I've always loved the idea of being a surrogate, just because I love the experience of labor and birth. After we're done having kids it would be wonderful to be able to experience that again, without the financial burden of more children.
However, this is where I begin to get even more selfish. I don't know anything about the procedure and how high-risk of a pregnancy it may be, but I refuse to have any more children in a hospital. Period. My biggest fear is a c-section. I don't know if being a surrogate would be worth the risk to me, since once I'm carrying someone else's child doesn't that mean they THEY get to make all the medical decisions from then on? I couldn't do that. I would have to be allowed to labor and birth on my own, and they would have to be comfortable with any perceived risk to their child. If someone were that determined that they could handle that risk, then I would do it. I'd probably try over and over again for them if need be.
ETA: !! WTH is this blue stuff that just appeared under my name?! Where did that come from?
However, this is where I begin to get even more selfish. I don't know anything about the procedure and how high-risk of a pregnancy it may be, but I refuse to have any more children in a hospital. Period. My biggest fear is a c-section. I don't know if being a surrogate would be worth the risk to me, since once I'm carrying someone else's child doesn't that mean they THEY get to make all the medical decisions from then on? I couldn't do that. I would have to be allowed to labor and birth on my own, and they would have to be comfortable with any perceived risk to their child. If someone were that determined that they could handle that risk, then I would do it. I'd probably try over and over again for them if need be.
ETA: !! WTH is this blue stuff that just appeared under my name?! Where did that come from?
