<p>My neighbor’s sister had her baby for her but it was the sister’s egg and my neighbor’s DH sperm. For their second child they adopted from Korea.</p>
<p>Emilybee–
Are you saying then that your neighbor’s sister in effect gave one of her children to your neighbor?</p>
<p>(It was the sister’s own egg, and the sister’s own husband’s sperm?)</p>
<p>No skyhook. It was my neighbor’s sister’s egg and my neighbor’s husband’s sperm The sister also carried the baby but was artificially inseminated.</p>
<p>Check with the State Dept on the citizenship. Maybe they would issue a “US citizen born abroad” document under those circumstances.</p>
<p>^^I think you are correct.</p>
<p>I have heard of young ladies who would rather go the IVF/surrogate route than “suffer” through pregnancy and childbirth. :eek:</p>
<p>Very disturbing:</p>
<p>[BioEdge:</a> Surrogacy a US$2.3 billion industry in India, with 1,000 clinics](<a href=“http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/10089?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter]BioEdge:”>http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/10089?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)</p>
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<p>Thus far, my son has only spoken of adoption but if he chose this route instead, we’d support him. I think it’s like all things in that you must do your homework very carefully. </p>
<p>Oprah did a show on this and the agency she featured showed how the money that the women make is life changing; they buy houses, put children through school and open businesses. Most importanly, the money is put in the woman’s name only, so she is in charge of it and it makes a few dynamic within the family.</p>
<p>I dunno, kate. Of course, it could be life changing. But I’d rather give birth to my grandchildren and donate money to charity than let my son (if I had one) go this route. Something about selling your body as an incubator… In the US, reputable IVF clinics require surrogates to be over 21, materially stable, and have at least one child, born without complications and naturally.</p>
<p>I’d rather give birth to my grandchildren as well but infertility ruled that out twenty years ago. Seeing as my son is gay, he too will be dealing with the reality that children will not come easy. </p>
<p>As I said, he is interested in adoption at this point in his life but I really don’t have a problem with surrogacy as long as it is done ethically. The financial difference between doing in the US and doing it in India is substancial. Yet, it could be argued that the amount women are paid in India makes a much larger impact on their lives than the amount that women in the U.S. are paid. Again, for me, it all comes down to who is running the program and the rules of the individual programs.</p>
<p>I know people who struggled with infertility. Kate, hugs. This topic came up in conversation with some of my girlfriends. Some of us said that they would consider giving birth for their children, if needed. I too would be willing to do this for my child if they needed help. Heck, even in a few years I’m not going to be as old as this grandma!
[Surrogate</a> Grandmother: Woman Gives Birth to Her Own Grandson at 61 - ABC News](<a href=“Labor of Love: Woman Carries Her Daughter's Baby - ABC News”>Labor of Love: Woman Carries Her Daughter's Baby - ABC News)</p>