In it for the money? HA!!

I just read this take on the whole issue of surrogates being "in it for the money" and I just had to post. It is SO true.

Taken from circle surrogacy website:

"One of Circle’s surrogates laughs about her brother’s dismissal of the money issue by saying “There are a lot easier ways to make twenty thousand dollars in a year!” This is so true. When you consider the variability of morning sickness, stretch marks, sleepless nights, swollen ankles, labor pains, and all of the other issues of pregnancy, this amount of money doesn’t seem so large. In fact, if you figure that from start to finish, your surrogacy takes ten months, 24 hours a day, at an average salary of $20,000…that works out to a compensation of about $2.74 per hour. No one would take that job!…unless they had a higher purpose."

Ain't that the truth. As fun as pregnancy can be at times, it's no walk in the park. It's very strenuous on the body (not to mention the mind, in those last few weeks).

I'm sure there are some surrogates who are in it for the money, but they are few and far between. Of all the ones I've encountered so far, they are doing it from their heart and truly want to HELP another family have a baby. The ones who are in it for the money are going to be regretting their decision when they're hugging the toilet for the first trimester, suffering from insomnia due to bad heartburn in the second trimester, and waddling around with swollen ankles and an aching back in the third trimester. In it for the money? HA!