‘I Have Been a Surrogate 3 Times, This Is What It's Like’

I'm married with five children from a blended family with my current husband, and I've been a gestational surrogate three times. My journey to surrogacy was a very long one, and really began back in 1998.

That year, I was a kidney donor for my cousin. After the surgery, I visited him in California where he was living at the time. Sadly, he passed away six weeks after the transplant from a bacterial infection unrelated to the surgery. But prior to his passing, I saw the difference the kidney made for him. The feeling of having been able to do that for him was indescribable.

While visiting California, I happened to see an advert seeking egg donors, and I kept it in the back of my mind. Towards the end of 1999, I reached out to the agency in California that had placed the ad. I assumed they were going to tell me I couldn't donate because I live in Atlanta, Georgia. But they actually told me I would be a great donor candidate as I already had three children...