Woman seeks Oxbridge egg donor for a clever baby

A London woman who wants an "intellectual baby" is advertising for an egg donor from Oxford or Cambridge.

Sally Adams, who is single and from Hampstead, has put adverts in newspapers in both cities asking for women under the age of 32 to come forward.

Miss Adams, an Oxford graduate in her fifties, has already spent 10 years and more than £15,000 trying to get pregnant with IVF and sperm donors.

She said: "Oxford and Cambridge are the seat of people who are both academic and intellectual and also often very altruistic. I'm looking for someone who is educated, intellectual and possibly with connections with the colleges."

Medical experts criticised the attempt. Dr Magdy Asaad, clinical director of the London Fertility Centre, said: "There is no guarantee that an egg from an Oxbridge graduate will result in an intelligent child A lot of it is to do with how people raise the child."