Ep 69: Surrogacy & parenting with dads Bret and Stephen
Host: Dr. Cindy Hovington, Ph.D.
Guest: Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna
Bret Shuford & Stephen Hanna, Broadway actors and Broadway Husbands are now Dads! They’re so grateful to have met and started their life together while working on Broadway. They started a blog to help connect with their community with the mission of helping everyone live their best BroadwayLife.
Summary
In today’s episode we meet with parents Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna, Broadway husbands, who started a family by choosing surrogacy. We start with learning a bit about the couple and how they decided to use surrogacy over other methods of conceiving. We talk about building a connection with the surrogate and the newborn. We also chat about the parenting roles in same sex couples, as well as the barriers faced when living in a difficult social climate. Stephen and Bret talk about their experience with a newborn and how they deal with Maverick’s emotions – I love how they totally balance each other out in terms of parenting style.
Trigger warning - pregnancy loss
Resources:
Check out their website: http://broadwayhusbands.com
Book discussed in the episode: What Makes a Baby