Surrogate

I was watching a local TV channel last night airing a talk show and it happened that their topic was about having kids.

The hosts have invited a guest who is a successful entrepreneur in the country. His products are perfumes and are sold worldwide.

I think they have chosen this person to share his experience in parenting because his way of having kids is kind of expensive and not the traditional way of procreation.

In the Philippines there is no law on surrogacy, only artificial insemination has been recognized through the family code in 1988.

I was already aware of this entrepreneur having kids by means of surrogacy but it was only last night that it came to my knowledge about how expensive it is to have kids through a surrogate mother. He said that he had paid 6 million Php and would reach up to 12 million for the entire process.  He already had eight kids all undergo surrogacy. I could not imagine the total cost he had paid for those kids. Nevertheless he can afford it because he is already a millionaire.

I really appreciate the efforts of him wanting to have his own kids despite the expenses. He is a gay with brain and skills that is why he becomes so successful with his business.

There are several reasons why a person or couple would want to undergo surrogacy. For couples it might be that one of them has a disorder or it could be both but they wanted to have their own child. Other people would only want to have a child and become a single parent without worrying about having a partner.

As for the case of this entrepreneur, I think there was a time in his life that he thought of having a successor with his business. You know someone who will inherit his business when he can no longer manage it when time comes. The fact that he is gay and for sure don’t want to marry. It’s kind of a wise decision for him to have his own kids as his own flesh and blood rather than adopting a child not related to him.

While the talk show continued, one of the hosts asked him about the challenges he is facing and how to share it with everyone who wished to undergo the process.

He reiterated that it is really expensive because there is a lot of this to consider like finding the perfect surrogate mother. Then he also points out like when one of his kids asked about their mother. He then said to tell the truth and explain to them although it may seem hard to understand.

There is nothing wrong with this although the Catholic Church does not advocate surrogacy. Kids are gifts from God and can only be conceived and carried naturally by married males and females.

 I guess it is only another way of finding happiness.  God will understand.