1ºTiffany Dias They usually sign legal papers that the parents are not allowed to discuss the gestation carrier or any information pertaining to that person, even their health conditions, in the public, for privacy reasons, so it is not at all uncommon or surprising to hear the biological parents only discussing their child. You sound like you have no children of your own, and you most definitely have never been a NICU parent and had to deal with seeing your child in that environment, otherwise you would not have made the ignorant comments you made. It is not a pleasant experience, no matter what your child is in the NICU for. And it doesn't matter if you gave birth to the child, used as surrogate, or a gestational carrier, being a parent to a child in that environment, especially one born a WHOLE TRIMESTER EARLY, is a scary experience. Being in there with my son and daughter, who were not as bad as most babies in there, was heart aching when you see all the other babies and the parents and families there with those tiny little humans who are struggling. Grow up, get educated prior to commenting on something you know nothing about, and get a life.
2ºNancy Stern And that baby is a human!!! Having a child in the NICU is an extremely scary situation, it doesn't matter if you gave birth or a gestation carrier or surrogate did, having to see such fragile lives in there for weeks to months is not an easy thing. All she was doing was discussing her child and how the child has to go through such a terrible thing. Get a life, no one is saying they don't care about the gestational carrier. And all I was saying is that contractually she cannot comment on the women, it's part of the privacy act. Get over yourself, this was a story about the child and in being one, of course it will have context to the parents that were there in the NICU with that baby. You've clearly never had to deal with your baby being in there. You sound like an uncaring, ignorant twit.
3ºJulie Marie Sanders You have clearly never had a child, especially one born a trimester early, have to live in the NICU for weeks to months. It is not an enjoyable experience, it doesn't matter if you gave birth, used a surrogate, or used a gestational carrier, it is a scary place to be. Extremely fragile humans, there were eight in my son and daughters pod alone and that was scary to witness every time I went to visit. Plus she was a gestational carrier, not the real mom as you said, she isn't biologically related. Women like you, who think because someone didn't give birth they aren't mom's, are the worst women. I bet you probably don't think women who had a C-section actually gave birth or are real moms either. Ignorant twit. Plus they legally are not allowed to comment on the gestation carrier, due to privacy acts. What a loser of women kind you are.
4ºNancy Stern I don't think you understand that the "birth mother" you keep talking about, doesn't have a child in the NICU. That child is not even biologically related to her, and every time my coworkers have carried for another family they never saw the baby again. As soon as it was born, it was turned over to the parents and they never even had a follow up on the child, contractually they had no contact afterwards. So why would this article on the baby in the NICU, have anything to do with the gestational carrier, I'm sure they have a similar contractual agreement. Yes she matters, no this wasn't an article about her, yes it would include the actual parents who were there with the baby. It doesn't matter if you gave birth to your baby, or used a surrogate or gestational carrier, your baby in the NICU is still a big deal, and this was about that baby and her parents, NOT the gestational carrier. If you want to know about her, look for an article containing information on her, but there probably won't be any, because due to privacy, her health info isn't out there for all of us to gossip about.