surrogate mothers?

[n03z07l08]

would you be one?

Would you use one?

would you do this: have a couple come to your house,the guy come in a cup,you suck it up with a syringe and inject it in yourself to be a "surrogate" for that family? (lady on 20/20 does this)

would you donate/sell your eggs?

would you let hubby/fiance/boyfriend donate/sell his sperm,or your girlfriend sell her eggs??

watching 20/20 about surrogate mothers and I got curious....Why or why not for your answers?

[SoldierMom86]

I wouldn't.  I'm capable of carrying my own children and feel that is the way God intended.  If I couldn't conceive, I would adopt.  I realize it's expensive in some cases, but I'd rather do that.  Otherwise I feel like you are just playing with nature.

[tankgirl84]

HMMM I would carry a baby for a couple if it where their egg and sperm but since i have kids of my own i wouldn't use my eggs. And no i wouldn't donate my eggs nor my hubby his sperm. But if i was single and didn't want kids i would be ok with donating my eggs or even being a surrogate using my eggs. Does that make sense?

[carygrantfan]

i think surrogate mothering, donating sperm/eggs has a whole host of problems that we haven't even considered yet.  i know there are people desperate for kids, but there's gotta be better ways (i.e. adoption).

[SunnyJoJo]

I would so do that for another couple!
Um no I wouldn't inject myself... I'd feel better if a medical professional was doing it for me really. that just sounds weird.

and yes and yes I would to the donate or sell my eggs/his sperm but I wouldn't carry the baby conceived with either for someone else. does that make sense?

[Luna091306]

I can't donate my eggs, I've checked into it. But I would be a surrogate for my sister and I may very well be. She isn't sure what exactly is wrong yet or tried to get pregnant but a few years ago doctors told her she would most likely never be able to get pregnant. Oh and I wouldn't use a syringe of sperm. I wouldn't even use my egg, we would use in-vitro fertilization of embroyos made with her eggs and husband's sperm. 

[mysticblyss]

I think at one time my husband thought about having a me injected with his sperm, because his are to slow and not a high enough count. I think he decided against it when the doc told him what all I have to go through in order to have it done. 

[n03z07l08]

Yes I would be a surrogate (with the couple sperm/eggs not mine)

No I dont think I would use a surrogate..But maybe if I couldnt carry children I would feel different

I would not use my own eggs nor would I donate eggs or let my boyfriend donate his sperm just seems weird to me,I kow there are people who want children but I just couldnt do it!

[SoldierMom86]

To add, I wouldn't donate my egg, b/c I'd feel like the child was mine or part of me.  The same w/dh...if some other woman had his child I'd be pretty upset...I'd feel like he had a child w/someone else.

[RavenKittie]

 I would donate my eggs, a friend of mine has done it twice and is happy with what she did.And im seriously thinking of doing it. I thought about being a surrogate mother once but i would not do it at home like you described. It would have to be done in a hospital.

[PollyMarie]

would you be one?  If I were able to help someone else have their dreams of a child come true, yes I would.  I've had a difficult time making my own come true so I know that carrying a child for someone else is out of the question.

Would you use one? Yes, I would. When you can't have a child and that is what you want more than anything else in the world, you will exhaust all options.  I would have the papers drawn up and signed before the child was conceived so she could not keep the child once conceived.

would you do this: have a couple come to your house,the guy come in a cup,you suck it up with a syringe and inject it in yourself to be a "surrogate" for that family? (lady on 20/20 does this)
Yes, that was one of the options that we had to look at.  In our family adoption is frowned upon.  Not by us but by others and we didn't want our child to viewed as "the adopted kid" and that is exactly what they would have done.  We didn't feel that it was right to put a child through that.

would you donate/sell your eggs?  I would donate to a family member or close friend but I would never sell.  I would feel like I was selling a child.  But I would buy sperm.  Double standard I know but I would be on the receiving end.

would you let hubby/fiance/boyfriend donate/sell his sperm,or your girlfriend sell her eggs??  I would allow him to donate (if he could but he cant) to a close friend or someone in my family (of course he wouldn't donate to someone in his own family.

watching 20/20 about surrogate mothers and I got curious....Why or why not for your answers?