You know the pregnancy was a mess…
when Oprah hears your story and wants it for O Magazine…twice!
Would Susan, a single mother of two, survive the oddest surrogate motherhood debacle ever?
It wasn’t her first time carrying the couple’s baby. Their son, Evan, was healthy and delightful. When the couple decided they wanted a second child, Susan was happy to be their surrogate again.
Contracts were signed.
The miracle happened…thrice.
It was the first trimester when Susan found out the couple were getting a divorce, there was an undisclosed history of mental disorder, and they were filing for bankruptcy. They were in breach of contract. She was carrying triplets.
Susan’s world collapsed around her…
…and then it got worse.
You’ll be enthralled by this true story of one surrogate mother’s 9-month journey, because it has more twists and turns than a Hollywood thriller!
Get it now.
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE’S TOP TEN CHOICE – “The Story That Was Only The Beginning.” A POWERFUL, CHILLING, TRUE STORY ~Inside the life of surrogate mother Susan Ring, a single mother of two, who learns upon her second journey with the same intended parents, she is pregnant with triplets.The parents demand a reduction to twins then breach the contract, divorce and abandon Susan and their children at the hospital. They order the hospital to send the twins to social services. Susan refuses to comply and prepares to fight with no biological ties in a California court. It is a story of hope, love and letting go. This honest memoir raises the challenging ethical questions that redefine motherhood, and what it means to be a mother in today’s complex world of infertility. It recognizes how far advanced science has come, and how the law is lagging far behind. Above all, it is a story for our times.Also Featured In:-People Magazine, Surrogacy Nightmare Whose Babies Are They? March 14, 2016-O, The Oprah Magazine Four Mothers, Two Fathers, and an Army of Lawyers December, 2003-O, The Oprah Magazine Top 10 Choice as “One of the most talked about stories” in O’s Ten Year History May, 2010-Dr. OZ, 2016 -Dr. Phil 2010-DER SPIEGEL MAGAZINE, Germany 22/2008-PBS Bloodlines, Technology Hits Home 2002