I’ve got five children – aged 22, 19, 16, 11 and nine years old. But in 2024, I gave birth to another couple’s baby. Joy is now eight months old. I never felt maternally connected to her – I know she’s not mine. I’m still in touch with the parents. They send me messages and photos of Joy at least twice a week. We’ve built up a strong friendship; there needs to be a lot of trust with a surrogate.
Under UK law, my husband and I are the ones registered on the baby’s birth certificate, although the embryo was genetically theirs. It’s only when a baby is six weeks old that the “intended parents” can begin the process of applying for a parental order through the courts, and a new birth certificate is produced. Our court date is coming up.
