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Sep 2020
1h 5m

My Dead Lover Is My Sperm Donor

Chris Gethard
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This caller and her girlfriend are trying to have a baby via IVF in a very unusual way. She tells Geth about the many outcomes that the process could bring, including a scenario where both she and her girlfriend get pregnant.

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