Single Men Using Surrogates To Create Families
Single men across South Florida who want to become fathers are creating families using third-party surrogates.
Jack Potenza said he believes that technology has offered him an incredible opportunity.
Potenza was one of the first single fathers in South Florida on the cutting edge of a new trend: men who hear their biological clock ticking and decide to answer the call.
Potenza's son, Sagan, is 5. His twin brother, Andrew, is three months younger.
"I really felt that biologically it was either then or probably never," said Potenza.
Dr. Mark Denker is a renowned fertility specialist who is one of the pioneers of this new trend.
Surprisingly, I've found that 80 percent of the men that come to this program are normal heterosexual men who just haven't found the right woman and are ready to start a family," said Denker.
Potenza was married and he and his former wife came to Dr. Denker's office for fertility treatments. But, before the treatments could work, the two divorced. Suddenly Potenza was in his late 40s, single again and still desperately wanting to be a dad. So, his sperm was joined with eggs from a donor. And the resulting embryo was placed in a gestational surrogate.
A few months later, before Sagan was even born, Potenza was so thrilled he asked for a second frozen embryo. The embryo was from the same batch and it was to be implanted in another surrogate mother. The boys are twins, even though they are born 3 months apart.
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