{"id":26684,"date":"2020-01-10T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26684"},"modified":"2020-01-11T07:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T12:43:46","slug":"fathers-blackmailed-by-surrogate-for-their-newborn-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2020\/01\/fathers-blackmailed-by-surrogate-for-their-newborn-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Fathers extorted by surrogate for their newborn twins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A married gay couple from Shropshire, England have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help cover the $34,100 in legal costs <\/a>after the surrogate mother of their newly born twin girls refused to sign over parental rights unless they paid her an additional $4,000 on top of the $22,300 they\u2019d already paid to cover her other fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their GoFundMe page<\/a>, Steven wrote that their \u201clong, excruciating nightmare\u201d began when their twin girls were born prematurely at 28 weeks instead of the usual 37 weeks. As a result, the newborns had lots of health difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After their surrogate announced that she had gone into labor, the couple took a 3.5-hour drive to the hospital to find out upon arrival that their second daughter was a \u201cbreech birth\u201d (coming out feet- or butt-first rather than head-first). The dangerous delivery condition that left the infant \u201ccovered from head to toe in bruises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n