Strangers Making Babies

Name: Strangers Making Babies
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-03-23
Cast: Ian Hughes

2021 · 1 season · 4 eps · Documentary

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People are finding it increasingly difficult to meet "the right one" to start a family with, so some are turning to co-parenting, which is when two people have a baby together outside a conventional romantic relationship.

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