Rebecca, a former South East resident, has made the choice to become a surrogate mother. It's a decision she said came easily after a family member underwent a serious operation.
"I was thirteen and my sister had to have one of her ovaries removed. She had a cyst and since then, she was told she may have trouble getting pregnant herself...I knew at the time that if she couldn't... I would step up and act as a surrogate for her."It's always been something in the back of my mind...one day that I would do for somebody."
A mother of two already, Rebecca said her own pregnancies were uncomplicated and she felt she could help another couple unable to conceive naturally.
At first she didn't tell her husband but after her second child Taylor was born, she started to explore the possibility of becoming a surrogate further.
"Seeing my two kids and feeling as much love for them as I do, I couldn't imagine someone not being able to have that for themselves," she said.
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The legal aspects of surrogacy
Rebecca said although commercial surrogacy was illegal in Australia, the intended parents would pay for her medical and legal costs, including small things such as travel to doctor's appointments and anti-nausea medication.
She said the most difficult part, once undergoing rigorous counselling was the legal minefield.
Even things such as who would hold the baby first in the delivery room were all written in a legal document and signed by both parents.
"We know when that baby is born, she will hold the baby first.
"That's what keeps you going through all the hours of counselling and paperwork...we're both looking very much forward to that moment now."
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