I Had Barely Finished Holding My Son’s Newborn Baby When a Nurse Pulled Me Aside and Whispered, “That Isn’t the Child He Left With”

Several fertility treatments.

IVF.

Frozen embryos.

What I had not known was that after another failed attempt to carry successfully, they had begun working with a gestational carrier named Marissa.

The legal agreements had been signed.

Independent attorneys.

Medical screening.

Counseling.