Cheyenne's Story
“I’d tell someone considering surrogacy that if any part of them wants to do it, to do it. Jump in. It is the most rewarding thing I’ve done besides being a parent myself.”
I first heard about surrogacy years ago when a coworker of mine was going through the process as a surrogate. My best friend struggles with infertility and hearing her stories and seeing her pain really inspired me to start researching surrogacy seriously. I had relatively easy pregnancies and have a four-and-a-half-year-old and a three-year-old daughter with my wonderful husband. When I first brought up that I was thinking about being a surrogate, the idea was received with only positivity from my loved ones. Everyone was proud and in awe of my decision to become a surrogate.
I researched several companies, but my first call was with NWSC. From that initial call, I knew this was the agency for me. From there, my timeline moved pretty quickly. The matching process was smooth and fast. My first set of Intended Parents were the first profile I received, and based on what I read, I immediately knew I wanted to carry for them. The match meeting just confirmed what I already knew, they were the family I was intended to carry a baby for. From the get-go, NWSC and my Case Manager, Austin, made it very clear that despite this being a paid job, I have a say in how things go. My biggest fear before starting this journey was that for 9-12 months, someone was going to dictate my entire life. NWSC quickly put that fear behind me.
I matched with a straight couple living in California. They had a previous child through IVF but were unable to conceive again and so they turned to surrogacy to give their daughter a sibling. During the process of carrying their baby, our relationship was amazing. We regularly communicated, and when I was six months pregnant with their baby, they visited me in Oregon. A year and a half later our relationship is still strong. We regularly chat and FaceTime, we continue to send gifts back and forth for holidays and birthdays. They have visited me here in Oregon, and we have plans for us to visit them in California as well.
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I’ll never forget the first time my Intended Parents held their baby. Due to having another child and needing childcare, they unfortunately missed the birth. I sat and cuddled their baby for seven hours while they made the drive to Oregon. When they walked into the room, their eyes just lit up seeing their son for the first time. Mom asked If she could hold him, to which I replied, “Of course you can, he’s your baby”. We still laugh about that to this day. Seeing them holding their baby was just the perfect ending to the journey.
I chose to do a second surrogacy for so many reasons. Number one being my strong desire to bring life into this world, despite my family being complete. I’m carrying my second surro-baby for friends of my first set of Intended Parents, so it feels super special. Aside from that, NWSC was a dream to work with, and I knew at least one more journey was in the cards.
I’d tell someone considering surrogacy that if any part of them wants to do it, to do it. Jump in. It is the most rewarding thing I’ve done besides being a parent myself. Quite literally, the greatest gift I could ever give to someone is the baby they so desperately have been longing for.
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