Extending your Family

Last updated 21 May 2003

This is a section that may or may not be for you. As we all accept we are all different. For me as soon as I was told what had happened I was saying ‘surrogacy … surrogacy’. For me adoption has never been an option for personal reasons. I also will find it hard to accept only having one child until we have failed at host surogacy.

I have yet to find the way to deal with this being the end of anyone’s family. Some things I hear I just know are people trying to convince themselves (and others) when they do not truly believe what they are saying or it has yet to HIT them. You know what that means when it applies to you. When I find some good things to say or ways to help us though, I will write them in.

Here is some information that may help you get started, in some areas. Again in this department I have a lot to share, it has been a very difficult process for our family. Again the only good that has come from it is that I have learnt a lot and so may help others around possible obstacles.

I will hope to write up some of my experiences on the surrogacy route soon. For adoption I know nothing. I do know some very helpful people that have adopted. One was quite a while ago the other nearer our time. I will contact these people and see if they will share their experiences.

So unfortunately I can only offer the following at the moment. It is also really limited to the UK so if you can pass information for other countries feel free to pass that on. If you would like to know further information in these fields, I might be able shed other light so please contact me.

Egg Freezing

For some surogacy is for them, however not for their husbands. Some people wish to go ahead and freeze their eggs on their own. If a man wishes to freeze his sperm no problem. However until recently (we understand) a woman had to obtain her husbands permission to do this! Are we really in the 21st century? The good news is earlier 2002/3 (I will have to look that one up) the first baby was born using frozen eggs. Eggs are a lot more fragile than embryos so this is one of the reasons the methods have taken longer

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