A young Dutch gay couple dreams of having children. They can adopt or have a child with the help of a single mother or lesbian couple. But just as any heterosexual family, they want to have children of their own and have a ‘real’ family. Fortunately a niece offers to be the surrogate to carry their child, but not of her own ovum. The dads to be only need an egg and a clinic to achieve the fertilization. What follows is a harrowing account of the long road between hopes and disappointments.