Gillian, Canadian Surrogate Mother in Ontario, Canada

Why I want to be a surrogate mother:

I love the wonder of pregnancy and the miracle that babies are. I feel that everyone should be able to be a parent if they want to be!

Description of myself:

I am a busy mother of 2. I own my own massage therapy clinic and I view it as my 3rd child.

My letter to intended parents:

I have been blessed to have had no health concerns in any areas of my life and I couldn't imagine the struggle of trying to conceive or being unable to conceive. I love being pregnant and find the process itself to be quite easy on my health and my day to day activities.My husband and I have decided that our family is complete and we want to bring the same joy we have with our two boys to others who have not experienced it yet.We have been fortunate to have been able to help a family have their dream baby and welcomed a little boy in January *** With how long the matching process can take and the in-depth conversations needed around medical interventions, # of embryos transferred, termination/reduction etc.I wanted to start getting to know a new family and seeing if our viewpoints mesh well together to help facilitate your dream. Generally I am a fairly easy going person but I do find myself balancing many things at once.I have always made pregnancy a priority above the rest and know I put the welfare of children far and above my own.I have been known to spend many hours late at night constructing Grinch Kebobs for my son's class at Christmas while still maintaining full working hours at my clinic. In respect to pregnancy I have been pregnant 3 times and delivered vaginally with no medical intervention all 3.I take pride in knowing that my body knows when they are perfect and allows me to deliver accordingly.Gestationally my own children were born 38 and 37 weeks respectively and my surrogate birth was 42 weeks.It was middle of a Canadian winter so I think being Australian he wanted to stay where it was warm. I do my best to stay active and lead a healthy lifestyle, I think we all have weaknesses but with those come many strengths.I do enjoy running and have passed that along to my own boys and view it as a wonderful way to connect with both nature and myself.This trait has passed to my husband who after being a wonderful supporter of my 2 half-marathons is training for his first this coming fall. We view family time as something to not be taken for granted and only want to extend that same gift to you and yours.