Lura Stiller, the CS surrogate who carried Samantha for Rick and Cary three years ago, has just delivered twins for the same couple. The family was featured in a New York Times article in 2005 (see below) about relationships between gay couples and their surrogates. Samantha's little brother and a sister, Jeremy and Maggie, were born 11/16/06. Lura delivered the twins via c-section and all are doing great. As the pictures testify, the Friedman-Wellisch family continues to have a great relationship with Lura, but there are presently no plans for another round...
“Surrogate Mother's New Niche: Bearing Babies for Gay Couples”
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“In December, Ms. Stiller gave birth to the baby, named Samantha, for Dr. Friedman and Dr. Wellisch, conceived with a donor egg and the sperm from one of the partners. (They chose not to know which.) In her decision to work with them Ms. Stiller is part of a small but growing movement of surrogate mothers choosing gay couples over traditional families. “In the last 13 years, Ms. Stiller has had five children: one with her first husband, two with her current husband and two more as a surrogate." |
“Her first excursion into the world of surrogacy, for a Florida husband and wife, left her feeling unappreciated and depleted, she said. A friend in the surrogate world suggested she find a gay couple through the agency Circle Surrogacy.” John Weltman, a Boston lawyer, had a challenging time finding women to carry children for gay men when he founded Circle Surrogacy a decade ago. Today, he said, 80 percent of the surrogate mothers who come to him say they would be willing to work with gay couples, and half prefer to work with gay couples...” |
Excerpts from a May 27, 2005, front page New York Times article By Ginia Bellafante.
Rick, Cary, and Lura during her last pregnancy
About Circle Surrogacy
Since 1995, Circle Surrogacy has helped bring to the world over 350 babies, with unmatched success rates of close to 100% in clients becoming parents through egg donor surrogacy. Its dedicated staff of professionals is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, and former surrogates and egg donors. Circle Surrogacy provides a choice of specialized clinics at locations throughout the country, a large selection of egg donors, swift matching with carefully screened surrogates, and a variety of flexible programs and financial options to suit its clients' unique family choices.
John Weltman, owner, founder is a Yale graduate and a nationally recognized expert in the field of reproductive law, including surrogacy and gay parenting.
