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Katie’s Surrogacy Journey
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Content Warning: Fertility challenges
Today’s guest is Katie Lamport, RSSW. Katie is a counsellor in private practice in the Barrie, Ontario area. I first met Katie when I started a new job as an addictions counsellor. Katie was fully pregnant and went on maternity leave a few days later. Katie was the first person I had met that was a gestational carrier and I thought WOW what an amazing person! On today’s episode Katie shares her story of being a gestational carrier, what all the preparation was like and how the pregnancy went for her. Katie shares her story in such an authentic way that I had to keep asking her questions! So Katie’s story is in 2 parts.
Highlights:
3:08 – How Katie decided to become a surrogate
7:00 – Gestational carrier vs Surrogate
8:25 – Telling the kids
10:15 – Meeting the couple
11:28 – How Katie and Dave made the decision to move ahead
16:55 – Mental health screening
18:05 – Questions about Surrogacy legal issues
20:28 – Transfer day
27:28 – Positive test
32:00 – Intersection of gender stereotypes and gestational carrying
35:48 – Pregnancy sickness
39:27 – How the surrogacy changed Katie and Dave’s relationship
40:45 – How did the pregnancy impact Katie’s work
42:35 – How did the kids feel about it?
45:00 – Navigating client questions around surrogacy
46:00 – Being pregnant as a way of honouring this job
47:04 – Felt like an abrupt ending after delivery
Resources:
You can find Katie on Instagram @katielamportcounselling at https://www.mainstreamtherapy.com and
You can find us at www.perinatalwellbeing.ca on Instagram @perinatalwellbeing_ontario or by email info@perinatalwellbeing.ca
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