Some great links with more information

I still can't stop thinking about all of this. My head is just swirling. Instead, I'll point you to two excellent blogs that I read every single night now. They lay it all out there for you. I'm beginning to understand how all of this worked, which actually makes me feel a little better. I had to get inside it, and I feel a lot better.

The first one is from lawyer Andy Vorzimer, who I met earlier this year during the whole SPCT/Merritt Patterson ordeal. He always has our backs, and to me, is invaluable in this field. If you go over there, go read all his blog posts from the last week, since last Tuesday. He actually represented three of the surrogates and has known about all of this for at least one year.

http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/

The second one I found from a link to a link from a blog. It's written by a father who used a surrogate and has very clearly laid everything out, almost like a research paper. It helps break everything down. This link will bring you to the home page, but click on the links to the right to read his previous posts.

http://ivflandonsurrogacyworld.blogspot.com/2011/08/white-collar-black-market-surrogacy.html

I still can't get over that I was *this close* to parenting one of these babies. I have all these emails, I wonder if I should give them to the FBI? The more I read about surrogates and IM's experiences, I catch my breath because it's the SAME story over and over- and my story, too.

Comments

[mash]

Without a shadow of a doubt you should contact them. My dad had someone attempt to defraud him a few years ago, and the court case is probably only going to take place in a few years time (there are 300 victims and potential victims). The public prosecutor has already contacted me to ask if I will testify in my father's place, so really, even attempted fraud is a crime and should be reported, and can be used in sentencing etc. This is very likely why this woman plead guilty because of the overwhelming evidence that would come to the fore. DEFINITELY contact them!

[soulshine]

sunshine,
i can't believe how close you were (are) to this scandal. the reading i have done about it makes my jaw drop. i am so glad you were spared direct involvement... i feel so uneasy about the whole story- its not anything about the couples, the babies that were created, the carriers... none of them did anything wrong, but its the 3 women- they knew what they were doing was wrong and illegal, and frankly, would cause harm to the IF/surrogacy community if found out.

your emails are probably worth showing to somebody, i agree.

aside from all of this, i hope you are doing well- feeling good, enjoying those sweeties, keeping busy!

any new pictures?!

soulshine