How do you feel about surrogate mothers?

Im writing a paper on surrogate mothers and would like some input on the subject. How do you feel about it? Do you think its wrong? Do you support it? Have you been a surrogate? Do you know a surrogate?

Any information about it would be extremely helpful. Please and thank you :)How do you feel about surrogate mothers?
How do you feel about it?

Someone else's reproductive business is not any of my business.



Do you think its wrong?

No, just not something I would do.



Do you support it?

I don't protest against it but I don't do anything to actively support it either.



Have you been a surrogate?

No.



Do you know a surrogate?

No.



I think it's cool if another women could/wants to do it but I know I could not be that generous with my own body. I have thought about donating eggs though. To each her own.





~Pro-Choice Momma; Have had an abortion %26lt;no regrets%26gt; and I have a 15 month old daughter %26lt;no regrets%26gt;. I believe in protecting my daughter's choice.



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I couldn't imagine how bad someone would feel to not be able to have a child. I myself have no ambition to have children and do not believe that women are here solely to breed. However, to be a female and not being able to do what you are entitled to do would just be devisating.



I think if you both have the egg and sperm then a surrogate is fantastic! But if there is no egg or no sperm from the wanting parents then adoption would be more ideal. There are probably lots of children that don't have homes so why created another child (when its not your genetics).



So yes i support it to a point, and i think surrogates are truely the most wonderful ppl alive.How do you feel about surrogate mothers?
I think they are brave courageous people that are taking responsibility for their actions. I think its awesome how one persons burden can be another persons very dream and joy. There is nothing wrong with this act as well as those who carry someone else's baby because they can't carry their own egg themselves. I'm by no means anti-abortion, but this is hands down the best solution to everyone involves problems.

And that is my option. :) Enjoy.
I think the women who offer to do this for a couple are the most generous selfless people in the world. Offering to be another womans womb for her because she cannot carry the baby is truely courageous. So many couples out there are desperate to be parents and wanting your very own child is the most natural thing in the world - when you find that your womb is not working as it should is the most devestating feeling you could possibly feel.



I am 30 and I have lost 2 babies due to silent miscarriage trying to conceive my 1st child.



I had convinced myself that it was my fault - that my body wouldnt allow me to carry my children. After our 2nd loss i was on a downward spiral of terrible depression, i felt like everything was my fault and the fact i couldnt make my partner the father he so longed to be made me feel like i was just in the way of his happiness, i was teriffied he would leave me yet i was pushing him away so he could. It was an awful time. My younger sister who has already had 2 children could see exactly what i was doing and she sat me down for a long chat and explained to me what i was doing and made me talk about how i was feeling we both cried our eyes out but after i felt much better from her reassurance.



A few days later she took me out for a meal and told me she had been doing a lot of thinking and wanted me to know that if it did turn out that i couldnt carry a baby then she would like me and my partner consider using her womb for 9 months. I dont think i have cried so much. The fact that she loves us so much that she was offering such an amazing gift was overwhelming. As much as i adored my sister for offering, i wanted to feel that bond with my child myself and it made me realise that i couldnt give up so easily, that i must keep trying and staying positive.



Only a few weeks later i found i was pregnant again :D



It has been a very frightening time for us but this baby seems to be a fighter, we are now 12 weeks 6 days pregnant and overjoyed.



My little sister clucks around me like a mother hen and i cant tell you how much i admire and adore her for all the reassurance and support she gave us. This little one is so spoilt already and we really have the happiest family in the world.
I think it's a great gift for someone to do that. Personally i would LOVE to be a surrogate for people not only because i was very good at being pregnant and labor, but because i felt a GREAT sense of accomplishment by having birthed a baby, and would love to do it more often but i don't want a plethora of children!!!



And while i'm against the buying and selling of children, i would not be against people 'renting out my oven for their bun' lol. I would NOT be ok with giving people my eggs from my pregnancy, and even egg donating i don't think i could do without wanting to know the child. But hey, if it's just my uterus? Yup. I mean, how much do people pay surrogates through an agency? $30,000? For nine months 'work' lol. Great! No bosses, no working hours, and part of your job is to SLEEP REST AND EAT! ahahaha.



HOWEVER!!! You can't have sex for the first 19 weeks of the pregnancy. lol. and that just wouldn't suit me or hubby. I would prolly do it for free for loved ones though, even with the sacrifices.



Don't know one, haven't been one.
My sister has been married for like 15 years and have no kids. I'm on my second pregnancy. I'm done after this one,2 kids is enough for me. If my sister came to me and asked if I could carry a baby for her. I would do it in a heartbeat. I know the joy of being a mother. I would want her to feel that too. I can't see myself doing it for anyone else though. She would actually be the only person I'd do it for. Not even my others sisters would I carry a child for. I don't think there is any wrong with being a surrogate mother. I mean think about it. You're giving someone the best gift you could ever give someone.
I think that even the women who do it for the money are great people who offer an amazing service to those they help. My friend and her husband are interviewing now for a surrogate because she can't carry a fetus past the first trimester due to medical problems. Adoption is a great option too, but like my friend most women want a child that is biologically related to them.
I saw a special investigation episode on surrogate mothers once, it was about the sleezy woman who told couples she was pregnant, when she really wasnt, and took a lot of money from them.



I think adoption is always a great choice, but im not opposed.
i personally feel its a very very big step in one's life

i dont think my religion allows it so i cant comment much on it

but again its a big sacrifice on one's part!

and to help someone in such a big way is tough but again some do for money and some do because they genuinely feel for you............