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Asking For a Friend: My Road to Becoming a Surrogate

May 23, 2022

“There’s always just that little piece of you in the back of your mind that just knows this baby has always [been], and will be, the intended parents’,” said Yasmine, a surrogate, on the complex experience of carrying another family’s child. People consider surrogates for a variety of reasons: they don’t have success with IVF, have had repeated pregnancy loss, are in a same-sex relationship — and more. Here’s one story.

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