One organism will inseminate the other, with the inseminating individual acting as the "father". Diane remained in love with Victor, and stole his frozen sperm to artificially inseminate herself. Unbeknownst to her, Ashley had also stolen Victor's sperm to inseminate herself. Sperm competition, where two or more males attempt to inseminate a single egg, also occurs. It takes considerable expertise to properly inseminate a cow and high quality sperm is valuable. Males will puncture the female outside her genitals and ultimately inseminate them. A male moth can inseminate more than one female. The king requests Vashishtha to inseminate Madayanti, following the practice of "niyoga". Maggie attempts to inseminate herself, but is interrupted by the doorbell. Gabrielle and Carlos successfully inseminate Xiao-Mei, who begins developing morning sickness from Gabrielle's perfume.