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A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy: Intended Fathers

By (author) Jerry Bigner, By (author) Michael Menichiello

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A deeply personal account of the trials and tribulations of the surrogacy journey! Surrogacyâ€™s been coldly and unjustifiably called baby buying and baby selling and many states have banned it. But those insensitive terms do not tell the inspiring tale of a couple fiercely wanting to become parents. A Gay Coupleâ€™s Experience with Surrogacy: Intended Fathers is the moving true story of a gay coupleâ€™s decision to have their child through a surrogate mother. With humor and emotion, the author traces their intense experience from the initial decision to have a child through surrogacy on through the entire pregnancy and birth. A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy chronicles this coupleâ€™s no-holds-barred account of the emotional toll, the legal matters, the financial concerns, and the ultimate fulfillment of parenting a child. A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy reveals the authorâ€™s answers to these questions: why surrogacy over adoption? which type of surrogacytraditional or gestational? what were the issues when choosing a surrogate? how much does surrogacy cost? what living expenses are included in the cost? what are the emotional and financial reasons that surrogates choose to bear anotherâ€™s child? what are the pitfalls in choosing surrogacy? what are the legal issueswhat to beware and what to consider An excerpt: Before I knew it, I was writing an ad of my own, and I actually posted it. David, of course, had no idea what I was up to. The ad read: Weâ€™re a gay couple in New York that just celebrated our fourteenth anniversary and weâ€™ve decided to extend our family. Weâ€™re looking for someone close by and even have a separate apartment available if needed. Nice, huh? Could it be just a little bit more. . . vague? Could my ad have lacked a little more personality? Sure, have our baby and move right in while youâ€™re doing it! Who the hell would respond to that? I wasnâ€™t even sure after reading it myself that it made any sense. But what should I have said? What could I have said? I scrambled to find a way to delete it, but couldnâ€™t. A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy is a touching memoir that reveals the challenges that face gay and lesbian couples who may be considering either adoption or surrogacy.