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Single Kolkata man has a surrogate child


Kolkata, Oct. 2: In probably the first known case of a single man having a biological child by a surrogate mother, Kolkata-based chartered account A. Banerjee became father to a baby boy on Sunday. Mr Banerjee, who got divorced five years ago, was keen to have a child. “Mr Banerjee was desperate to have a child, and we were there with surrogacy as a solution,” said Dr Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar.

Mr Banerjee decided to involve two women in the surrogate pregnancy to prevent either from claiming parentage at a later stage. Three parties were involved in the baby’s birth. Mr Banerjee provided the sperm and an unidentified woman donated the egg which was fertilised in a laboratory by fertility doctors. The resulting embryo was implanted in a second woman, also unidentified, who carried the foetus for the duration of the pregnancy.

Mr Banerjee finally became a father when the surrogate mother delivered his child at Ghosh Dastidar Fertility Research Institute at Kolkata. The 44-year-old south Kolkata resident’s joy knew no bounds. “I love children. This bonny boy will re-kindle my hopes to live, excel and look forward to each day. Since the divorce five years ago, I was left with no other option but to resort to a surrogate mother.

Finally, my mother will also get to play with her grandchild,” Mr Banerjee said after his baby boy’s birth. The child was carried by the surrogate mother for nearly 38 weeks. According to doctors, it was a safe delivery. The surrogate mother, who is in her late 20s, chose not to reveal her identity.