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Post by lindsay815 on Sept 5, 2006 11:35:05 GMT -5
I am taking a child psychology class for my nursing degree. Right now, I am doing a paper researching surrogacy. The more I read about it the more interested in it I become. I am actually thinking about being a surrogate for someone. I am 23 and have two beautiful healthy daughters. I have been so blessed with fertility and feel like I should use that to help other people that arent as lucky as I have been. I was thinking that getting pregnant will also help with the endo (I know its not a cure!!) because the bc pills and IUD that I have tried dont seem to be working too well and I am definitely not ready for lupron. My doctor had mentioned getting pregnant to me, but I dont want anymore children of my own right now!! I had very easy pregnancies and births (besides for the AWFUL morning sicknes... lol) Anyways, my question is~ has anyone ever heard of someone with endo becoming a surrogate?? I just had my second lap last month and my gyn says that my endo is on the mild side and that my tubes and ovaries are all clear and that I should have no problem with fertility (I obviously havent had any problem before~getting pregnant with both of my daughters was way TOO easy!!) I just dont know exactly how it all works. If anyone has any info on surrogacy it would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!! Look forward to some responses!! Lindsay )
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Post by erzulie on Sept 5, 2006 17:27:44 GMT -5
Wow Lindsay, it's so cool of you to consider doing this! I really admire people who go to all that work to help someone. As far as I can tell, there's no reason why endometriosis would make you a bad surrogate mother, especially if you are being implanted with another woman's egg. If you are using your own eggs then there is the fact that you have a disease that you could be passing on in your genes, but you basically just have to discuss that with the parents and see if they have a problem with it. It's possible some parents could reject you as a surrogate based on that, but the thing is that no one is medically perfect and what you have is not nearly so bad as what's in some people's genes. Some people could be looking for a surrogate because the mother has a family history of cystic fibrosis or something like that and she's afraid to use her genes, and they might see endometriosis (and its zillions of related diseases) as being very minor compared to that. Just be honest and don't take it personally if you aren't chosen by any particular couple. The main challenge I would foresee is explaining to your daughters what's going on. I think you would be setting a good example for them though. Going to a lot of work so somebody else can have a baby is a really unselfish act, and that's a great thing for your children to witness.
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