I had a baby this morning!

She was my 3rd baby- I have a 5 year old son who is mine, a 2 year old surrogate son who lives in Paris, and now a 7.5 hour old surrogate daughter.

I've been on bedrest since Wednesday due to blood pressure issues, and woke up having contractions this morning. I didn't want to go in too early because I wanted a low medical-intervention birth so I didn't want to be laboring at the hospital for longer than I had to.

Apparently I waited a bit too long, though, because about halfway to the hospital (an hour or so drive) I had to tell my mom to pull off and call the ambulance. My surrogate daughter, Alex, made her grand arrival about 5 minutes before the rescue squad made theirs! So I ended up having an unassisted, unattended (except by my mom), unmedicated car-birth!

The ambulance brought us in and we're both doing great! Alex's parents met us at the hospital and seem to still be in some shock, but they're thrilled. And she's beautiful and healthy. I guess in a way I got the birth I wanted- absolutely no medical intervention so far unless you count the 2 motrin they gave me!



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A picture my mom took- the ambulance crew getting ready to get me out of her van and into the rig. We managed to pull off at a rest stop along the interstate



Just had to share:)

That's a cool story! Glad you girls are healthy!

All I can say is W O W.

Jim Smith

That happened to a local couple around Christmas time!!! Congratulations on the new arrival :D

Wow thats cool :gj:.Congrats to everyone

That is quite a story and I am glad to hear you are both doing great!!!!

Well congrats, that will be a birth story for sure! Glad everything turned out ok.

Mazel tov on the baby!


and crazy story!! :8:

If it's personal feel free to ignore this question, but how did you end up being a surrogate mother twice? I've never actually met anyone who has been a surrogate mother before and the circumstances are just intriguing to me.

Wow, that's quite a story... congrats on a fast & healthy birth! :gj: