Thank you

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:43:55 -0700

I would just like to thank you for contributing this material. I was a gestational surrogate and my primary reason for being a carrier stemmed from the belief that women should help other women. I view the choice to become a mother as a type of "sisterhood" to which no woman desiring a child should be excluded. I think many women have a maternal nature, not just for children, but for other women specifically. It's this that (I think) is a motivating factor for Surrogates. It was for me. It was not so much wanting to "give" as it was having a "respectful empathy" for the intended parent. A way to say "Hey, you're not alone 'sister'...there's hope."

I have every intention on being a Surrogate again.

Motivations of Surrogate Mothers

Community Editor — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Some believe public controversy over surrogate motherhood is accelerating. Sometimes women who choose to bear children voluntarily for someone else are seen as cold and mercenary, because they seem to so easily “give away their babies". Some believe it's reprehensible because it represents a “rejection" of the infant by its biological mother.

Although critics have been vocal, there is little actual data to substantiate these claims. The American Surrogacy Center (TASC) conducted a study to assess the reality of assumptions behind this stereotype.

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Thank you

Motivations of Surrogate Mothers