I just to let you know that using a surrogate can be a very positive and beautiful experience for everyone involved. I was a gestational surrogate for an infertile couple and gave birth to a very healthy and happy little girl in March 2003. Both of the parents were able to attend the birth and were the first to hold their baby. I never once doubted in my mind that it would turn out to be a bad experience or that I would regret doing it. I think it is the best thing I have ever been able to do for anyone on this earth! We keep in touch still and it gives me such an amazing feeling to know that I helped them to have a family. True, there a mnay stories out there about surrogacy gone wrong, however, there are a lot more stories about surrogacy experiences that end happily ever after. To be a surrogate, you really have to have an unwavering surety that you have completed your own family, and that you are doing it for the right reasons (to help a couple have a family) and not for the wrong reasons (money). Going in to this experience having completed my family and having infertility touch my family personally, I was able to give this gift to a couple for the right reasons. I could not have asked for anything more precious.