The girl took the sperm of her deceased boyfriend 24 hours after his death, and a year later she is expecting a child from him
Australian snowboarder Alex Pullin, nicknamed "Champy", drowned in 2020. Despite this, the girl of the champion of the Winter Olympic Games is expecting a child from him, having become pregnant after the death of her lover. She used his sperm, which was saved after the man's death, for artificial insemination. Find out why the expectant mother made such a decision from our material.
32-year-old snowboarder Alex "Champy" Pullin drowned in July 2020 while spearfishing off the Gold Coast in Australia. He dated Ellidy Vlug for eight years.
Doctors managed to take a sample of the athlete's sperm after his death. A year later, his girlfriend reported a pregnancy. The baby is due to be born in October this year.
The lovers have been trying to have a child for four years. They were thinking about artificial insemination, but the tragedy cut off all plans.
Due to the fact that in Queensland it is officially allowed to take samples of seminal fluid from men within 36 hours after their death, the couple's dream was realized even after the death of the athlete.
Ellidi says that waiting for the baby for her is both joy and tears. She considers her pregnancy an incredible gift of fate and hopes that the baby will be like his late father.
Ellidi is not the only woman who is expecting a child from a deceased man. A widow from the United States gave birth to a baby girl from her late husband five years after his death, despite the fact that she is now married for the second time.
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