Two Dads' Beautiful Journey

When David and Peter decided to become fathers, they faced a maze of legal and medical challenges as a gay couple. Gifted Conceptions connected them with an egg donor who shared Peter's Irish heritage and a compassionate surrogate named Emily. "The moment we saw our embryo's photo from the lab, we knew this was real," David recalled. Their son Jamie was born during a snowstorm, with both fathers cutting the umbilical cord together.

Their growing family—complete with a second child carried by the same surrogate…