CASTLE ROCK -- Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker did it. Now E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic and her husband Bill are the latest Hollywood couple to use a surrogate mom to expand their family.
Their public journey is opening doors for other couples in need and moms who want to help them. Moms like Kendra Landrey.
"It was always in my heart to do it," said Kendra, a mother from Castle Rock. "I told my husband if somebody ever needed my uterus, I'm game."
Kendra is a mother of four. With three boys, a girl, and two dogs, the Landrey's already have their hands full. But her husband Arthur Landrey knows Kendra has always wanted to help other women.
"Of course it was okay. It's something she's always wanted to do and I wasn't going to get in the way of that," said Arthur.
agency, Kendra was matched up with another couple. Before the whole process could begin, Kendra had to go through a series of tests.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires potential surrogates to be tested to rule out infectious disease. Then there are guidelines from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
"We want to make sure they've had at least one full-term pregnancy and it's easy for them to have babies. No complications," said Dr. William Schoolcraft, director of Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine.
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Their public journey is opening doors for other couples in need and moms who want to help them. Moms like Kendra Landrey.
"It was always in my heart to do it," said Kendra, a mother from Castle Rock. "I told my husband if somebody ever needed my uterus, I'm game."
Kendra is a mother of four. With three boys, a girl, and two dogs, the Landrey's already have their hands full. But her husband Arthur Landrey knows Kendra has always wanted to help other women.
"Of course it was okay. It's something she's always wanted to do and I wasn't going to get in the way of that," said Arthur.
agency, Kendra was matched up with another couple. Before the whole process could begin, Kendra had to go through a series of tests.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires potential surrogates to be tested to rule out infectious disease. Then there are guidelines from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
"We want to make sure they've had at least one full-term pregnancy and it's easy for them to have babies. No complications," said Dr. William Schoolcraft, director of Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine.
For Surrogacy Service
Read more...http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31049289/detail.html
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