How did we get here?
When I have let some of my friends know that I am working on becoming a surrogate, the most common question is - why? which i think is a pretty normal response. Well... here's the short story:
I had my first child in 2001. And man, what a year that was, right? 9-11 made almost every human evaluate life - what do you want from it and what you want to put into it. After I had #1, I wanted to just be pregnant again. I loved being pregnant and it treated me well, too. Life got away from me for quite some time and when I started working at St. Jude (www.stjude.org), my life took another huge swing for evaluating what do i want from life? and what do i want to give to life? And this reignited my desire to be a carrier. I worked with someone who was, at that time, utilizing a surrogate for him and his wife to have their child - she was a former patient and was not able to carry a baby. This was my sign... it's time. Soon after i had this desire ignited, i got pregnant with #3 and the entire time i was pregnant with her, i thought, could i do this, for real? Could i have a baby for someone else? And every time, i thought, yes... because it's not my baby. What i also figured out with #3 is - i love being pregnant. i do not want to raise more babies. :)
I reached out to thesurrogacyexperience.com for information and really loved working with my coordinator. I've been working with Tina for about 3 years now (since 2013). I have researched several carrier organizations, and I just really connected with TSE. They are super thorough and really feel like I can trust their lead on this experience.
And that my friends is the water cooler version of how we got here.
I had my first child in 2001. And man, what a year that was, right? 9-11 made almost every human evaluate life - what do you want from it and what you want to put into it. After I had #1, I wanted to just be pregnant again. I loved being pregnant and it treated me well, too. Life got away from me for quite some time and when I started working at St. Jude (www.stjude.org), my life took another huge swing for evaluating what do i want from life? and what do i want to give to life? And this reignited my desire to be a carrier. I worked with someone who was, at that time, utilizing a surrogate for him and his wife to have their child - she was a former patient and was not able to carry a baby. This was my sign... it's time. Soon after i had this desire ignited, i got pregnant with #3 and the entire time i was pregnant with her, i thought, could i do this, for real? Could i have a baby for someone else? And every time, i thought, yes... because it's not my baby. What i also figured out with #3 is - i love being pregnant. i do not want to raise more babies. :)
I reached out to thesurrogacyexperience.com for information and really loved working with my coordinator. I've been working with Tina for about 3 years now (since 2013). I have researched several carrier organizations, and I just really connected with TSE. They are super thorough and really feel like I can trust their lead on this experience.
And that my friends is the water cooler version of how we got here.
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