Gay dads share how they feed their babi — and why 'there should be a more clive approach' to the breastfeedg vs. formula bate

Contents:

• CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
• FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
• GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE
• GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD

CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS

This is thanks large part to the growg number of adoptn and surrogacy optns available to gay upl today, pared to what was available a ago.

FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED

Other optns for gay upl clu adoptn and foster re. And for gay upl, surrogacy mak that dream a realy.

However, is still not possible for a gay uple to have a child g DNA om both fathers. A gay or transgenr person’s optns for parentg clu:.

GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE

Or, let’s say we have a gay cisgenr uple, Alex and Zack. Others may be ncerned that sgle men or gay male upl would have a harr time adoptg jt bee they are men, but this may not be te.

“For gay male sgl/upl, we have particularly easier the matchg procs, as there is no other mom 'replacg' the child’s birth mother and often get chosen quicker.”.

GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD

But for gay men, this procs is plited and expensive. The procs tak about two years and sts around $200, 000 per child - and prospective gay fathers don't meet eligibily creria for most health surance plans' fertily benefs, although this is begng to change. Brent Monsr, MD, recently helped lead a study to document tails of how gay men e assisted reproductive technology to build their fai, cludg qutns such as how many children they wish to have and how often their efforts succeed.

As a gay person growg up a nservative environment, this was a challenge I thought about.

I asked them how I uld start a fay as a gay man.