Two Ky. Men Expecting Quadruplets
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Two men who enlisted the help of a surrogate mother are expecting to become the parents of four in August.
A 23-year-old woman agreed to help Thomas Dysarz and Michael Meehan have a child through in-vitro fertilization. She became pregnant in January with quadruplets.
``Raising children is the most important thing you can do,'' Meehan said. ``The goal is to raise our children so that they would be good people. That's all anybody can do.''
The surrogate mother declined to comment for a story in Sunday's editions of the Lexington Herald-Leader. The couple said they want to keep her identity secret, fearing that stress from publicity might hurt her, the quadruplets or her three children.
Growing Generations, a California company that works with gays and surrogate mothers, says there have been triplet births among the company's 200 clients, but no quadruplets.
It's rare for quadruplets to be born to surrogates, said Shirley Zager, director of the Illinois-based Organization of Parents through Surrogacy. To her knowledge, Zager said, no other quadruplets have been born to a surrogate and a gay man through in-vitro.
Quadruplets are uncommon under any circumstances. In Kentucky, 18 sets have been born since 1975, state records show.
Meehan and Dysarz said the surrogate mother has told them she doesn't want to be involved in raising the children. But the men said they will always let her know how the babies are doing.
``You can have a good family, regardless of what that family looks like, as long as you are good people,'' Dysarz said.
Two men and 4 babies
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