Our surrogate gave birth to our baby — as my husband bathed her for the first time, he shouted, “”We can’t keep this child!”” My husband and I wanted a child very badly, and nearly 10 years had passed with every attempt ending in failure. So we made a decision to use a surrogate. Everything was legal — lawyers on both sides, contracts, and the procedure itself went very smoothly. When we found out that our surrogate, Kendra, was pregnant, my husband and I cried with joy. At every ultrasound, we watched our baby girl grow. The pregnancy went perfectly, and after the birth, we saw our daughter for the first time in a little crib and simply couldn’t believe our eyes. We named her Sophia, and just a few days later, we took her home. That same evening, my husband bathed Sophia for the first time in the baby tub. I stood beside him, smiling, as he carefully turned Sophia over to wash her back. And then he froze. It was as if something had terrified him. He looked at me with frightened eyes and shouted: “”This can’t be happening… call Kendra right now!”” Confused, I asked: “”What happened? Why?”” He swallowed hard, his hands shaking as he said: “”WE CAN’T KEEP HER. WE JUST CAN’T! LOOK CLOSELY AT HER BACK!”” I tried to hold back my tears as I looked closely at Sophia’s back. “”OH GOD. NO, NO… NOT THIS!”” I screamed.
After years of infertility, we finally brought our newborn daughter home. But during her first bath, my husband froze, stared at her back, and shouted, “We can’t keep her.” In that instant, I knew something was terribly wrong. I stood beside the baby tub watching my husband, Daniel, bathe our baby. He was bent over … Read more