Surrogate Tara Sawyer is so addicted to pregnancy that she won’t stop until her 'womb falls out'.
The 37-year-old has given birth to seven children, four of whom are her own, and is at her happiest with a bulging baby bump.
Shockingly, the first surrogate baby that she gave birth to two years ago was biologically her daughter, but Tara didn't feel any maternal love for the infant.
Tara said: 'I don’t feel like I’m giving up a baby, I feel like I’m giving it back.
'I don’t feel sad handing over a child that was never mine to keep.'
Tara started craving pregnancy when her twin boys Jack and Noah, now four, were still newborns.
Tara had given birth to the boys at just 29 weeks by caesarean section after they developed Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome, where the placenta is shared unequally by the babies.
She said: 'I felt really deprived of the pregnancy. I didn't want anymore children but I was desperately craving the pregnancy.'
Tara, who was adopted as a child, had previously considered surrogacy to give parents like hers the opportunity to have a family.
'Surrogacy seemed like the perfect solution,' said Tara. 'I would get my pregnancy and a couple would get their baby.'
Surprisingly, Tara’s husband, Matt Sawyer, 37, a truck driver, was supportive of her decision to carry strangers’ children.
'He didn’t take a lot of convincing,' said Tara. 'He knew I was feeling broody for the pregnancy and he knew that there was a hole that I needed to fill.
'He was more concerned about whether I’d be able to hand over the baby at the end but he was behind me 100%.'
Within a few weeks she had met a gay couple that were desperate for help having a child.
Tara, who is also mum to Rebecca, 14, and Harrison, 12, donated her own egg to the couple and artificially inseminated herself at her home in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, using a plastic pipette.
Tara said: 'From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was totally hooked - it was such a rush.
'It was an amazing experience from start to finish.
'When the baby was born there was no rush of love like when I had my other children.
'But handing her over to her dads was a feeling like no other.'
Tara isn’t worried about the effects of pregnancy on her body, and says she is in better shape now than she was in her twenties.
'When I’m not pregnant I feel empty and only a baby can fill that void.
'I’m addicted to the buzz of pregnancy and if I can help childless couples at the same time it would be insane not to.
'I won’t stop until my womb falls out.'
KEY VOCABULARY
1.'womb falls out'--where the uterus falls into or completely out of the vagina
2.baby bump--the rounded abdominal area of a pregnant woman
3.feeling empty--an emotion that isn't a great feeling/ sad
4.broods--think deeply about something that makes one unhappy
5.surrogate--a substitute/ in replace of another
6.craving-- a strong feeling of wanting something
7.caesarean section-- an operation in which a woman's womb is cut open to allow a baby to be born
8.Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome--is a disease of the placenta (or afterbirth) that affects identical twin pregnancies
9.deprived--not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions
10.desperately --extremely or very much
11.to hand over-- to give power or control someone else
12.scouring--to clear
13.artificially inseminated-- is a procedure used to treat infertility that involves direct insertion of semen into a woman's womb
14.pipette-a thin glass tube used especially in biology and chemistry for measuring or moving a small amount of liquid/cylinder
15. hooked-- enjoying something so much that you are unable to stop
CONVERSATION QUESTIONS
- How did this article make you feel?
- Were you surprised at anything you read in the article?
- Did reading the article change your opinion of the world?
- What do you think of babies?
- Which are better, baby boys or baby girls?
- How many babies would you like?
- How kind are you?
- Have you ever done an extraordinary act of selflessness?
- What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?
- Is everyone in the world kind?
- Have you ever met any really unkind people?
- Who is the unkindest person you know?
- What do you know about surrogacy?
- What do you think about surrogacy?
- What do you think about Teresa Anderson’s act?
- Would you have waived the $15,000 fee?
- Have you ever got more than you bargained for?
- Do you have any financial burdens at the moment?
- Is it a struggle for you to make ends meet?
- When was the last time you were elated?
- Did you like this discussion?
- Teacher / Student additional questions.
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