Dozens of Parents, Surrogates and the Children They Carried Meet for a Reunion Party in Boston

Boston, MA, September 19, 2008 --(PR.com)-- On Sunday, September 21, at 11:00 AM, an unusual group will meet for a special event in Boston. As a growing number of families worldwide are being formed with the help of egg donors and surrogates, Circle Surrogacy is celebrating its 13th anniversary and the birth of its 250th baby with a reunion party. In attendance will be families formed through surrogacy, headed by both gay and straight parents, along with some of the surrogates, medical staff, and the agency people who helped make all this possible. While some of the children attending are 7-13 years old, most are infants and toddlers, reflecting the “surrogacy baby boom” of the last few years. John Weltman, Circle Surrogacy's president who is also a dad through surrogacy, will be attending with his husband and 12 and 14 years old boys. Weltman reports that while the Boston based agency has clients nationwide and in more than 30 countries around the globe, the party on Sunday will be attended mostly by New England families and surrogates. A similar party in New York three years (and 100 babies) ago was mostly attended by NY gay dads and their children (see photo).

Several surrogate mothers already confirmed their attendance, evidence of the special relation often forged between them and the grateful parents. One of them, Melissa Jackson-Reep, is presently more than 7 months pregnant in her third surrogacy journey. Some of the families attending were among the many Circle families interviewed by major national media outlets like the New York Times, Boston Herald, Newsweek and Details Magazine (see here for these stories and other surrogacy news and articles).

While the event is by invitation only and not open to the press, several families and surrogates have agreed to be photographed and interviewed on site just before the party. Please contact Ron at 917-449-2155 if you are interested in attending this session, or to arrange in-depth interviews on a different date.

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About Circle Surrogacy

Circle Surrogacy is a full service surrogate-parenting agency serving both gay and straight couples and singles. Since 1995, Circle Surrogacy has helped bring to the world about 250 babies, with unmatched success rates of close to 100% in clients becoming parents through egg donor surrogacy. Its dedicated staff of professionals is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, surrogates and past clients. Circle Surrogacy provides a choice of specialized clinics at locations throughout the country, a large selection of egg donors, swift matching with carefully screened surrogates, and a variety of flexible programs and financial options to suit its clients’ unique family choices.

John Weltman, owner, founder is a Yale graduate and a nationally recognized expert in the field of reproductive law, including surrogacy and gay parenting. John and his husband began their surrogacy journey in 1991 and had two boys, now 14 and 12, through the same surrogate. John was interviewed and appeared in numerous publications, TV programs, and conferences throughout the USA, Europe, Canada, and Israel.

To learn more about Circle Surrogacy go to www.circlesurrogacy.com