For some families, having a baby is difficult and requires help, but this is adding more hardship for those families."It was a wild ride, lots of different emotions," said Ashley Trost, Monroe’s mother. "I get really tearful because I didn't think I would ever get the opportunity to be a mom."
"Like our fertility doctor said, we've got all the ingredients, we just don't have the oven," Ashley said."To get her here was quite the journey, and I just think about love. There was a lot of love that went into getting her here," Conner said. Two weeks ago, Ashley said she got an email from Dominique Side, the owner of SEAM, that said due to legal action, all operations have been placed on hold, including payments, and he was unable to provide further details.
"I just got this pit in my stomach and I knew right away, it clicked that something was off," Ashley said.Angela Haymond is the Trosts' surrogate. A week ago, on the final bill reimbursement, she also got payment delay messages from SEAM.