After long delay, parents finally meet surrogate baby in Ukraine


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Jun 2020

Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino from Buenos Aires react during the first meeting with their son Manuel, who was born to a surrogate mother in a Ukrainian BioTexCom clinic in Kiev, Ukraine June 10, 2020. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown prevented Flavia and Jose from collecting their baby born to a surrogate mother, after almost all air travel was shut down. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - For parents Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino, the wait is finally over. On Wednesday, the couple from Buenos Aires met their baby son Manu for the first time, 71 days after he was born to a surrogate mother 8,000 miles (12,875 km) away in Ukraine.

"Joy, excitement, happiness, accomplishment," a beaming Perez told Reuters, when asked how they felt.

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