There has been a rumor going around (along with a book on how to make money at home...be a surrogate... or some such nonsense) that you don't have to ever have been pregnant to become a surrogate mother. That comment is the most uninformed statement I have heard in a LONG time! Can you tell that I am a bit peeved? I feel pretty strongly about this subject not only as an agency owner matching IP's but as a past surrogate.
Let me make it simple.
If you have given birth to your own child then you have actually conceived a baby and therefore know that you are not infertile
If you have been pregnant then you know what it's like to carry a baby to term or close to term and what is expected from your body and from your OB/Midwife
If you have been pregnant then you know if you can carry a baby to term, without complications
If you have been pregnant and given birth then you know what labor is like OR what a C-section entails
If you have given birth you should know what your body feels like during recovery
If you have given birth then you know the joy of holding your OWN baby in your arms (and therefore know what Joy you will be giving your IP's)
Anyone who thinks that a woman who has never had her own child would make a good surrogate is not thinking about all the potential complications that would be added to an already unique situation!
Sharon
www.InfertilityAnswers.net
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