Does the surrogate ever want to back out and keep the baby?

Learn the answer to this week's user-submitted question about surrogacy in this week's installment of Ask a Surrogacy Expert! Have a question about surrogacy that you'd like answered? Submit it at brightfuturesfamilies.com/ask

Surrogacy Commitment and Intentions

• The team confirmed that 99.9% of surrogates do not want to keep the baby, emphasizing strong commitment to the surrogacy process. 

• Amanda explained that surrogates are motivated by the goal to create joy and bring life, not personal gain. 

• Intended parents seek to welcome the child and then return to their normal lives, highlighting clear role expectations. 

• This insight helps reduce fears driven by negative media stories, reinforcing trust in the surrogacy process. 

• Understanding this high commitment rate supports marketing and counseling strategies aimed at intended parents and surrogates.

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Transcript: Hey, everyone, it's Amanda with Bright Futures Families, And I'm here with today's Ask Question. And the question is, does the surrogate ever want to back out and keep the baby? No. I know we all hear of those horror stories on the news and social media, but honestly, 99.9% of surrogates are not wanting to do this to keep the baby. They are doing this to bring a joy, a life, accomplish a goal, and bring a baby into this world. For these intended parents, they don't want to keep the baby. They want to go home and be able to take a nap and move on with their life while knowing that they created this dream for somebody else. So, no, they don't want to keep the baby.