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Wild Request / Family & Parenting / 11:23 AM - Wednesday August 06, 2008
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An Intellectual Guy (Male, Atlanta, 36-45) asked:


Would you carry someone else's child for them ?


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A Guy Critical (Male, Ottawa, Who Cares?, Student) answered:

Screenname: eyesofice


Do you mean carry them out of a burning building or the path of an oncoming vehicle? I would probably do that.

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A Cool Mom (Female, 29-35, Fitness) answered:

Screenname: cheerdemon


i was going to do it for my best friend. but luckily she managed on her 4th try to carry & deliver her own.

as long as it wasn't genetically mine, i think i could do it.

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A Life of the Party (Female, Who Cares?, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: lacey07


Only after it was born!

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A Creative (Female, Pittsburgh, 36-45, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: bluebird300


no,i had a month of bed rest with both my kids, pregnancy induced high blood pressure and diabetes.

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A Married Girl (Female, Miami, 29-35, Home Maker) answered:

Screenname: anonymouse32


only if i could put it down when it started to cry or needed its nappy changing

:o)

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A Guy Critical (Male, 22-25, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: jdthedj


sure, but my arms would get tired after the first hour, I think ;)

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A Thinker (Female, Dallas, 26-28, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: sassyteehee


Wow, that's a good one.

I would say definitely not now - I plan on having children with my soon-to-be husband. That would be strange.

If I were single, I'd still have to think about it. I would have to know the parents-to-be. I would consider it - but the situation would have to be a unique one.

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An Alternative Girl (Female, 18-21, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: werallmadhere


I wouldn't because that would be like doin all the work with out getting anything from it.

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A Thinker (Female, 26-28, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: kelleigh16


Yes. My sister is having trouble getting and staying pregnant and I would be a surrogate mother for her. I wouldn't do that for just anyone though.

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A Married Girl (Female, 36-45, Home Maker) answered:

Screenname: dolphace


Yeah...

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, 46-55, Lawyer) answered:

Screenname: tiddler


As in lift or bear? Latters a no no for a male,former only in case of emergency or a family member.

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A Sweet Sarah (Female, St.Louis, 36-45, Retail) answered:

Screenname: rexy67


If I was healthy enough, yes.

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A Creative (Female, Philadelphia, 26-28, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: surrealoptimism


I can’t say for certain that I would not do it but it is highly unlikely. Damn, I get emotional when I leave the Humane Society so imagine letting go of a sweet baby I carried in my body (yeah right)

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, Washington, DC, 36-45, Lawyer) answered:

Screenname: xerxes


For how long? How big (heavy) is the child? Is the child asleep and/or well behaved, or crying and trying to fight me? Is the parent a close friend or relative, or a casual aquaintance? Why do they want me to carry their kid? Some kind of emergency, or simply because of poor planning on their part? All those factors would go into my decision, but yes, I have carried other people's kids - I think babies find me comfortable and reassuring, generally when I carry them they fall asleep...

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A Thinker (Female, Boston, Who Cares?, Administrative) answered:

Screenname: piscesrising


No.

I wouldn't be able to give up the baby after he or she was born. I would become way too attached.

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A Thinker (Female, 36-45) answered:

Screenname: southjerseygirl


For my sister, yes. For anyone else, hell no.

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A Trendsetter (Female, 29-35, Administrative) answered:

Screenname: divatoonami


Probably not....for fear that I would grow to attached and bond with this child that I am carrying, then be unable to give him/her up.

Hey...I am trying to have a baby right now!

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A Thinker (Female, Kansas City, 46-55, Self-Employed) answered:

Screenname: sunlady1120


Only if it had a clean diaper on.

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A Cool Mom (Female, 36-45, Lawyer) answered:

Screenname: carinabay


Yes, I would; well . . . if I were younger, that is. I seriously considered being a surrogate mother when I was in college.

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A Hippie Chick (Female, 56-65, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: spitfire815


If i was younger & able to, i would..

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A Cool Mom (Female, Toronto, 36-45, Managerial) answered:

Screenname: Nora1968


In a fashion, I already have - my birthdaughter, who has graced the lives of her adopted family for almost 20 years now. I wasn't doing it *for* them - it's a long story and not one I'll get into now re: why I couldn't keep her myself, much to my sorrow - but that is ultimately how it worked out.

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A Guy Critical (Male, Los Angeles, 29-35) answered:

Screenname: neanderthal


as long as i could put the child down and let the bastard walk when i got tired of carrying em. sure.

lol.

im male, so im just taking the piss out of you mate.

