Surrogacy

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Jury Returns Surprising Verdict In Surrogacy Superfetation Case (Above the Law)

One of the many lessons and conclusions we can take from this case is: you can get pregnant, again, while pregnant!

You can reach her at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]?subject=Your%20ATL%20column). [suit](https://abovethelaw.com/2018/08/surrogacys-craziest-case-just-birthed-a-lawsuit/) against Omega and Frederick Gaston, a lawyer connected to Omega, for damages sustained during those 11 days. In the meantime, one of the many lessons and conclusions we can take from this case is: you can get pregnant, again, while pregnant! Gaston also stated that Allen’s underlying claim itself was based on an inaccurate factual portrayal. I had a chance to speak with Frederick Gaston, the attorney vindicated by the jury verdict. The other baby was genetically related to Allen and her boyfriend at the time (now spouse), Wardell Jasper. Welcome to the patriarchy! [story](https://abovethelaw.com/2017/11/what-happens-when-a-surrogate-unknowingly-gets-pregnant-with-her-own-child-at-the-same-time-she-is-pregnant-with-someone-elses-child-that-just-happened/?rf=1), back in 2016, a woman named Jessica Allen gave birth to twins. In 2018, Allen brought And an ultrasound a few weeks after the transfer showed that Allen was not only pregnant, but pregnant with … The transfer was a success. But not for the surrogate to receive, but to pay the agency and its attorney!

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I've been a surrogate three times: Here's what I want people to know (Motherly Inc.)

A surrogate may become pregnant via their own egg while a gestational carrier may become pregnant with a donor egg via embryo transfer. The terms "surrogate" ...

But I am also looking to the family I am there to help. When I have these frank conversations, it's almost as if I'm giving the surrogate permission to ask for what she needs, and I let her know she shouldn’t feel guilty for advocating for herself. Or I remind them that the stigmas attached to surrogacy are bogus. Lucky for us, I had the chance to do that when I was 36 weeks pregnant and met them in person for the first time. We connected via FaceTime and WhatsApp, so I could keep them in the loop with what was going on with the pregnancy, and we often had the assistance of a translator due to our language barrier. Seriously, [postpartum incontinence](https://www.mother.ly/life/urinary-incontinence-after-childbirth-heres-what-you-need-to-know-mama/) doesn’t have to be a given, no matter how many people tell you it’s all a part of having kids.) And I got to tell them yes, you’re taking a baby home. And perhaps most important, I know why I chose surrogacy in the first place: To help the people who can’t have the babies they so desperately want (Editor's note: Gestational surrogacy is a process in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another family. It wasn’t until April 2017 that Kris and I began to pursue an agency journey. My husband Kris and I weren’t quite done building our own family, so we decided to wait a bit before It was a friend who first introduced me to surrogacy in 2012. And, I knew what I needed to have a successful pregnancy.

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