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Times of London features Circle single straight father from Mass.

October 5, 2008

London's Sunday Times published an article about the growing number of women who seem to be are intentionally becoming pregnant by men they don't expect to be involved. The article then also features the story of one of Circle's client, Joe Kurtzer, as an example of heterosexual men who also decide that parenthood can sometimes not wait for Mrs. Right.

From The Sunday Times, October 5, 2008
By Clover Stroud

"By the time I got to my late thirties, I’d had several long relationships that hadn’t resulted in marriage, and I became more and more concerned about my ability to have a child with a wife or girlfriend. Although men don’t have a traditional biological clock, we do have our own version of it, and I didn’t want to be a father at 50. So I decided to go to a surrogacy agency (Circle in Boston). Most people’s reactions to my decision were positive, though some questioned whether a man has the same nurturing emotions as a woman. But you dismiss those people.

My son, Anthony, was born to a surrogate mother in Missouri on Boxing Day, 2003, and I took him home three days later. I took a couple of months off to care for him, then he went to nursery and I went back to work — like millions of other parents. I never really missed a woman being there, because you can’t miss something you never had. I just concentrated on bonding with my child. I didn’t start dating again straightaway, but when I did, I found women were impressed and, in some cases, attracted to a man capable of caring for a child on his own. Now I’m in a relationship, and Anthony loves having a mum. My girlfriend and I also have a three-month-old daughter, Catherine, and it’s wonderful. But before she came along, having a child with someone just wasn’t on the horizon, and if it hadn’t happened, I’d still have Anthony. If people out there are thinking about it as an option, they should know it’s a very real one. You need a very supportive family, employer and friends. But you need that if you are a woman, too."

Joe Kurtzer, 45

Read the complete story here.

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.

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