What are your opinions on being a surrogate mothers?

i am looking into becoming a surrogate mother. but i have never had a child(yet) why is it that you have to have had a child before you can become one? has anyone ever been a surrogate? im just really curious and would like a littl eadvice on how it works. *thanks*What are your opinions on being a surrogate mothers?
I think it is an excellent idea. However, for you, because you have never been pregnant, I would really think about all the pro's and con's. When a woman is pregnant, they bond with the baby - even if that baby is not theirs...it is part of them for a long time and you begin to think of it as your own. It is very hard to give up a child, even when you know it is not yours and never was - especially when that baby has been inside you, everywhere you go, for 9 months. I know a few people who have used surrogate mothers to have their children and all has worked out for the best for them. It is a miracle that these people could finally have children....God Bless you for even considering it, you are a wonderful person. Good luck to you in whatever your choice is.
First off some women have very difficult pregnancies and deliveries. If you have already had a child they kind of know what they are in for with the pregnancy/delivery. Also if you have never been pregnant before you don't know what having a life in you actually feels like. So it may be harder for you to detach and you may have some issues when the baby comes and you are left with nothing.What are your opinions on being a surrogate mothers?
i have never been one but have looked into it. i think it is a great think to do. having your own children is important for many reasons especially emotional. and you really need to "know what your doing" while pregnant. there are companies that allow you to be surrogates you can look them up on the internet. it is illegal in some states so be sure to look into your state laws, for instance in my state it is illegal to recieve a payment to carrying a baby but i could for a friend or something but we could not have a contract for me to recieve money so be sure to look into all aspects
I don't know how it works but I'm sure you have to be a pretty strong emotionally to do it.
You cannot be a surrogate if you have not had a child of your own. Period. 2 reasons why:



1. Surrogacy is too expensive to risk a couple spending $50-100K on a journey with you (not the surrogates payment, but the clinic, lawyers, agency, medical bills, etc) to find out that you are barren as well. This might be their only chance since the costs are so high. Then you, who is unproven, wind up to be infertile as well. Instead of helping this couple, you've just crushed their dreams forever.



2.Anything can happen during surrogacy. By getting pregnant with someone else's child, you can lose your own ability to ever have any more children. Surrogacy is more risky than regular pregnancy because of the hormones/injections and the risk of multiples. It has happened more than once that a woman who acts as a surrogate for another family goes through an emergency hysterectomy at delivery, making her unable to have any more children of her own.



Thats why it is important that a woman not only has at least one child of her own, but is DONE having children of her own. For someone who has completed her family, finding out she is now infertile can be upsetting. For someone who has not even started her family, finding out can be devastating.