Secondary infertility is when someone who has previously given birth is unable to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term, according to theFeeling “guilty” about being able to conceive all of her children with ease, Westerfield offered to serve as her cousin’s surrogate. However, the couple declined because “they did not feel thatStill, the resident of Celina, Ohio, knew there were other families who had been waiting to hear that proposal for years.
After Charlie was born, the mom joined an online forum that no longer exists, which she describes as “almost like a Craiglists of everybody in the Deciding who to help wasn’t easy; for every couple that she helped, there would be another that would be left waiting to have a baby. Ultimately, Westerfield settled on one family that lived three hours away from her house.Telling them the news “was so emotionally overwhelming and exciting and nerve-wracking, all at the same time,” Westerfield shared.
Her “aunt” duties include occasionally staying in touch with the parents via social media and sending birthday gifts to the children she carried.