As you can read in the article, a single man who has the desire to have a child has three options: adoption, co-parenting, and surrogacy.
In the first two cases, the time to have a child will depend on how long it takes to receive acceptance for adoption and how long it takes to find a woman who wants to share paternity, respectively.
These are generally more complicated options than surrogacy, although it will depend on each case.
Read the full article on: How Can a Single Man Become a Father? ( 76).