Scotland’s First Gay Couple To Get IVF On NHS Pave The Way For Gay Parents
Ross and Chris Muller are the first gay couple to get access to fertility treatment on the Scottish NHS and are expecting their baby boy to be born to a surrogate mother in August, as the ‘Daily Record’ reports.
Ross, 33, said: “We knew we were doing the right thing and we just know the joy children can bring and we wanted to have some of that and to be part of it.
“I think a lot of same-sex couples, male and female, don’t know that this exists, like we didn’t until we found out about it. Adoption, as amazing as it is, shouldn’t always be the way that same-sex couples go and the NHS does have an open door because we’ve gone through it.”
Chris, 38, said: “We just can’t wait for it to happen after so long of waiting and fighting for it. The nursery is now finished, we’ve just moved house and had a blank canvas, so got to work on that.
“Both our families have been over the moon – it is my mum and dad’s first grandchild so they can’t wait.”
Ross added: “Our parents have been really good because they’ve bought us a lot of gifts. I think everyone is getting more and more excited, we just can’t wait now. It’ll be my parents’ third grandchild but the first boy so they are really delighted. I know our lives will change but it will be for the better.”
Chris and Ross were informed by the NHS that they were the first male same-sex couple in Scotland to go through a surrogate. The couple stated that they hoped more same-sex couples would know the process is open.
“A lot has changed since what we went through – the forms don’t say mother and father, they say parent A and B – it’s little things like that. I think it will be a lot easier for people to go down this path if they want to,” Chris said.
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