I'm 25 years old and I have one 6 year old son. Obviously, I had him when I was 19 years old and didn't have an easy pregnancy. I was diagnosed with eclampsia in the beginning of my third trimester and was induced two months early due to high blood pressure. My son was born healthy, but I had been in labor for 18 hours by the time I had him he was completely grey (more so than he should have been) because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his throat twice. Needless to say, my labor and delivery was traumatic and I vowed to never have another child.
Now to WHY I think I got Eclampsia in the first place: My mother and I both seem to have weak kidneys. Neither of us has ever been diagnosed with anything, but we each retain fluids regardless of our diets and get really bad cramps in that area if we don't drink a lot of water while exerting ourselves (or just over a few days without water). I mean we're laid up in bed for at least 24 hours. Basically, since our kidneys can barely handle properly caring for our own bodies, the added pressure of having a baby will cause us to become toxic because our kidneys aren't filtering things correctly. I don't believe this is something that comes and goes with pregnancy. We both have been known to have high blood pressure and, again, kidney issues.
Now to why I'd like to be a surrogate: My sister, who doesn't have the health issues that my mother and I do, has one son. He's either 9 or 10 now and she's been trying to have another baby since she had him. She's 13 years older than me making her 38 right now. They've been trying and trying to have a baby with no luck until recently. Then she went into labor at less than 4 months along and has lost the baby she so dearly wanted.
I want to help her, I want to have their baby for her and give her a gift that she's not so easily been able to acquire of her own. Problem is, I'm not sure what I can do to make it a good situation knowing my preexisting health issues. I'm afraid the outcome wouldn't be much better if I were to try to do that. Any advice anyone could give me would be super. I'd love to talk to a woman who's done this and can let me in on the whole process as well. Thanks and have a great day.
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