What do Christians think of surrogate mothers?

I am going to become a gestational surrogate for a family next fall. In so being a gestational carrier, the mother and father donate their eggs and sperm. The mother can't have babies because she lost her uterus to endriometriosis. The babies would be their genetically and I'd be little more than an incubator. I live in Canada so I don't get paid for it. It's an act of kindness. What do you think?What do Christians think of surrogate mothers?
Using a surrogate mother to bear children for a childless couple is as old as Abraham and Sarah in Genesis chapter 16. Sarah could not bear children, so she gave her servant, Hagar, to Abraham so she could have his children. This was a common practice at the time, since a childless woman was shamed by her friends and family. This story is the closest the Bible comes to what we call “traditional surrogacy” today, where the mother is impregnated with the sperm of a man—often one whose wife is incapable of producing eggs—usually by means of artificial insemination. Also practiced today is “gestational surrogacy” which involves transplantation of an already conceived embryo containing the sperm and egg from a couple. In this case, her role is simply that of a carrier, which was not the case with Hagar.



We learn from Hagar’s story that using a surrogate parent has the possibility to cause pain, heartache, and confusion. One problem that arose with Hagar is that she did not want to give her child over to Sarah when it was born. This can still happen today, as women discover that giving away their children (despite financial compensation) can cause immeasurable pain because of the bond that forms between the pregnant mother and the child she is carrying, even before it is born.



The Bible does not forbid the use of a surrogate parent, but raises questions as to whether or not it is ethical. Marriage is designed to be between two people, and children to be born of that union (Genesis 1:28, 2:24). To bring in a third party means that the child will have a third parent. Then there may arise difficult questions, such as will the baby know its surrogate mother? Will there be visitation? How will the child be expected to feel about the surrogate mother, and will there be jealousy? All these issues should be prayerfully considered before a Christian couple considers using a surrogate. Couples who use a family member as surrogate can often head off problems before they arise if the surrogate has a strong bond with the couple and has their welfare and that of their child at heart.



The Bible says that children are a gift, not a right (Psalm 127:3). Just as God blesses some people with wealth and success, He blesses some with children and others not. Using a surrogate out of arrogant defiance of God would be a sin, but using a surrogate after prayerful consideration and a time of seeking God’s will and guidance may be a viable alternative to the childless. In all we do, we must examine our hearts and the Holy Spirit for truth. “Whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, you must do all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
I don't know about Christians in general, but I really dislike the idea of surrogates. Please don't take me the wrong way, because I know you are doing this out of the kindness of your heart. I just think that there are so many children out there who need a loving home (including infants), that it seems a shame to insist on having a biological child or an infant and go through all these trials. Either way, good luck to all of you.What do Christians think of surrogate mothers?
Personally I think it's a wonderful thing to do.

And as a Christian I don't think i've ever heard anything about it being wrong.

I know catholics are against it.

But again they're sort of against everything arn't they?



No offense.



But I've never read anything against it.



Then again I don't think they really were able to perform stuff like that.





So I say good luck

:)
Personally (as a believer of god) I think it is a completely beautiful and selfless thing of you to do. It is absolutely wonderful that you would be willing to give your body and time to help out a couple who desires a baby.



You are a wonderful person. Congratulations and good luck with everything!
well who cares about what others think? there will always be people who will say it's an act of kindness, and there will always be the super christians who think even waking up in the morning is a sin. it depends on how comfortable with yourself you are.





but damn, you have my respect for doing that!
i think you are an amazing, selfless person, a great friend, and i've never even met you.



not a christian, but i thought i'd chime in anyways.
I think that it is very giving of you. I think of you as more than an incubator though. Because of you, their baby will live. You are a life-giver..
I'm a Catholic, and regardless of what my fellow churchgoers may think, I don't have a problem with it.
It's awesome as long as artificial insemination is involved and not fornication....God Bless You!
As a Christian, I don't think it is wrong or a sin to be a surrogate mother.
Although not a christian, I think thats an amazing, selfless gift.
Well I think Catholics are against in vitro fertilization. and birth control. and condoms.
Wow, that's a hell of an act of kindness.
This one has no problem with it. Good for you!
you're a nicer person than i am. i wouldn't do that for anyone
As a active gestational surrogate myself right now.. you shouldn't worry what others think about what you are doing. It is your own will and your own body that is going thru it. It is a very hard thing to go thru at the beginning with all the screenings, but you are the only one that knows your heart and it is a wonderful way to help people. Everyone that I know tell me that I shouldn't do it, but I say dammit, its what I want to do and I want to help others........ so do what makes you happy and good luck! =D
Being a surrogate is in opposition to the teaching of the Bible.



Abraham sinned by taking his wife's servant as a surrogate and there have been problems that can be traced back to that act to this day.



A couple that cannot have children can pray for a miracle or adopt.
This sort of thing side-steps the will of God and is a sin.