Surrogate Mothers Online Q & A: Did you feel that you will be able to tell your child she was a surrogate baby?

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Q & A: Telling Others

Topics may include explaining surrogacy or egg donation to children, who to share the news with, dealing with those who disapprove, etc.

3. Did you feel that you will be able to tell your child she was a surrogate baby? - Aspen in Louisiana - Top

Apsen,

Our daughter will grow up knowing the whole story of how she came to be. The story of our surrogacy journey is well documented in a scrap book, her baby book, and a pregnancy calendar. There are pictures of her surromom throughout the pregnancy, copies of letters our family members wrote to our SM telling her how much this meant to them all, emails SM and I sent each other, and we keep in close touch with our SM and her family. We never want her to feel that surrogacy is anything to be ashamed of or feel bad about so it will never be a big deal in our home. Hope this helps.

Lynn - Updated: February 13, 2000
Topics may include explaining surrogacy or egg donation to children, who to share the news with, dealing with those who disapprove, etc.

3. Did you feel that you will be able to tell your child she was a surrogate baby? - Aspen in Louisiana - Top: Apsen,

Our daughter will grow up knowing the whole story of how she came to be. The story of our surrogacy journey is well documented in a scrap book, her baby book, and a pregnancy calendar. There are pictures of her surromom throughout the pregnancy, copies of letters our family members wrote to our SM telling her how much this meant to them all, emails SM and I sent each other, and we keep in close touch with our SM and her family. We never want her to feel that surrogacy is anything to be ashamed of or feel bad about so it will never be a big deal in our home. Hope this helps.

Lynn - Updated: February 13, 2000

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