15 year-old sperm donor
happy to come to brother’s rescue
by Lee Morehouse,
THG News
Cody Nettle has always looked up to
his older brother Kevin, a three-sport athlete in high school who graduated from
Indianapolis Cathedral high school in 1997 with a 4.0 GPA and in 2001 with
honors from Purdue University with a degree in mechanical engineering.
To Cody, it seemed like Kevin was
Superman—he could accomplish anything he set his mind to through hard work and
unbending determination. That is why it was a shock to Cody when Kevin asked
him if he would be willing to be a sperm donor so that Kevin’s wife Adrienne
could conceive.
After a year and a half of not having
any luck getting pregnant, Kevin and Adrienne sought help from fertility
doctors. A series of tests showed that there was no way the couple could
conceive—they were heartbroken to find out that Kevin’s plumbing doesn’t work
properly.
All their efforts at attempting to
conceive were for naught; Kevin’s gonads do not produce any sperm and he was
shooting blanks the entire time.
Not wanting to adopt or receive
donated sperm from some bum they did not even know, Kevin and Adrienne searched
for answers. They wanted a child, but it had to be under the right
circumstances. After several weeks of trying to decide what to do, they finally
had the answer: they would ask Kevin’s brother, Cody, to donate sperm.
“We thought it would be our best bet
to use my brother since genetically it would be the closest thing to me having a
child on my own. We look a lot alike, and have similar interests,” said Kevin.
“It was embarrassing to admit to my brother that I can’t knock up my wife on my
own, but he was very encouraging and agreed to do it.”
Cody says he was more than happy to
help. “I have always looked up to my brother, like a hero. I felt it was my
duty to help him out.”
In February, Adrienne was artificially
inseminated with Cody’s sperm. She had no problems conceiving, and a brand-new
baby boy is due to the Nettles in late November. Kevin and Adrienne plan on
naming their son Cody Christopher, in honor of Kevin’s brother, without who none
of this would have been possible.
“I am honored that they are naming the
baby after me. My only regret is that I couldn’t make the baby the old
fashioned way. Adrienne was a cheerleader at Purdue and is still pretty hot. I
wouldn’t have minded taking a stab at her in the sack,” added Cody.
