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"It's such an amazing thing to do" - Kieron Richardson discusses surrogacy and his twins

His Hollyoaks character Ste Hay has done it all over the past 15 years – but nothing prepared Kieron Richardson and his husband Carl for life with twins.

The couple welcomed Phoebe and Chase to the world, via surrogacy, in May 2017. Kieron spoke to Tiny Happy People about his journey to fatherhood.

Kieron Richardson, his husband Carl and children Phoebe and Chase baking together.
Kieron and husband Carl always knew they wanted children.

Path to pregnancy

For Kieron and Carl, they always knew that they wanted to grow their family.

“I’d been with my husband for coming up to ten years, the next step was to have kids.”

But Kieron knew that the couple would face a number of challenges along the way.

“In a same-sex relationship, it’s not as easy,” he said. “Do we find a surrogate or do we go down the adoption route">