The joy and the trauma of carrying a celebrity's baby

[deyana]

The joy and the trauma of carrying a celebrity's baby

Shanna's phone flashed. It was Catherine.

As Shanna remembers it, Catherine began without even saying hello:"Listen, I wanted to tell you before you see it in the news. I was using another surrogate and she has just given birth."

Shanna sat down to steady herself. Here she was in the early weeks of pregnancy, with Catherine's child. Except Catherine now had another child. This was the first time she'd heard that she wasn't Catherine's only surrogate. What did it mean? Would Catherine still want the baby Shanna was carrying?

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64421478

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That sure could be a tricky situation I would think.

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I think if it is biologically the other couple's child, then the surrogate will not be able to "change her mind" kind on of thing. But, then again, the bio parents should not be able to change their mind.

As for surrogacy, I think there is good and bad to it. I think helping an infertile couple is a wonderful thing. However, I also think that young women could easily be taken advantage of for money to be a surrogate. And probably would result in preying on young poorer women. So, there's that. Also there are risks of pregnancy to which I am well aware. So, I think if a women has her own children and family her primary obligation is to THEM and not doing anything that could possibly injure or harm herself. Pregnancy is still risky even in 2023.

[deyana]

Personally I couldn't do it. Have a baby for someone else and then just hand it over? There is no way.

And like you say, fuzzems, pregnancy is risky and some women still die from it or have huge complications from it or the birth itself.

Some women are just glutens for punishment it seems.

Childless couples should just adopt, there are so many needy children out there looking for loving homes...

I read the article and it seems that the rich and famous (who are left unnamed) come across as practically heartless, having more than one surrogate on the go at the same time, in case one mismarries or something. And when it happened to this one woman, all she got was a phone call and then nothing. They didn't give a crap as they already had another surrogate on the go. And because these millionaires only have to pay for medical costs and salary reimbursements and such, they are getting this baby for next to nothing.

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And can I understand the deep desire for a biological child. I do think that is a primal desire for most. However, there are certainly a lot of children that could be adopted all over the world, especially for these wealthy couples of means. And, I think there are medical ethics concerns about using poorer women as their vessels. Could some of them bear their own children but they just choose not too for vanity sake, etc ? I don't know. I am not entirely against but like anything in life, something meant for good can also be corrupted.