and what conditions so satisfied so produced a stunning display coming from last 2nd. now wanting to donate life from our land i'm close what is next as a reporter with a profile of joe father is raising 20 and may as we'll be back at the top of the hour in the meantime remember you can get all the latest headlines on our web site that's d.w. dot com from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for tuning in. from. such a british. to link to this from africa the world tour link to exceptional stories and discussions from our use of the z. town while with safety deputy comes much traffic up join us on facebook to dublin for

a. quiet melody resounds michael lighten the mood. ready and did some really. resonate when it's on. the mind and the music. betoken 1st bond 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. johnny and stefan are a couple now they've become proud parents to. this is rooster from state farm as soon as i met stephan i knew we could start a family together and it was such an incredible feeling to see our children for the 1st time to see. me the.

last thing for all their lives by the. son's. life. we got a lot of books from friends and neighbors and acquaintances we looked up a few chapters like i'm sleeping and stuff like that. and we spent a lot of time talking to our midwife. and we followed our instincts lots of things just work themselves out well i live for him come for. every day family life and yet it's remarkable. night. he saw. johnny sister mary angela and his niece rosa supported him on his path to fatherhood. this for the new yorker sure in over north of 3 so 1st the embryos were created and then we met robin. that was 6 months later or and we

liked her right away we thought she was great and we knew we could picture going on this journey with her. aunt and she felt the same way on 6 so as of april 24th we knew if all goes well we'll be pregnant so. robyn carried the children to term as a surrogate mother they'd been conceived in a laboratory with 2 eggs donated by a different woman and sperm from each of the fathers in germany it's against the law to donate eggs or act as a surrogate but it is allowed in california funding of them and in that with the process is hugely expensive. especially if you want to do it in the us and you could probably afford your own home with that kind of money maybe not downtown but you could definitely get an apartment in a smaller city it was a month off when apartment the common way. stephan and johnny were lucky. and everything went well. you got to join him. johnny was in the operating theater

i was outside looking through a glass pane and since it was a twin bath only one of us was allowed in i said i'd be fine if i could watch through the glass and of course robin was the 1st one allowed to hold them. even because they were gone we knew which baby was biologically related to whom and amalia and already oh both have to say much of the same egg don't know this is biologically speaking they're half siblings and i fathered one when johnny fathered the other. thought he knew me and. today they're expecting an important visitor to rob in the surrogate mother is on our way to stuttgart for the 1st time to see the family. to live busy their lives and maybe if yes. the

twins are 6 months old now. they're good. robin has 2 children of her own her daughter agree on a came along with her. really. i gave birth to twins because seriously it's something i've always wanted to do and they when i met johnny and stephanie when they were perfect i loved being pregnant and so those are my reasons for doing it was to help turn stuff and there's no opening bell for going out radio. of course you make money from being a surrogate. but if you boil it down to the name and spare pregnant they say it's less than like 3 or $4.00 an hour for 9 months so really get a part time job at mcdonald's and make more money than i would being pregnant for 9 months and i can't imagine just going through

a surrogacy for the money you make if it's it's the whole package. saturday is family day 1st they visit johnny's mother at a nursing home and after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage she's only got to speak. the. words don't speak for me. i love being able to feed you. you fed me for years and now it's nice that it's the other way around. in the. us surrogate mothers give birth to about 6000 children a year in germany the embryo protection law forbids it even for heterosexual couples who can't conceive. critics say the ban is outdated by now plenty of couples like johnny and stefan look abroad to fulfill their wish of having their

own children. the next stop is stephens parents' house in a small town in upper swabian they are devout catholics. who feel more in their voice all the little. more. the sunday walk is a firm tradition to gay dads with their baby carriages isn't something you see every day at least not here. it wasn't easy at 1st to deal with the fact that he was just different and gay but at the end of the day is over. assume it's over this is where it loose now so it's known as the holy mountain of opposite way below it's a very special place that people without children go up this mountain and pray for children and maybe it works off the wrong. we used to call up paris kids all the time when so it's

a great feeling to be back here now with our own kids on the bus and like you know from since aside from them a kid was sure the 1st one i told us that they were expecting it felt strange decide this but we accepted it and accepted the way things happened so i mean we're happy with the children are here even if the church doesn't want that because but i don't agree with that he said. 2 children have arrived in the church needs to accept that fact they're living creatures no matter where they're from and they're here now come and i was in town it think out their 1st attempt was immediately successful i must say it looks like god means them well that's what i think you know that's right. so thinking. oh dear you and amalia might face tough questions down the road shows or even hostilities. but their extended family supports them wholeheartedly stuck it out is the way of

life and blow and stephanie and johnny can pass the strength on to their children. houses and you're both i back in stuttgart johnny and stephanie want to keep up their social ties. it's a challenge all parents face. was a winner is not having a good day today. i. know but this is 5 you can't do it like that you can't give him his pacifier the. most you need to take it away or he want to understand that it's time to eat now it's sad but he doesn't want to eat then let him cry. just leave them.

well they were. very nice all wound up you just need to go to bed. and it. was sort of you're in a bad mood today aren't you. stefan doesn't look anything flustered him not his 1st the sun or his partner. it's hot and then suddenly everything's all better. order. 2 months later it's the twins' 1st birthday. so it's going to since just as things are a little hectic right now i've just left the office and the guests are arriving at 230. it was important to us to celebrate with our family and friends now that our little ones have been with us for a year and fun to do and for you know stephan left the office early to make it to the party on time the twins are still in daycare. and we moved since we have space

to see 10 people johnny's in a big fan of tablecloth and stuff like that. that's up to me all done so i just said to. johnny and stefan share a business that means they can choose their own work how it's perfect for the small family no or yeah some of this it looks great here. everything is ready. it looks fantastic i wish it was my birthday. it's all right it's just to orange i've been it's a positive kind of stress and i we bicker sometimes but that's just the way things are but it's all worth it when the kids come home and see everything is. what they saw everything this morning to with her and that was lovely it's sad and that's just something that takes time no matter why. i mean this kind of army of us i was called good guys. i had sons.

not loud enough. men soon too little kill somebody. out look honey she can walk. so can you. go way off. here's on tiptoe very selfish prick ok so. i was your her. idol host families come to celebrate. i. think it was. all over you know johnny and steph i want this to feel normal for their children they want them to understand that a family doesn't have to be a mother and a father to be full of love. and they want to keep in touch with the surrogate

mother robin she sent a special gift for the twins 1st birthday. packets from america but now robinson something look out the old oh my. gosh. well honey through o.-i are we sure 1st birthday is fun all day through from your 1st kiss to your last dream come true. there was. i don't have to wonder how. i know you amalia and how they are in a very best hands i am. tired oh how do you. think my morning.

that's the. small consumer big change in the people making it possible to go to africa. fantastic right trying them as they set out to safety environments. and learn from one another. and work together for a better future. see for yourself. the next d.w. . jellyfish are mysterious and graceful. in real life and in our true. genius glance artist stephanie. captures their charm is worth.

your nerve your. time. your romance in 60 minutes long w. . earth a home for saving global india's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas mean by a series of global 3000 on d.w. and on mine. hello and welcome to a new edition of eco africa my name is but my friends call me z. and i'm coming to you from johannesburg and south africa if you want to find out what a national park can do for the people who live in it stay tuned and of course to

meet my lovely colleague in nigeria. yes we're here in the.