生仔生上癮 英代母16年抱8

puZZle

(明報) 01月 21日 星期一 05:05AM

【明報專訊】英國一個女子最近第8次做代母，創下紀錄，但她患有抑鬱症並曾經企圖自殺。外界估計，她是因為「替人作嫁」所致，引起了社會對代母政策的關注。

年屆43 曾患情緒病

43歲霍金斯（Jill Hawkins）膝下猶虛，但16年來，她為其他夫婦懷孕8次賺取收入。2006年，她替人生下嬰孩伊澤貝爾後表示不想當代母了，可是不久她又掛念懷孕的感覺，就算她知道生了下來，她也不可能撫養他。

霍金斯的家人認為，她因為做代母患上情緒病，但霍金斯解釋說，患病只是因體胖令自尊心受損，「想到可令別人的家庭變得完整，特別想要孩子。我但願年輕10年，更適合懷孕。我真的很喜歡懷孕」。

霍金斯的個案近日引起政界關注，主張政府控制這種不受監管的買賣。1985年以來，由代母產下的孩子數目由每年幾個增至如今估計的100名。有份審核人類受精與胚胎法案的威爾斯說﹕「我們必須確保婦女不會因為做代母而精神受創及藉此謀利。」

星期日泰晤士報

dumbo

Not surprised at all.  Some women with depression are naturally happier during pregnancy.  This results in having many babies without really accessing their family situation.  Seen quite a few clients of mine that they will have 4+ babies all within roughly 1 year apart in age.  But these clients can't financially support the whole family without lots of subsidies.  The worst case I saw was 1 bed room and 1 barely functional kitchen for 4 children and 2 adults in Vancouver Eastside.

Alcoholic

if she enjoys 10th level of painfulness, then that's fine loh~

puZZle

alc u got babies?

Alcoholic

puzzle,
nope
but enough people told me that it hurts like hell
諗起都痛~ don't you think?

puZZle

ya..
but i am not a girl
can't substitute myself into the pain

BiscottiGelato

I am guessing she out weights 9 months of happiness over the couple hours of pain? Maybe some mothers can give their own opinion of they are willing to share.~

samsung

this is funny

blueprint

Funny?  How come?

Giving birth is not easy.  I had to have c-sections, so I didn't know how vaginal labor is like, but from my 1st birth's contraction, it was really hard to imagine enduring the extreme contraction in your belly, your back, and still have to regulate your breath and push baby out.  But even so, I really love the feeling of pregnancy.