Every day family life and yet its remarkable. Night. He saw johnny sister mary angela and his niece rosa supported him on his path to fatherhood. The start of the new yorker sure you know its a treat so 1st the embryos were created and then we met robin. That was 6 months later or and we liked her right away we thought she was great and we knew we could picture going on this journey with her. Again and she felt the same way on 6 so as of april 24th we knew if all goes well well be pregnant so. Robin carried the children to term as a surrogate mother theyd been conceived in a laboratory with 2 eggs donated by a different woman and sperm from each of the fathers. In germany its against the law to donate eggs or act as a surrogate but it is allowed in california funding of humans in. The process is hugely expensive especially if you want to do it in the u. S. And you could probably afford your own home with that kind of money maybe not downtown but you could definitely get an apartment in a smaller city it was in one off an apartment the common way. Stefen and johnny were lucky and everything went well with joy never. That johnny was in the operating theatre i was outside looking through across the plains and since it was a twin path only one of us was allowed in i said id be fine if i could watch through the glass and of course call robin was the 1st one allowed to hold them. Even because they were born we knew which baby was biologically related to whom and amalia and already oh both have to say much of the same egg dont know this is biologically speaking theyre half siblings and i fathered one and johnny fathered the other. Immigrants on the bottle you know and. Today theyre expecting an important visitor robin the surrogate mother is on our way to stuttgart for the 1st time to see the family. To. Live their lives if you can maybe if yes. The twins are 6 months old now. The. Robin has 2 children of her own ready her daughter agree on a came along with her. 3. I gave birth to twins because seriously its something ive always wanted to do and then when i met john. But i knew when they were perfect i loved being pregnant and so those are my reasons for doing it was to help. But. Of course to make money from being a surrogate. But if you boil it down to the name and spare pregnant i think they see it like 3 or 4. 00 an hour for 9 months so really i think i get a Part Time Job at mcdonalds i make more money than i would being pregnant for 9 months and i cant imagine just going through. The money you make if its its the whole package. Saturday is family day 1st they visit johnnys mother at a nursing home alone after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage shes only got to speak. To. Us but. I love being able to feed you. You fed me for years and now its nice that its the other way around. In the. Us surrogate mothers give birth to about 6000 children a year in germany the embryo protection law forbids it even for heterosexual couples who cant conceive. Critics say the ban is outdated by now plenty of couples like johnny and stefan look abroad to fulfill their wish of having their own children. The next stop is stephens parents house in a small town in upper swabian theyre devout catholics. Who feel more in their voice all the little. More. The sunday walk is a firm tradition to gay dads with their baby carriages isnt something you see every day at least. Not here. It wasnt easy at 1st to deal with the fact that he was just different and gay but at the end of the day is over. Its over. Now its known as the Holy Mountain opposite way below its a very special place people without children go up this mountain and pray for children and maybe it works off the wrong. We used to call it paris kids all the time when so its a great feeling to be back here now with our own kids on the bus and like you know from since aside from them a kid was sure the 1st one i told us that they were expecting it felt strange to decide this but we accepted it and accepted the way things happened i mean were happy with the children are here even if the church doesnt want that because i dont agree with that he said. 2 children have arrived in the church needs to accept that fact theyre living creatures no matter where theyre from and theyre here now coleman i was in town it being caught their 1st attempt was immediately successful i must say it looks like god means them well thats what i think you know thats why. So thinking. Oh dear you and amalia might face tough questions down the road shows or even hostilities. But their extended family supports them wholeheartedly stuck it out is the way of life and blow and stephanie and johnny can pass the strength on to their children. Houses in your book i back in stuttgart johnny and stephanie want to keep up their social ties. Its a challenge all parents face. That all waiting is not having a good day today. I. Know but this is 5 you cant do it like that you cant give him his pacifier the. Most you need to take it away or he want to understand that its time to eat now. But he doesnt want to eat then let him cry. Just leave them. Well they were. Very nice all wound up you just need to go to bed. And it. Was sort of youre in a bad mood today arent you. Stefan doesnt look anything flustered him not his 1st son or use partner. Its hot and then suddenly everythings all better. 2 months later its the twins 1st birthday. Just going to since justins things are a little hectic right now ive just left the office and the guests are arriving at 230. It was important to us to celebrate with our family and friends now but our little ones have been with us for a year and find you know to do it for you and stephanie left the office early to make it to the party on time the twins are still in daycare. And we moved since we have space to see 10 people. Johnnys in a big fan of tablecloth and stuff like that. Thats up to me well done so i just said to. Johnny and stefan share a business that means they can choose their own work. Perfect for the small family i know or yeah some of this it looks great here. Everything is ready. It looks fantastic i wish it was my birthday. Its all right its just you and i but its a positive kind of stress and i we bicker sometimes but thats just the way things are but its all worth it when the kids come home and see everything is. What they saw everything this morning to with her and that was lovely its sad and thats just something that takes time no matter why. 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