Nick Wray welcomed his daughter Hannah amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
For LGBT+ couples and single people who want to build a family, surrogacy is an increasingly common option. But it can be a financially, emotionally and logistically difficult journey at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. Gay dad and leading voice on cross-border family building Sam Everingham provides an update on how this is changing as we look toward a post-COVID-19 landscape.
At the age of 49, Nick Wray has recently become a dad. An ex-girlfriend generously donated her eggs and Nick engaged in a Colombian surrogacy program to help fulfil his dream. His daughter Hannah was born on 3 August at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when Colombia’s borders were closed to all. Finding a way into Bogota, Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital, was half the battle.