Robyn Lawley: 'The aspect of surrogacy that leaves me feeling uneasy'

OPINION -- I was intrigued by surrogacy as, once again, someone I was familiar with who is in the entertainment business was suddenly with a child.

Upon googling the word, turns out, in New York, I could make a nifty sum if I was a surrogate. All I would have to do is carry someone else's baby, birth and deliver – but that would make me a "gestational carrier," not a surrogate.

As we've watched a slew of celebrities use surrogacy recently, I learned that apparently the two words "gestational carrier" are used for when the embryo is implanted from the intended parents' egg and sperm, and "surrogate" can actually mean when the intended father's sperm is inseminated into the donor's egg.

And, of course, Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian now have used multiple surrogates… I mean "gestational carriers". ("GC", they have nicknamed them.)

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I have so many uneasy feelings about surrogacy. I despair at the thought of months and months of gestation followed by one of the most intense and physically draining moments of your life to then have that baby taken because it is not 'your' baby.

It opens so many questions and debates – and court cases especially when the mother (surrogate) has supplied her egg. Not to mention my biggest pounding thought, why not adopt?

I understand the desire for genetics to be carried through the bloodline, however, especially in situations when the person already has a child, why put another woman through such an ordeal? Especially when you quite clearly have the funds and the ability, what's wrong with adoption? (Hello, Angelina Jolie!)

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Surrogacy is illegal in many countries, and understandably so, in my view – just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should allow it.

In Australia, you can also be a surrogate, however it must be unpaid, though the intended parents must cover the expenses in relation to surrogacy, pregnancy and birth.

I do feel for the LGBTQIA+ community, however, and I understand more if a person wanted to carry for their friends, for example.

I don't know how we've let a business come out of this. Because at the end of the day, if a woman was allowing her body for use in New York like this, it would be for money. And I don't think what they pay covers what the risks are in childbirth and afterwards – nor do I think the women are informed enough.

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I do have a child, that was birthed by me, so I might be biased. However, I also became incredibly sick afterwards – I had hidden lupus and the birth and stress triggered two strokes.

What if that happened to a "gestational carrier" and she was left more incapacitated than I am now? Who is going to help the surrogate or "gestational carrier" in a situation like that? Not to mention, how does the breastfeeding work – is any of the milk from the surrogate donated?

It's one of those technologies where I feel that just because we can, doesn't mean we always should.