Surrogate resigns

Meet the most prolific surrogate mother throughout the UK. Over the past 19 years, she gave birth to eight children. And now I decided to stop.

45-year-old Jill Hawkins recently gave birth to her eighth child in 19 years. Happy parents boy named Oliver. And his surrogate mother   I decided that after Oliver in his career should be put an end.

Last pregnancy took hard, and Jill always felt unwell. Almost the entire year she spent in the hospital, sometimes staying in bed for many days. The woman suffered from nausea and headaches. Two weeks before his appearance Oliver surrogate mother   I came to the hospital for a routine check but never returned home. Doctors insisted on hospitalization.

Fortunately, everything ended well, and now the parents of Oliver (a couple from London: both are over 30, and provided the egg and embryo) got a son. His own mother, unfortunately, because of medical reasons could not bear a child on their own.

For Jill Oliver was the first baby for which was not used her own egg. They say that surrogate mothers   during pregnancy is so attached to the children that they can change their mind to give to their parents. But Jill did not leave himself any of the eight children - it only stores them in the life of the first photos. To some extent the woman also maintains relationships with parents and their children, the oldest of which is 18 years.

Careers surrogate mother   It was very hard. Over 19 years of continuous pregnancies Jill has repeatedly suffered from clinical depression, and in one case tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of pills. But now all over, and the woman says no regrets about his life. "If I had been able to conceive, it would continue to bear - says Jill. - It gives me great pleasure to my title of the most prolific surrogate mother the UK."

Well, what financial reward? According to local laws   surrogate mothers   They are not eligible for compensation. But usually they are paid about 12 000 pounds for the "inconvenience" related to pregnancy. In addition, parents of a child, without exception, pay all medical expenses, food, clothing, health treatments, as well as the hospital during pregnancy surrogate mother .

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