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I CAN HAS NPH AND DAVIDS BABY?!

Come ON, with all the advances in medicine can't the guys in the white coats (no, not the ones that escort me from my desk to the bathroom and back twice a day, the other ones) make it scientifically possible for me to be surrogate to the rumored potential offspring of Alpha Gays Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka?!

According to Star:

After going through a rigorous screening process, “Neil and David were so relieved and excited once they were approved,” says the source. “Now they have so many surrogate profiles to go through to find the right woman to carry their child.”

True, the unconfirmed news is coming from Star, so at this point the potential child in question is a few glossy photos away from being Bat Boy. More than anything I'm just surprised that NPH and David have to resort to anything so pedestrian as run-of-the-mill conception and gestation to have a child. Everyone knows that even when their eyes meet across the produce section of Whole Foods, basketsful of milk-scented kittens rain from the sky onto meadows of untouched wildflower!

But in all serious, if this is real news, it's great for the guys (and that Star is OMGing over it like any other baby news). And if it is true, then there is only one woman capable of handling the task of delivering this multi-talented offspring ... and that woman is Liza Minnelli.

AddisonDewitt's picture

Great but some perspective

This is great news for the powerful gay couple! Congrats!

My partner and I are going to start are home study and adoption process in October hopefully. Financially, the route of surrogacy is very expensive so we are not pursuing that option. Hopefully, when we can financially take on the road to fatherhood (on average we are finding it to be $26K with an agency as a norm), our new child might get in the same play group?!

Does anyone out there have children via surrogacy or adoption?

AddisonDewitt's picture

Clarify

The $26K average is weighed for income level.
OneWorld's picture

Adoption

I know a couple that has adopted (in Ontario, Canada though)! Short process if you are willing to adopt crown wards (or I guess they are called wards of the state in America) older than 5 years old!

Everyone wants babies but if you are willing to adopt an older child (above 5 years old) then you will find it easier! Also, you will be making a very postive contribution in the lives of these children as well as society as a whole!

Good luck and best wishes! :)

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AddisonDewitt's picture

Older Child Adoption Is Important Too!

I just participated with my partner in a wonderful Maybe Baby class exclusively for gay men with 8 other couples and 2 single men. We all will have our own journeys of course, ours for the moment is a baby. That is our choice for now and the financial cost for that is budgeted to be what I mentioned. But if the choice for you is an older child, then that is a great endeavor too! It just has to be right for you. Thanks OneWorld for remembering that process too. It does take a shorter amount of time and the $$ is much much less. I know of a few people in our class who were considering it and it was moving to see parents during that class to tell their stories on their successful journey.
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Chuckles's picture

Now now...

Shouldn't you and Andy be planning for your own bundle of joy, Brian?  As the great ancestors have always said, "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage!"  However, whatever you do, don't ask Sookie to be the surrogate!!

 

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belinda's picture

it great.......

it is great that if NPH and DAVID have their baby,cause they such a perfect and smart couple,can't wait to see how they baby look like.

i think that gay couple have their baby or child are a great thing.(my gay relative children(adoption) now already 18 yrs.)and their relationship with their children are really close.

David Ehrenstein's picture

But I wanted to be their baby!

Admittedly I'm a tad long in the tooth. But I want hot daddies like them!