Show Notes
“What a privilege and an honor it will be for me to share this story with our daughter one day, to tell her about the strong, grace-filled woman who brought her into this world.”
We’re back with a brand new season of Hope Works. This week we sit down with Annie and Eric. Annie and Eric are the proud parents of a daughter born through surrogacy, and at the time of this recording their surrogate was pregnant with their second child. Annie and Eric shared the emotional journey that brought them to surrogacy. They relive the day they met their surrogate, and they talk about what it felt like on delivery day to welcome their child into their family. Annie even shares the first time, moments after delivery, when someone finally called her ‘Mom’.
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Thank you so much, Annie and Eric, for sharing your incredible story! We're so proud to be part of your journey!
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"Laura was in tears, and our surrogate was in tears. Seeing both of them as mothers and seeing him, that was very special to me. Not only that Briggs was here, but our surrogate was able to help us... And how willing she was to help us."
"I'll never forget that feeling, that rush..."