MICHAEL, British Intended Parent in London, United Kingdom

Explain your reasons for wanting a surrogate/donor:

We have a 4 year old son called Auryn, from a previous relationship that Michael had through surrogacy, and looking to give him a brother or sister.We keep in touch with the surrogate – seeing her about every 6months and recently met up in Wiltshire for a Winter Wonderland get together.Unfortunately, Auryn’s surrogate isn’t able to have any more children We live in a busy household, that sometimes feels a bit like a zoo – with a rescue dog called Soloman, cat called Bossie, 2 rabbits called George and Diana and some pond and aquarium fish

How would you best describe yourself(s):

Hi! - We’re a same-sex couple who live in West London (near to Heathrow airport).We have been together for nearly four years, after chatting on an app.for a few months and now live together.Apparently (according to Sunny), Michael didn’t stop talking on our first date and he couldn’t get a word in edgeways..lol!

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Hi! - We’re a same-sex couple who live in West London (near to Heathrow airport).We have been together for just over 3 years, after chatting on an app.for a few months and now live together.Apparently (according to Sunny), Michael didn’t stop talking on our first date and he couldn’t get a word in edgeways..lol! We have a 4 year old son called Auryn, from a previous relationship that Michael had through surrogacy, and looking to give him a brother or sister.We keep in touch with the surrogate – seeing her about every 6months and recently met up in Wiltshire for a Winter Wonderland get together.Unfortunately, Auryn’s surrogate isn’t able to have any more children We live in a busy household, that sometimes feels a bit like a zoo – with a rescue dog called Soloman, cat called Bossie, 2 rabbits called George and Diana and some pond and aquarium fish Sunny works for an airline as ground staff at Heathrow Airport – so we get to travel a lot, with our most recent trip’s to Hawaii, Miami and Australia.We certainly rock-up some airmiles, and our 3-year old is a budding pilot! Sunny is from West London originally, and is very close to his family and has a brother and sister. Michael works for Vodafone as a manager in central London - but lots of working from home, which is great to spend time with Auryn.Michael is from Somerset originally, where his parent still live – and has a sister who lives in the USA As a couple we love to socialise with friends, watch movies, dine out, bits and bobs around the house and playing with Auryn.Auryn is a proper little man, who rules the house (which 3 year old doesn’t – haha), and loves PawPatrol, riding his bike and going swimming with Daddy (Michael is “Daddy” and Sunny is “Sunny-Papa”) Having a child through Surrogacy already – we’re already aware of all of the journey details e.g.clinic’s, transfers, PO etc..We are working with a clinic in the USA – and will have embryo’s produced by March *** – which would mean a quick trip to New York for any transfer.The reason we’re using a clinic in the USA is because Sunny (who we’d like to be the biological father) is HIV+ undetectable – which means he can’t pass on the virus to anyone, but we just need to make sure that the embryo’s don’t carry the virus – as we wouldn’t want to risk either a surrogate or any child/children born.We’re happy to explain the details to anyone – and happy to say that Sunny is fit and healthy, and has a normal life expectancy (just takes 2 pills a day to keep him that way).We understand that HIV may put some people off, but the clinic in the US would explain everything and assure anyone that the process is no different to any other journey, and no risks to anyone Look forward to hearing from anyone interested in getting to know us any better, Love Michael, Sunny, Auryn (and the pets!)