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I recently found a (legal) way to make $20,000. And I thought I was qualified, but then found out I am too old.

I saw an ad looking for surrogate mothers. I have never truly desired to be pregnant again, after going through lots of sickness with both my pregnancies. But this ad sparked some very good discussion in our home. We talked first of all about what a surrogate mother is and why one would be needed. My son said it was something he thought was good and I should do, if I could. My husband said he would not have cared if I did it. My daughter however thought it was just wrong! The money aside, the moral and emotional implications were just too much for her to think “right” in such a situation. My son argued that if someone wanted a baby and could not carry it, how happy they would be to have a biological child whom someone else carried for them. My daughter was worried more about the emotional attachment the surrogate mother would have to the child that grew within her. Pretty insightful for both of them I think, especially in that they are both teens.

I don’t know if I would ever really have done it or been able to do it. But it was fun to have such an interesting discussion!