Gay dads opting to receive breast milk from surrogate mother

[beth8507]

"Other states are considering legislation to ban the practice altogether." Of course they are. People are trying to help other people in a new way, and "traditionalist" fuctards aren't comfortable with it, so let's ban it, because that would be the right thing to do. Yeah!

I think what those women do for other people is a great thing.

[kaoruneko16]

Of course. Because pregnancy is not an easy thing. They made a sacrifice.

[americancouture]

man i want twins

[8av8today]

No matter how much love these babies are surrounded by, they will never feel the tenderness of being fed by a mother. I see my children fed and there is a certain sigh that comes out of them while breast feeding that goes away as soon as you introduce the bottle. Some of you mothers know what I'm talking about. No pun to the two men. But I wonder what that does physiologically in the future. Maybe nothing, but every baby needs deserves a mother. At least for a few weeks. Not trying to offend.

[nefeli1969]

What babies need is someone to care for them and nurture them. I'm sure that same sex parents will go above and beyond what most hetero couples can offer to their bio kids. Just because a child has a traditional "mother" figure this does not make them privileged or superior!! Gay couples are just as qualified and up to par with any hetero couple out there!!!

[rondayan]

My apologies: I had to delete a long thread of unrelated personal attacks...

You are welcome to make civilized comments on the issue, but this is not a forum for personal bashing of any kind.

[nefeli1969]

Much appreciated!

[Pannef]

You're forgetting that MANY women today are opting to not breastfeed at all. Having a mother doesn't equate breastfeeding.

If at all possible, I support breastfeeding, but in the long run what's more important is having at least one loving care giver.

[SupHobagg]

agreed

[placidruckus]

these kids don't remember being breast fed, so they don't feel any tenderness towards it when they're older. what you're talking about does more for the mother than it does the baby.

[insaneclown2103]

Guaranteed every gay couple that wants to adopt agrees with you, but sadly not every child can have a mother, and many may never have parents...

[sburgernutr]

My apologies to men. Both comments were clipped out of my stream of conciousness spewing of info about all sorts of breastfeeding issues for varied family configurations. Had I known how these would be "clipped" out I would have made sure that I said "it is a fine thing for women AND MEN to do".

[sburgernutr]

For lifstandards - it isn't a problem at all for lesbian parents. In fact, there was a lovely couple in the group that day that had twins. and even both can breastfeed depending on the dynamics of their relationship and comfort with sharing breastfeeding. Shared breastfeeding is common in many cultures.

[sburgernutr]

Well, it is always hard to watch a short clip out when you said a lot more that you thought was better. The surrogate of course has already been well screened because the highest risk of HIV transission is during prenancy. These guys came up with a really great solution. I never got to see this segment or even knew I was on this.

[lifestandards]

Umm how would that be a problem for lesbian woman??

[circlesurrogacy]

An informative segment about a Circle Surrogacy couple and their gestational carrier. The surrogate mother went on to help the family she helped form by providing breast milk for the twins via mail.