Surrogacy

For a while my husband and I were considering my being a surrogate. We did in the end decide against it. There were so many amazing reasons to do it. I have had a tiny little glimpse into what it's like to want a baby and not get one (only a teeny tiny window really). I have seen first hand how much infertility can make your life hell (not just in my experience, but in those close to me). The really selfish reason is that you get paid somewhere around $30,000 to do it and that money would really do us good since we're buying a house.

Anyway the reasons we decided against it had to do with:

•My health- I'm not sure if I could be cleared for a pregnancy because of certain health concerns I have.

•I'm still nursing- again I'm not sure I'd be cleared based on this fact and I don't plan on weaning Anna any time soon.

•We would like to have more babies- we don't really want to wait that long to have another baby and the process can take a long time even if things move quickly.

And finally 

•Friendship- this may sound strange, but while we were starting the process and starting to really discuss if we wanted to do it a very close friend mentioned something about doing a traditional surrogacy for her (my egg + her husbands sperm). 

Well after that when Shayne and I talked things through we decided that we would put the idea of the money aside and only weigh the other pros and cons. I said if the money wasn't a factor I would want to be a surrogate for my friend, but Shayne decided he was uncomfortable with the traditional surrogacy thus squashing, for sure, the idea of us and surrogacy. At least for now that is.

I know this isn't the greatest picture, but I really felt this post needed one to lighten the mood a little.