90: Emily was a surrogate

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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We live in a pretty amazing time. Private citizens are going to outer space, cars are able to drive themselves to places without a human, all kinds of crazy things that our grandparents would never have imagined. I love hearing about the advances in science and technology. And what we’re talking about today might seem like it’s always been around, but it’s actually fairly new. We’re talking about the idea of surrogacy. Being a surrogate mother means you carry someone else’s baby for them. And the first surrogate pregnancy just happened in 1985. Scientists and doctors just figured this out recently, during my lifetime! We’re talking today with Emily. She lives in Canada, and she was a surrogate. I could tell when we first spoke that she was kind of an upbeat, positive person. I wanted to know how surrogacy works, why she wanted to do it, if she got paid for it, all those things. She answered my initial questions, then we got into her story. So today, we’re going to chat with Emily as she takes us on this journey of when she decided to be a surrogate mother for a young couple there in Canada. She had never done this before, but she had some basic expectations of how it was supposed to work. But what actually happened was not what she expected at all. Emily on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyf_27/ Emily email - [email protected] Resources:Surrogacy.ca (Canada) Surrogate.com (US) PAIL Network - https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/BabyStepsFoundation.org October – International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month October 15 – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day This podcast is sponsored by Better Help online counseling – get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS. This podcast is sponsored by the LOL with Kim Gravel podcast – inspiring, uplifting conversations with intelligent people. Find it on any podcast app, or at LOLKim.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think this is an amazing time to be alive.
0:06.2	Private citizens are going to outer space.
0:09.4	Cars are able to drive themselves to places.
0:12.6	All kinds of crazy things that our grandparents would never have imagined.
0:16.8	I love hearing about the advances in science and technology.
0:25.9	And what we're talking about today might seem like it's always been around, but it's
0:30.0	actually fairly new.
0:32.2	We're talking about the idea of surrogacy.
0:35.4	Being a surrogate mother means you carry someone else's baby for them.
0:40.6	And the first surrogate pregnancy just happened in 1985.
0:46.4	Scientists and doctors just figured this out recently during my lifetime.
0:51.9	We're talking today with Emily.
0:54.1	She lives in Canada, and she was a surrogate.
0:57.8	I could tell when we first spoke that she was kind of an upbeat, positive person.
1:02.9	I asked her, what made you want to be a surrogate?
1:07.1	I had just decided I was done having my own children, and that's typical of surrogates.
1:14.4	Usually they're done having their own families.
1:17.4	And I knew that I personally didn't want to have any of my own children, but I was young
1:23.5	and healthy, and I'm happy to work in a job that would allow me to do this kind of
1:30.9	thing.
1:31.9	So I just decided that why not?
1:33.9	I can do it.
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