Shannon, African Intended Parent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Explain your reasons for wanting a surrogate/donor:

My story starts at 13 years old.I never would have menstrual cycles and my mother would question me if I was pregnant due to the fact.I would tell her I was a virgin but going 6, 7, 8+ months at a time, I could see her skepticism.She told my doctor and she ordered I have an ultrasound to confirm what she believed was poly cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).I would come to find out that it would make having a child on my own difficult.I was not thinking too much about it at 13 but I know from that age, if not earlier, that I wanted to be a mother.As I got older, the desire grew as friends would be having children and I would have to take medication to start my synthetic cycles and medications to even ovulate.Test after test and maybe 1 million more, I would see one line or 'not pregnant'.I was religious with tracking my cycles, temping, checking cervical mucus, and more yet nothing.I felt like a failure as a woman.October *** I knew a woman who was pregnant and did not want to keep her child.After talking extensively for some time, she said she wanted me to adopt the baby.I was overjoyed! I went to doctor's appointments, I went shopping, I was just so excited because I was going to be a mother! December 10, *** my world was shattered.She decided to keep the baby after all the fuss with the lawyers and everything.I went into a dark depression and would not even leave my home, because how could I face people? How could I trust people? I eventually did and I despite trying to convince myself that I no longer wanted to be a mother, I knew the truth in my heart.Well...that's my story.

How would you best describe yourself(s):

I am a single woman who would love the opportunity to have a child and become a mother.I am hardworking, loving, sweet, and sympathetic.

Use this space to communicate a letter to potential Surrogates/Donors:

Hi there, You don't know me but you may be the person I am desperately looking for.You may be the key in helping me become the mother I long to be so please contact me to see if we are a match!