Not at forty-four. Nor did I have a lot of options. Because unlike a woman, who could go to a sperm bank, select the father of choice, and then ride off into the sunset of single motherhood, the system doesn't work that way for us guys. A man who wants a baby can't purchase an egg. It's more complicated.
Eggs come from wombs, and wombs are attached to women.
And women don't like to give up babies. That's one of the great things about women. So, at some level anyway, a man who wants a baby is going to be very involved with his co-babymaker. And as long as you're involved, it might as well be with someone you like. Guys don't want to just have a baby.