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TV mother-of-seven having twins for childless
couple
Ananova
November 4, 2003
A mother-of-seven and star of the reality TV show Wife Swap
is set to give birth to twins - and then give them away.
Marina Bailey, 34, who was branded the laziest wife in
Britain by her stand-in husband, agreed to become a
surrogate mother for a childless couple before filming began
for the Channel 4 show, to be screened tonight.
She even slipped off for a secret scan while the programme
was being made in September this year.
The call centre operator from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, was
criticised on the show by replacement husband Darren
Duce-Mills over her reluctance to take on the household
chores that her real-life husband Nigel, 37, normally does.
She told Closer magazine that she decided to go ahead with
the surrogacy despite being sterilised following the birth
of her youngest daughter, two-year-old Kirsty. She said
that, while they did not want any more children of their
own, being sterilised left her feeling redundant.
"Childbirth was the only thing I could do that Nigel
couldn't and I loved having babies," she said. Mrs Bailey
said she was moved to become a surrogate mother after
watching her brother and sister-in-law struggle for 13 years
to have a child. They finally had a daughter on their 13th
IVF attempt.
"I used to feel guilty telling them I was pregnant again.
I'm lucky that I fall pregnant easily," she said. "I know it
will be really hard to give a child away after being
pregnant. But my pain is nothing compared to the pain of
this couple in their bid to become parents."
Mrs Bailey, who had her two eldest daughters by different
fathers, met Nigel, already a father-of-two, in a club.
Within a month they were expecting their first child, she
said.
After reading the Cots (Childlessness Overcome Through
Surrogacy UK) information pack and receiving counselling,
the couple were faced with the task of choosing the would-be
parents. Fortunately they chose the same couple.
Mrs Bailey, who cannot legally profit from the arrangement,
admitted she would find it difficult to say goodbye to the
twins after nine months, but added: "I've done this for them
so I could never think of stealing their only chance of
children. I know I'll get such joy by helping them have a
family."
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