anonymous sperm, we wouldn't have children at all.
I know there are some amazing blended rainbow families who seem to have achieved the perfect mix of two mums and two dads, all raising and loving some very lucky kids. I believe it's possible, but we couldn't take the fear that one day, someone else could come into our lives and take our children. So this way worked for us!