Surrogant Mothers

There was a story in the last issue of Little Treasures magazine about this very thing, I'll try and dig it up for you.

i would happily donate my eggs for someone i was close too, but as for carrying their baby???? would have to be someone very very close, as why would i want to go through that again? i dont enjoy being pregnant much, so it would have to be an extreme case for me.

28 isnt old stevie - she has got years to decide if she wants them or not. and she may decide not to have any too. just because she likes kids doesnt mean she feels the need to have any of her own. I like keanu reeves but i dont need him for my own

There is a website to check out for info about this... www.aussieeggdonors.com . You have to apply to join but once you get in there the ladies are fantastic, they will give you all the info you need.

To donate eggs you have to go thru the equivalent of an IVF cycle, daily injections (that you do yourself) that alter your cycle. It will make you produce more eggs than the usual one a month, and they match your cycle to your recipients (your sister). It is not a guaranteed procedure, about 35% success I think.

For you to be a surrogate it is trickier. You basically have to get pregnant (which involves the same as before, an IVF cycle), and if it is successful and the baby is born you have to legally adopt the baby to her for it to be her child.

It is a difficult thing to do, both physically and legally and as it is a relatively uncommon thing the laws around it are quite strict. If you are really interested you could email Fertility Associates in NZ for more info, they are a lovely bunch of people.

I am wanting to donate eggs once this pregnancy is finished. Andy is not so keen on it and to do it I have to get his written consent but that is not something to decide about right now. I would definitely be a surrogate also but there would be many things to consider!!

Hope that helps a bit!!

Don't know if I could. It's something I've thought about too, as Jake's godparents are struggling to conceive. have been through tests and nothing is wrong, went through clomid (?) and she had a severe reaction to it, so thats that. they are waiting another year to qualify for the free IVF, but if that doesn't happen, I'm not sure they'd do. they are the most wonderful people who would be great parents (are in our will to have the boys should something happen to us). If not for the emotional aspect, I would volunteer in a second....but not sure how I would cope.

a few months ago i would of seriously considered being a surrogate mother to someone i love, but with the last few weeks and my blood pressure as high as it is AGAIN, and all the things associated with it i dont think i could now. im struggling to deal with my own problems, and thats with a baby that i will get to love, let alone having to go through it all again... but i would donate eggs, not that i would recommend my genes!

I couldn't do it, I'm too selfish After growing my own little bean and getting to know her, I couldn't hand her over to someone else.

HOWever, if one of my children were infertile, and I was still young enough.. I might consider it.

I couldn't donate eggs, the thought of a part of me being somewhere in the world that I didn't know about it too weird.