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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:09 am
Good morning and welcome to a new week! Hope it's starting off well for all of you. Well quite of few of you are not soda drinkers, or have reluctantly given it up. Seems like most of the posts were starting with "I don't drink soda anymore..." I guess that's a healthy thing to do. I still like a nice cold soda every now and then. Today's question is: Gals...would you ever consider being a surrogate mother for a member of your family? Guys...would you mind if your wife wanted to be a surrogate? I would be a surrogate if it was ok health-wise for me to do so, and if I had already had all of the children that I wanted myself.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:15 am
no not for a family member but i have offered for a gay coworker
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:19 am
Sure, I would do it. My SIL has MS and doesn't want to go through another pregnancy. I doubt they would ever ask, but I would do it for her and my brother.
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Penguingirl
Member
01-26-2006
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:19 am
no....interesting question Lori
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:21 am
Hell no.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:28 am
Though we would discuss it, it would ultimately be my wife's decision. The responsibility, effort and commitment is huge. It is a beautiful selfless thing to do for someone.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:29 am
No how. No way.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:31 am
I'd like to say yes, but I got so attached to my babies in the womb I don't know if I could give him/her up after birth ...
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:39 am
Not physically possible for me.
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Littlebreeze
Member
02-18-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:48 am
no
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 7:51 am
After my miscarriage I knew I would never get pregnant again without spending the whole time worried to death it'd happen again. While the chances of a second are slim, there's no way I could go through the heartbreak again. And no way I would do that to someone who's last chance of a baby might be with me. I'd be a blubbering mess from start to finish if I tried!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 8:13 am
although my heart would say yes at the moment of thoughts, i knew how once i felt my child growing inside of me, that i could never give it up. if i had been healthy, i'd have had at least 2 more children. i never expected holly to be an only child. so in the end i'd have to say no.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 8:20 am
If I was younger, yes.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 8:20 am
i have had my sister-in-law offer to do that for my husband & i and my brother had no problem with her offering. but, my dh & i were in our 40's when we got married and had already given up on the idea of children. to answer the question though, if i were able and healthy enough to have done it for someone that was very close to me like family, then YES i would have.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:04 am
To add to the question: would it make a difference if the egg was not yours?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:10 am
Absolutely not!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:21 am
Oh gosh, I was assuming that the egg was not mine! LOL. Crossing my eggs with my brother's is just yuck. I was thinking they could implant my SILs already fertilized egg into me. Maybe that would make up for my not RSVPing to their wedding. HA HA HA!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:35 am
Hermione, it doesn't require any physical relations. I think a baster will do (at least if I can go by the movies). I'm sure there's another way docs recommend. Anyway, Definitely Yes. If my sister had needed my help, I would have gladly done it (in my younger years).
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:41 am
lol, hermi!! well, i would do it for my dd if she ever needed it and i could do it. not for anyone else. i have seen some ugly sides to my siblings/their kids as much as i love them and most of their kids did not turn out to be as sweet and determined as mine, most of them do drugs and are on second marriages while still in their 20's, maybe not so nice to step-children, most of them haven't finished even a single college course ...a myriad of less than stellar qualities, IMO. so i wouldn't want to give an 'empty tablet' in the form of a new baby to someone i've seen isn't the best parenting material!! i know my dd's values and hopes and dreams and giving heart, so if she ever needed me, i'd do it.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 9:49 am
LOL, HP, I know it wouldn't require any physical moves, but I still don't like the idea of my egg and my brother's sperm mating even if it is through a baster. I would like to make an Angelina Jolie joke here, but that would be tasteless and we all know I am the very epitome of class. 
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:08 am
:::cough:::
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:08 am
If I were younger, yes.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:10 am
No, I'm too old now, but I couldn't bear to give up a baby after carrying it for nine months.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:14 am
Oh, Hermi, I read your post wrong. I thought you said, "Crossing my LEGS with my brother . . . " LOL!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, May 08, 2006 - 10:20 am
Herckle! ROFLMAO!!!!! Um, sorry, Lori. Am I misbehaving??
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