Hi all! I thought I would introduce myself before I ask my question, since this is my first time posting here.
I'm Nicole, I'm 36, I've been married to my husband for 9 wonderful years, and we have three children; a 6 year old daughter and 4 year old twin boys. I'm a stay at home mum to the kids, but I'm also a trained primary school teacher. We live in the Lothians area of Scotland, and I've lived in the area for most of my life.
I am currently looking into being a surrogate for my very close friend of 30 years, called Iona. She is coming up for 36, has been married to her husband for 7 years, he's 34, and they have a son, who is also 4. Due to various reasons, Iona had to have a full hysterectomy shortly after the birth of her son, but because they had went through IVF to conceive their son, they still have frozen embryos.
The issue is that they don't live in the UK anymore; they live in the Netherlands, where internal surrogacy is illegal for non-Dutch-citizens, but surrogacy abroad is legal for everyone, which is why I offered in the first place. We've been speaking about this and researching it for about 7 months, and we think we understand the basics of the legal procedure on the Dutch side of things, but we still have no idea how it would work on the British side of things, as regards to being a surrogate for someone that lives abroad.
Does anyone know if you can be a surrogate for someone who lives abroad in the UK, or where I might find this information? I considered joining COTS or SUK, but they seem to deal with only matching surrogates to IPs, and we've already done that part.