{"id":3861,"date":"2013-06-07T11:12:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2015-07-07T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T21:18:38","slug":"would-you-charge-a-friend-or-family-member-to-be-a-surrogate-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/would-you-charge-a-friend-or-family-member-to-be-a-surrogate-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Charge a Friend or Family Member to Be a Surrogate For Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"
No, surrogacy is not in the plan for me, but there are two things that led me to believe that this post had to be written, and this question had to be asked:<\/p>\n
Magazine Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n I was reading a magazine at the gym (I can’t remember which one), which had a feature on surrogacy. It documented the rise in sister surrogacy as\u00a0infertility\u00a0issues become more and more common for women (something which I attribute to the foods that we eat, mainly).<\/p>\n It showed a table that outlined the costs of surrogacy if you were to have a stranger be a surrogate, versus a family member acting as your surrogate.<\/p>\n On both sides of the table, it showed the cost of paying the surrogate for the services – about $15,000 – $30,000. There are also costs for healthcare, legal and administrative costs, and other things. The $15-$30K figure is just for the usage of the surrogate’s body.<\/p>\n I mulled it over for a bit on the treadmill at that time, but then forgot about it.<\/p>\n The Kardashians<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t judge me, but I find the Kardashians incredibly entertaining. I was watching an episode of Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (or one of the spin off shows, anyway), that showed Kourtney offer to become a surrogate for Khloe, one of the sisters who was at the time having trouble getting pregnant.<\/p>\n Obviously, the one sister was not offering with a financial agenda; the Kardashians all have more than enough money, and the show portrayed her as being concerned for her sister and wanting to help (plus, even the high end of the cost of surrogacy at $30,000 is pocket change for a Kardashian).<\/p>\n So I got to thinking…<\/p>\n Is charging a family member or friend to be a surrogate for their baby common practice?<\/strong> <\/span>(Not that surrogacy in general is common practice, but within the surrogate community).<\/p>\n Also..<\/p>\n Would you charge somebody close to you to be a surrogate for their child?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Note that this is not a question of whether or not you would be a surrogate; you can never really know until you are in that situation. The answer may be yes now, but if put in the situation, you may change your mind. Plus, it depends on the relationship that you would have with the family and a whole bunch of factors.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Let’s say that you agreed to be a surrogate for somebody very close to you. Would you expect to be paid?<\/p>\n I mean, yes, I think medical bills (for US readers) and the costs of maternity clothes and all other things that pregnancy and surrogacy leads to, would be paid by the parents-to-be regardless of your relationship with them, but what about the cost of the usage of your womb to grow the child?<\/p>\n So I want to know. If you were approached by your best friend or sister, to become a surrogate for them, would you expect compensation?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, surrogacy is not in the plan for me, but there are two things that led me to believe that this post had to be written, and this question had to be asked: Magazine Stories I was reading a magazine at the gym (I can’t remember which one), which had a feature on surrogacy. It …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,231],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n