I was trying to think of a way to make money without putting my kids in daycare and I filled out this application and they called me and they were like, hey, you're pretty cool, but nobody's going to want your eggs.

But she's like, you're a great candidate for surrogacy.

This is death, Sex, and Money.

Do you by any chance know where I put my keys, phone, shoes, or novering?

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

You boys won that money game, didn't't? And need to talk about more.

Don't you say your good buys? I mean a sale.

Sarah Short was 18 years old when she and her boyfriend found out she was pregnant.

I had started going to college but I didn't know what I wanted to do.

And so, you know, my first impulse was, okay, I'm going to look into adoption.

Sarah went to her first prenatal checkup and that got her worried about how she was

going to pay her medical bills. I didn't understand how health insurance worked. I mean as far as I

know I think I walked into the hospital and asked them where do I go if I'm having a baby.

And um where do I go if I'm having a baby?

But then they told me,

oh, this health insurance that you have through your dad

won't cover OB type services.

And I asked them you know is there something in place for poor people

can I set up a payment plan and they just said no no and so at that point I really didn't know what to do

and I just didn't go back to the doctor. Sarah eventually decided to keep the

baby but she didn't have another doctor's appointment until she was seven months into her pregnancy.

She tried to enroll in Medicaid, but she needed to track down a copy of her birth certificate.

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