I’m in a dilemma. My husband and I have been happily married for 10 years. I am 30 and my husband are 38, and we have three beautiful, healthy children. I’ve agreed to become a surrogate mother for a married woman who has unsuccessfully tried to have a baby for 10 years. I have discussed this with my husband, and he is agreeable. (The egg and sperm will be the other couple’s? they are just using my body as an incubator.) I will be paid $5,000 when my pregnancy is confirmed, and $5,000 after the baby is born. All my pregnancies and deliveries have been relatively easy. When I told my mother about this, she said “Have you lost your mind? If you go through with this, I don’t want to see you in that condition.” I told her she could live her own life, and she could let me live mine.
What Does It Mean? (1) surrogate mother (2) All my pregnancies and deliveries have been relatively easy. (3) Have you lost your mind? (4) “If you go through with this, I don’t want to see you in that condition.”
(1) How long have the couple been married? (2) How many children do they have? (3) What has she recently agreed to do? (4) Did her husband respect her decision? (5)When and how much will she be paid? (6) When she told this to her mom, how did her mother feel about it? (7) What did she tell her mom when her mom said she is against her decision?
(1) Do you think she made the right decision? (2) Do you think $10,000 is enough for a surrogate mother? (3) Would you be willing to be a surrogate mother if you were well paid? (4) What would you say if your wife were willing to be a surrogate mother? (5) Do you think it natural for her mom to be angry, or is it none of her business? (6) Who do you think has more right to the baby if the surrogate doesn’t give up the child, the surrogate mother or the natural parents? (7) Who do you think is most responsible if the child is less than perfect?
