LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 1): Surrogacy

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

What's it like for a gay couple to create their family through egg donation and surrogacy. We talk with Armando Correa, People Magazine En Español's Editor In Chief and author of In Search of Emma: How We Created Our Family.
In this episode, we cover:

• Did you always want to be a parent?
• Did you think that you would get to realize that dream?
• What options for becoming a parent did you consider?
• Why did you decide on surrogacy?
• Did you also use a separate egg donor?
• What was your process to finding an egg donor and surrogate?
• Was cost a consideration?
• How much did it cost you in total to become Emma’s dad?
• What has happened to your family since Emma arrived?
• What would you recommend to other gay guys who want to become a father?

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