tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post115752516536404971..comments2023-07-28T07:44:40.802-04:00Comments on Women as Mothers: More Issues Concerning Surrogate Mothers--DisturbingNYMOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-70618127434868727012013-05-03T13:18:20.388-04:002013-05-03T13:18:20.388-04:00Exactly my point...no money involved.
Thanks for ...Exactly my point...no money involved.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing...NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-18700316887799107652013-05-02T16:17:38.080-04:002013-05-02T16:17:38.080-04:00No doubt this article/blog/silly rant is written b...No doubt this article/blog/silly rant is written by a man! LOL. I'm a career woman and I would happily carry a baby for any of my friends or my sister if they couldn't. It wouldn't be about money or being so called emotionally damaged. If I have a body that can produce kids and it can help someone who can't, then that's all there is to it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-2354075765613697552011-12-23T11:00:35.781-05:002011-12-23T11:00:35.781-05:00being a surrogate mother is a personal choice I ma...<a href="http://www.thesurrogacyexperience.com/intended-parents.cfm" rel="nofollow">being a surrogate mother</a> is a personal choice I made and I couldn't be happier with my decision!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-38269025200721306982010-01-17T19:57:39.445-05:002010-01-17T19:57:39.445-05:00"Good riddance."
Likewise."Good riddance."<br /><br />Likewise.NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-2142317978019780532010-01-15T00:39:38.882-05:002010-01-15T00:39:38.882-05:00I am a married mother of one, BA-degree (graduated...I am a married mother of one, BA-degree (graduated number one in my class), worked in an international executive career that paid me ALOT more than 12,000 pounds... and I am still interested in becoming a surrogate mother.<br /><br />While all surrogates may not come from my gene pool, they also do not all come from that of the woman posted in your article... A wise person looks at the world through a lens of many shades of gray, not just black and white. <br /><br />What a truly disheartening and disturbing site. Good riddance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-60298758507947064782008-08-14T11:30:00.000-04:002008-08-14T11:30:00.000-04:00By encouraging this behavior, Sharon, you put ALL ...By encouraging this behavior, Sharon, you put ALL WOMEN at risk of being viewed as cattle to be bred for the convenience of others. As you and your associates continue chipping away at the fundamental 'sacredness' of motherhood, we're left with women being viewed as brood mares for the convenience of others.<BR/><BR/>Think about it Sharon and wake up.NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-78264860894795240902008-07-30T22:22:00.000-04:002008-07-30T22:22:00.000-04:00If running a surrogacy agency to insure that all p...If running a surrogacy agency to insure that all parties are treated fairly, screened properly, are not taken advantage of, and are guided with a knowledge of Assisted Reproductive Technology experience is 'self serving' then so be it. But in stating this you would also have to throw in the Reproductive clinics, Drug companies, Psychologists, and Attorneys as well...and lets not forget the hospitals and their entire staff who make a living on delivering these Surro-babies...because all of these professions make money when a surrogate or egg donor is involved. The compensation to a surrogate is minimal when compared to what the clinic is asking. I think that this argument needs to be put into prospective. Saying that a woman who volunteers to be a surrogate mother shouldn't have her bills paid is ridiculous. Are we horses to be bred? I think not.Sharon LaMothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423824331665266609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-8616569349190685972008-07-29T16:54:00.000-04:002008-07-29T16:54:00.000-04:00How totally self-serving: you both have your own a...How totally self-serving: you both have your own agencies now. I find it a little hard to believe you are claiming humanitarian motives but then run agencies where you can profit from this business. If you are only concerned with helping so-called 'deserving' couples, no one is stopping you from doing that. <BR/><BR/>It's the money that should be disallowed.<BR/><BR/>Many of you overlook that little caveat.<BR/><BR/>You want to do this for nothing, fine...