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s/o Would you...ever be a surrogate?
Definitely not as serious of a situation as Laner's post below, but it has a whole separate set of things to think about.
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Re: s/o Would you...ever be a surrogate?
Since I dont even know if I want to have my own kids, I dont know if I would put my body through pregnancy for someone else. Does that even make sense?
ETA: I personally think this is bigger deal than donating a kidney. Even though its not your kid, you're still growing a baby and your body goes through so much, physically and emotionally. I dont know if I could grow a human in me and not become emotionally attached to it.
I would consider donating my eggs though. I'm even thinking about freezing mine just in case.
I've thought about it because I really enjoyed being pregnant/my pregnancy and we don't think we will have another, but then reality sets in and it's a no.
If I was done having my own kids, possibly.
But only for my sister. No one else. Not even CD. lol
Yeah. That makes sense. I'm actually more on the fence about this than the one below. If it was my sister or my closest friend and it didn't jeopardize my family plans, then I probably would. Honestly though, I'd be more likely to give someone my kidney.
I would not donate my eggs.
No way in hell would I do this either.
I've thought about this. I'm also in the "only for my sister" boat.
I feel like the odd ball here. lol.
I would surrogate, and I would surrogate for people I didn't "know", though I would want to met the people I was surrogating for, and I would be choosy. As in, I wouldn't surrogate for Neo-nazi's who want to name their children Stalin VonAdolf or something. I'm not sure if that makes me judgey or not.
I'm not sure about this one. I actually watched an episode of "One Born Every Minute" today in which one of the patients was a surrogate for a couple who had been trying to have a baby for 17 years! And it was not the first time she had been a surrogate. She previously carried twins!
The story did make me tear up, but I think that I would get too emotionally attached to the baby even if I was only the "incubator".
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C
Didn't we have this conversation with your sister about how much money we'd do it for? Wasn't the asking price like $50k?
I'd do it for the right price. Someone offers me $100k, COUNT ME IN.
Who needs a stripping career when you've got $100k? BIG MONEY!
I would do it in a second for my sisters. There are a few close friends I would consider it for as well.
I ditto that it would be hard not to get emotionally attached. I think even for my sisters, it would be hard to give the baby over afterward.
I wouldn't donate my eggs except to my sisters, though. I don't think I could donate an actual physical part of my genetic makeup to anyone outside of my family. That could change though. I guess it would be case by case.
"My 101 List - Updating asap, I swear!
I would only do it for a VERY close friend or family member. I would require that I do not work at all and they pay my salary. I was good as dead the first 18 weeks, and it has been awful. I know all pregnancies are different, but this sucks. However, if I could sleep when I needed to and not work it would have made life much easier. Plus since I'm pregnant now, I'd have my own child to look after while pregnant later on, so working in addition to all of this would be out of the question.
I wouldn't expect any sort of extra payment, just all medical bills be covered and my lost wages.