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    ethics of surrogate mothers

    This was quite slanted, but I still thought it was interesting.

    http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/...ing_pregnancy/
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    I think surrogacy is a beautiful thing. Having said that, I would consider doing it. However, given my GD issues and possibly expecting a fourth daughter, I don't know how I'd feel if I carried a baby for someone else and it ended up being a boy. That would be very hard for me to deal with.

    An option I'm considering is egg donation, though. I have been considering it for a long time to pay for IVF/PGD if this baby isn't a boy. My family and husband weren't too keen on the idea as biologically I could have children out in the world I don't know about, but I also feel like this would better prepare me for the IVF process some women find so traumatizing and give other women with infertility hopes of having a family. My family was also taken back by the fact I would receive compensation for the eggs and said it was as if I'm "selling" my kids.
    April 2005 March 2007 October 2009 June 2011

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    That's a good idea for raising money for IVF!!!

    I knew a lady on another website who did actually carry a surrogate of her DG and it was really hard for her. She went onto have two of her DG so happy ending for all.
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    Having any boy would be hard for me, even after having one of my own. For some reason I was always fonder of boys than I was girls. Girls were just always too "catty," even in their younger years.
    April 2005 March 2007 October 2009 June 2011

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    I'm sorry, I so wish we had a magic wand and could all just enchant up our perfect family from the very beginning.
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    Oh, I didn't mean to be a downer or travel off topic. Lol. I have a tendency to do that! I wasn't knocking my own daughters, either. I truly don't know what I would do without them. They're my life. <3
    April 2005 March 2007 October 2009 June 2011

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    Im my country surrogacy cannot be done for profit, it makes the number of options much smaller. My sister will require a surrogate to carry her baby as she cannot carry one herself due to a heart condition. It has always been my intention to do this for her, however, unless I have a girl I don't know that I can. Even though genetically a surrogate baby would be hers and her husbands (IVF conception) if it were a girl and I had not had one I don't know if I could do it I hate admitting that.

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    I totally understand, it would be SO HARD to do that...do you rem. Airforcewife? She did a surrogacy for a baby girl and it was hard for her, but then she went on and had two girls of her own. I hope that you're able to get your baby girl someday and that your sis finds someone to be her surrogate, even if it can't be you. ♥♥♥
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    I did surrogacy last year and was actually hoping it was a girl (to start with) just to prove I could carry one... crazy I know!!
    When the scan came however I was relieved it was a boy. She (Intended Mum) wanted a boy and I realise now that I would have felt some bitterness had it been a girl.
    I think things happen for a reason. I ended up with a csection too, my first after 6 natural births, and that also helped with the separation. xx

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    I think surrogacy is an amazing and beautiful thing. I very much respect women who are able to be surrogate mothers. It doesn't make me cringe at all like the author of that articles thinks it should. But I agree- some of the issues around surrogacy that she raised were interesting.
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