Would you do it?

[magnolia]

Without a doubt, to help out family, I would! My first cousin and her husband found out with their first baby that he was anencephalic (without a brain) when she was 4 months into her pregnancy. They decided, after much prayer, to end the pregnancy. Six months later, she became pregnant again - and again, the baby was diagnosed as anencephalic 4 months into the pregnancy. Tests were run on both her and her husband, tests were run on the amniotic fluid and the baby, trying to find out rhyme or reason to what was happening. I had called her and told her that if they did not want to try again, I'd be more than willing to be a surragate for her (she and I look a lot a like, same hair coloring, same eye coloring, practically the same build). She could not believe I would offer to do that for them and said they were going to try one more time before making a decision on suragacy or adoption. One year later, she became pregnant again and we all held our breaths until her 4th month when she had the test - third time was the blessing and they learned they had a, so far, healthy baby They went on to have a girl followed by a boy 4 years later. Tragically, her husband was killed 4 years ago in a stupid incident while on a fishing trip in south Louisiana. Now, being a suragate is out of the question since my "housing unit" was removed 8 years ago.

[Sherry Lynn]

Heck... I can't even consider breeding Yorkies 'cuz I know I'd never be able to give them up...

[Amber_lv]

This is a hard question! In my mind i would like to say yes i could do it but in my heart even though the baby wouldn't be mine i don't know if i could carry it and give it away. This is so hard!