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A Creative (Male, San Francisco, 26-28, Internet / New Media) answered:

Screenname: foonlord


for enough money

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A Sweet Sarah (Female, Who Cares?, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: ladywisteria


Yes I would!

:)

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A Thinker (Female, Who Cares?) answered:


not in INDIA...HAHAHAHAHA!!!! or other parts where they dont admit they are east indians like blangadesh, mumbai, all they places where they dont treasure their own lives but expect the world to be doling out money to treasure them, and profiteering charities that always use them as a way to target for your donations or u will be branded racist. hahahahahhaha!

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A Creative (Female, 36-45, Student) answered:

Screenname: fastball


I have actually given birth to a child that I asked my niece to raise for me because I didn't think I was able to provide the love and care for a baby and since she couldn't have children, I thought it was a 'blessing' for both of us...it gave me the ability to turn my life around and try to make a better life for myself and 'future' children and gave my niece the baby that she longed for since she was 19...the 'baby' is going to be turning 17 on February 29th and is still able to be a part of my life and my children's lives...:)

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A Guy Critical (Male, St.Louis, 46-55, Administrative) answered:

Screenname: movi


i guess you are talking pregnant with child and that is not in my area of expertise-but if you mean carry them across the room been there, done that.
NO- I don't do diapers -eeeeeeeeewwwwe-

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A Life of the Party (Male, 36-45, Political / Government) answered:


No, because I'm a dude and it would tear a hole in my ass the size of a bowling ball. Plus, the kid would have the stigma of being a dirty asshole baby. Unpleasant for both of us.

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An Alternative Girl (Female, 26-28, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: gbanga


Yes.

Only my for my sister tho.. I have already offered.

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A Hippie Chick (Female, 46-55, Self-Employed) answered:

Screenname: roanna


Why of course I would.As long as the child is not having a screeming fit. :)

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A Couch Potato (Male, 56-65, Transportation) answered:

Screenname: holyroller


Just for a few hours.... No more than 1 day.

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A Mr. Nice Guy (Male, 29-35, Consulting) answered:

Screenname: mryads


as long as it wasnt their 14 year old son, that would look a little wierd, especially if he wanted to be breast fed.

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A Trendsetter (Female, 36-45, Medical / Dental) answered:


The person I would do that for would have to really mean alot to me....

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A Cool Mom (Female, St.Louis, 29-35, Retail) answered:

Screenname: elizabethmom05


In a heartbeat.

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An Alternative Girl (Female, Newark, 18-21, Home Maker) answered:

Screenname: justhavehope


if they were a close friend or a family member yes i would. if it's just there egg y not. i would feel like i was helping them out and would hope that someone would do the same for me if i needed it.

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A Creative (Female, Minneapolis, 26-28, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

Screenname: ellekassia26


yes. if I got a big amount of money to do it too. :) (well for a reasonable amount of money, not like millions-maybe 100,000 at most or just enough to get by for the rest of my life or just enough to clear all of my debts and be set for awhile)

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A Thinker (Female, St.Louis, 29-35, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: michellekia


....no..because I don't want to get fat.

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A Sportif (Female, Vancouver, 36-45, Medical / Dental) answered:

Screenname: vwgirl


Depends on who that "other" is. Any person who's willing to pay. NO WAY IN HELL. A close friend or relative who's unable to carry children? Yes.
Or...did you mean carry as in pick up and NOT pregnancy?

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A Thinker (Female, San Diego, 29-35, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: silver75


Inside my body? No. If it has been inside MY stomach I consider it to be my child forever.

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A Thinker (Female, Baltimore, 46-55, Administrative) answered:

Screenname: jpm51


If I was still of child bearing age and needed lots of money, then maybe I would think about it. But I really could not actually say for sure that I would think of doing it.

But I doubt if there are many black women being surrogate mothers. I have heard of a case where a black mother was carrying her daughter's child for her because her daughter had some kind of illness and could not have children. I think the daughter was in her 30s which made her mother be about in her 50s. I don't know how they can explain the grandmother really being the mother of the child and the grandmother not interfering with the raising of the child. But that kind of example is 'very rare' I think.

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A Trendsetter (Female, 36-45, Retail) answered:

Screenname: msgg


As much as I would love to I could not, because of the emotional bond that is created during pregnancy.

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A Thinker (Female, New York, 36-45, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: almostcoolmom4


Unfortunately I believe I'm too selfish to do that. There's no way i would be able to give that child up after he/she was born.

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