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Two Lives to Give
When Diahn Taylor, 38, decided to become a surrogate mother,
she didn't know that she would be carrying twins or that
this pregnancy would be harder than those that produced her
own three children. But she made a commitment to a couple
through an agency (and received a $21,000 fee). After seven
weeks of bed rest, she gave birth to a boy and girl in May.
Taylor then volunteered to ship her breast milk from her
town of Paola, Kan., to the twins about 500 miles away. ''I
wanted to give them a good start, like I did with my own,''
she says.
Taylor stores the milk in her freezer in 20-ounce,
presterilized water bottles she buys in bulk. When she
returned to work as a third-grade teacher, she started out
pumping every four or five hours when her students were in
art or gym class. She's now down to once a day.
Taylor collects about 300 ounces of milk before mailing it
in a Styrofoam cooler once a week. She often checks in with
the parents, who pay for the shipping but not for her added
time.
It used to be up to her husband, Kenny, to lug the package
of milk to the post office. But since he had surgery, she
does the heavy lifting. Postage usually costs about $75.
Taylor doesn't miss the babies, but says she will miss the
routine: ''I've gotten so used to the pumping. It'll be
weird to stop.'' She and Kenny plan to try for their fourth
child soon.
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