<BR/><BR/>By the way, further back in my blog is a story of a mother who lost custody of her first two children because she tried to pay off her debts by becoming a so-called surrogate mother.NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-9694499337302863402008-07-25T21:02:00.000-04:002008-07-25T21:02:00.000-04:00I completely agree with Sharon. You must not judg...I completely agree with Sharon. You must not judge every Surrogate based on this one bad example. I was also a Surrogate, a Traditional Surrogate at that. I did not become a Surrogate for financial reasons, but rather having watched a few close friends battle infertility, I was inclined to help someone on their journey to parenthood. <BR/><BR/>Since my Surrogacy, I am now running my own Agnecy. Having already given an amazing gift to a most deserving couple, I am honored to help couples create their families. To watch these parents hold their babies for the first time...to watch the closeness with everyone involved...is priceless. I must say that I have the best job in the world! I wish you could find the bright side of this issue...saguiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252546458916612221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-85283198815544170662008-07-25T19:57:00.000-04:002008-07-25T19:57:00.000-04:00I feel that you should not base your judgement reg...I feel that you should not base your judgement regarding Surrogacy and Surrogate Mothers from reading this article. As a past Gestational Carrier (to TWO sets of twins) a married (23 years) mother of 2 and a business owner I resent the fact that only the lowest of the low are 'lured' into the surrogacy world because of financial gain. I would write more but perhaps I should have you read my blog and uncover the facts for yourself, not only from my experiences (of running a surrogacy agency) but from others who have written about their own surrogacy path.Sharon LaMothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423824331665266609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-1157584928601298672006-09-06T19:22:00.000-04:002006-09-06T19:22:00.000-04:00Well that was a lot of stuff to digest silverside....Well that was a lot of stuff to digest silverside. <BR/><BR/>I'm not 100% sure I agree with all of it.<BR/><BR/>I think there could be something in what you said about the father's feelings for the children being impacted by indifference or even contempt for the surrogate mother at some point. I have a feeling the same could be said for both parents, especially as the children get older and start looking like or even acting like the women that are their biological mothers. <BR/><BR/>I also have to wonder how these surrogate families are feeling now that this woman went public with her medical history????<BR/><BR/>I mean I would be kind of embarrassed if I were them and had to own up to allowing her to be the parent of my kid...<BR/><BR/>Of course she probably wasn't so obviously damaged at 27 when she started this as she is now at 42... <BR/><BR/>Youth covers a lot of flaws, I actually heard even the royal family had said about Princess Diana that they never would have allowed that marriage to take place if they realized how seriously damaged she was from her own childhood...NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-1157584338824312162006-09-06T19:12:00.000-04:002006-09-06T19:12:00.000-04:00"Please come back to Redstatefeminist's site so we..."Please come back to Redstatefeminist's site so we can compare notes again. I really miss you."<BR/><BR/>That's an interesting sentiment bloggernoggin, especially considering I rarely posted on redstatefeminist's site in the past...<BR/><BR/>I just came in that one time to make a few comments about Matt Dubay concernng his "Roe vs. Wade for Men" case...<BR/><BR/>I do this on many blogs, post for a while and then maybe not post again for weeks or even months. <BR/><BR/>Someday I will probably post again on redstatefeminist's site. <BR/><BR/>I can't say when however.NYMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762350054432716749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-1157572557626055452006-09-06T15:55:00.000-04:002006-09-06T15:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-1157572193972068452006-09-06T15:49:00.000-04:002006-09-06T15:49:00.000-04:00I am sorry we fought. Please come back to Redstat...I am sorry we fought. Please come back to Redstatefeminst's site so we can compare notes again. I really miss you!! Hope you are alright.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740475.post-1157552951542677032006-09-06T10:29:00.000-04:002006-09-06T10:29:00.000-04:00Good points. Although it does seem on some psychol...Good points. Although it does seem on some psychological level this woman is addicted to pregnancy; it some how soothes her massive feelings of unworth. I really think the whole surrogacy thing should be banned. Even when these women come to their senses and develop normal feelings for the child they are carrying, and want to care for the baby like any mother would, they are harrassed. And frankly, evidence from the children who have come into the world via these situations is not good either. The social "mom" often has problems bonding with a child that is related to her husband, but not to her. She is really no different than a stepmother, and the kids feel this. The fathers don't really bond either, because father-bonding is totally influenced by how bonded they are to the mother who bore their child. If they love her, they love the kids. If they don't, they don't. Seldom do fathers really love their children when they are indifferent to and/or hate the mother. And besides, the father doesn't raise the kids. The "mother" does. So the kids grow up knowing something is missing, knowing they are rejected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com