So I ended up at urgent care yesterday with my hand (tenosynovitis) . The nurse who did my vitals asked why are you on BC when you had a TL. I nicely said I am going to be surrogate and when I decided to I got on the pill to get my body regular.
Nurse: oh your going to be a surrogate? Do you have kids?
Me: yes two
Nurse: oh I don't know how you can have a child and give it away.
Me: well it's their child I'm just going to carry it. Their DNA.
Nurse: well I guess that makes a difference
Later she comes back to do X-rays on my hand and continues to ask more questions..
Nurse: so are you married
Me: yes
Nurse: and your husband is ok with this
Me: oh yes, he is very supportive
Nurse: well I guess you can make a lot of money like that....
At this point I stopped talking before I got ugly....
You should of finished the conversation. It's annoying when people assume. They have one set mind to something and some people need to hear something different. Not everyone does things for the reason you thing. I think it's great your doing that and your helping someone get the family they want. That's huge. She probably said that because it's the reason she'd do it but she has no right to assume because she can't commit a selfless act you can't. I have a pole for exercise and my daughter plays on it and some people say that's inappropriate and I'm training to be a stripper. I say it's a great exercise and stress reliever, don't judge me because a time realm your still stuck in.. or do, judge me and talk about it because obviously you need some excitement in your life
Thank you ladies. Thankfully I only had to stand up for this twice now. But I really don't even know what to say to someone when they bring up the money part of it . I mean I never even knew about the money til I did the research and I would still be doing it. I can't wait for us to get moving in this process again.