Being A Surrogate Is Great, But First, Love Your Body!

Few gifts are greater than being a surrogate mother. Assisting others create their own family via surrogacy is an amazing act, one that surrogate mothers tend to do repeatedly, usually for the benefit of different recipient parents, but sometimes for the same one. Yet repeated pregnancies, combined with multiple C-Sections, eventually yields life-threatening risks for both surrogate mother and the baby she carries.

In this episode, Dawn discusses why surrogate mothers should limit the number of surrogacy journeys they take, and not compete with one another to see who can carry for the most number of recipients. While being a surrogate mother is noble, making sure your body is not placed in undue stress -- which can happen unexpectedly during any subsequent pregnancy and result in serious bodily injury to both surrogate mother and the baby she carries -- requires former surrogate mothers to serious assess the number of pregnancies and C-Sections she has had prior to embarking on any surrogacy journey. Without these considerations, your goal of giving birth to a healthy surrogate baby may be completely thwarted, and the end result could be fatal to both you and the reciient parent's baby you are carrying.