Very sad situation indeed, just terrible.

Debt and baby should never be in the same sentence so sad that poor baby

I could imagine that the non surrogate mother would have insecurities and stress worrying about her unborn baby that another woman is carrying for her. When the surrogate mother chose to lower medication doses the other mother “thought she knew better” and was anxious something would go wrong. We all do things/pregnancy differently and there is no right or wrong way. I guess she was trying to be controlling in a situation that she has absolutely no control over. No excuse though, I feel for the poor surrogate mum that was doing such a selfless thing and made feel like it was the worst decision of her life…I feel for her so badly 🙁

I didn’t realise a surrogacy agreement isn’t legally binding… what’s the point then? Also, I didn’t know that the surrogate, even if her own DNA wasn’t used, has her name on the birth certificate as the mother. So complicated!

The song “The times they are a-changin”..yes this title is so true.
Times are changing and we need to keep up with the present and be proactive in the future.
Laws need to be put into place, we just can’t bury our heads in the sand and muddle on through life.
ALL THE VERY BEST WISHED FOR ALEXIA and the parents and special blessings and wishes for BUB.

The surrogate Mum would have been able to claim any medical expenses via private health cover unless the insurance was started at least a certain length of time before the birth of the baby. There would have been expenses for medication too. Had the wife had the baby the couple would have incurred those costs.

Wow, when I first read the headline I assumed the surrogate mother didn’t want to give up the baby. Never, have I heard the reverse situation. This is why surrogacy is such a tricky situation and should be handled carefully, legally, with regulations, etc. Here is a woman who wanted to selflessly help out a couple with a baby, and they’ve turned on her. I don’t understand. This is such a sad situation where the surrogate is now left with grief, I imagine, that things didn’t turn out the way she had hoped. And for the new family, I hope they come to terms with what they’ve done.

I watched the segment about this on the 7.30 report.
I think from the one sided view we were given that the Bio Mum completely lost her mind over the fact that another woman was carrying the baby that she wished she was carrying. I think she needed a lot of emotional help that she just wasnt getting and in turn she became mean and nasty and irrational towards the woman that was carrying the baby. The woman carrying the baby had Her feelings badly hurt over things that the bio mum said to her, etc

Its all very sad and there should have been more emotional support.

This and many cases highlight the need for federal legislation regulating the surrogacy issue. It’s very sad that at the end of it it came down to money.

A terrible and sad situation indeed ! How damaging people can respond to eachother. And that over the life of a child…what a way to begin your life !

Oh my god! I really hope there is more to this story then this surrogate is admitting. It’s really sad to think the couple had wanted a child for do long and then carry on like this. I am disgusted to think the surrogate even considered an abortion. That’s a bit low, a vile way to get back at the parents, the baby is the innocent. Hopefully this child is raised in a loving home with devoted parents

That’s terrible. I think surrogacy is a very difficult thing. I couldn’t do it

I do agree there needs to be a legal acency who deals with the process of surrogacy. Very lucky the couple taken the baby otherwise the baby might have been taken into foster care. You never know the baby might find out when older how he got here and will find out who gave birth to him.

Shocking story – regulations just have to be in place for this.

Wow that is shocking. I cannot believe they thought fighting during the pregnancy would be ok. It took away from what is a blessing for them. I just hope they treat the baby with all the love he deserves. There definitely needs to be federal laws to protect all parties involved in surrogacy

How awful, maybe they just couldn’t come to terms with it or face the fact that this was they way they would get a baby. But wouldn’t you be grateful and overjoyed?

There most definitely needs to be better laws in place.

I think surrogacy has it’s risks for both the biological parents and the carrier of the child/ren. Because the surrogate may not want to give up the child/ren they are carrying and then there is this situation or similar. I would advise anybody to exercise caution when making a decision to go down the surrogacy line.

What a messy situation. How can the biological parents not claim a child that is theirs when they were clearly longing for one so much to pursue the option of surrogacy

There must be better laws indeed. There was an agreement between them. They can’t just back out. I fee very sorry for Alexa, who did so much for the child and his parents, and has been treated so badly!