Gay dads with triplets explain their surrogacy surprise

Gay dads with triplets explain their surrogacy surprise

New dads and TikTok couple Jakeand Sean (@daddiestothree) gave birthto triplets thanks to surrogacy.In their TikTok, the new dads answer afollower’s question that read, “I don’t understandhow surrogacy works but I’m very curious.

Weretriplets naturally developed or did you choosean embryo that had triplets?” .Jake starts the video off by saying, “So this isactually a pretty great question and one thatwe get pretty often.

Science is crazy!

It actuallytook four people to bring our family here”.The couple started with an anonymous eggdonor that they found through a database.Half the eggs were fertilized withSean’s sperm, and the other half with Jake’s,resulting in twelve viable embryos.Jake continues, “We did some testing so that wewould know which of those embryos were girlsand which were boys and then we implanted onegirl and one boy embryo—one of each of ours”.Sean adds, “And that’s how we got triplets!One of our girls decided to split on us!

Didn’thappen the way that we planned and now wecouldn’t imagine life any other way”.One TikToker wrote, “I love that your girl embryo waslike, ‘Just me and three boys?

No way, I need a gal pal”