Mother Has Remained Pregnant For Almost 20 Years

[matcom]

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IT is a life's work. And life is what it is all about.

England's Jackie Smith has dedicated her adult years to either having her own babies or helping other women to have them.

She is a mother of six children, a surrogate mother of four and the donor of more than 50 eggs for IVF mothers.

She has been pregnant for most of the last 20 years and, at the age of 38, intends to continue with what has become almost a personal crusade.

While she has no intention of adding further to her own family, she is preparing to carry a fifth surrogate child, for a couple whose fertility has been blighted by cancer.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10953565%255E13762,00.html

[fugue]

1. Not a good idea

Has no one told this woman the risks of being a grand multipara? Donating eggs, fine, but she's gonna get herself killed at this rate.

[demnan]

2. Just what we need

More idiots in the world!

[Red State Rebel]

8. Apparently you have never faced infertility.

The fact that this woman has been able to help infertile couples have children is extremely generous and selfless.

It took me 2-1/2 years to get pregnant with my daughter and you have no idea the emotional torture that is. Doctor visits, testing, expensive drugs, crying every time your period starts. You see people all around you having babies, you see news of babies being abused and killed and there you sit with a great husband, a nice house and you just want to start your family but nothing is working.

I was finally able to get pregnant, but I will NEVER forget what I went thru to get there and I have a great deal of compassion for anyone that goes thru it. Finding someone like this woman who is good enough to help is like a miracle.

[meti57b]

3. Someone needs to clue her .... the world is not facing depopulation.

[pippin]

4. a breeder

I believe there are women who enjoy(?) being pregnant? :think:

[Ilsa]

7. Yeah, I have met women who say

they never felt better than when they were pregnant. Some women actually become asymptomatic for routine maladies they suffer when not pregnant, like allergies, etc. The second trimester is normally a period of feeling really good with optimal health.

I have also talked to quite a few women who reported after childbirth that they missed being pregnant because they missed the attention. Well, at least they knew why they felt that way.

Well, I'm happy for those she is helping with their infertility problems, but it's too bad she is so unconcerned with population control on a macro scale.

[Spinzonner]

5. Actually part of a diabolical experiment

to turn out a race of hive-based human beings

[calico1]

6. Too bad she doesn't use her time instead

to supporting and caring for children that ALREADY exist. Tons of unwanted, neglected children in the world yet she seems to think that what the world needs is MORE children. What an irresponsible dumbass.