Leandi C******

About the intended parents profile

Hi there - I am a wife, a successful newspaper editor and author of a young-adult novel, and my husband a successful businessman. I have an honours degree in journalism and am studying a second degree in digital and visual arts. This will tell you a lot about me - I am a thinker, artistic, passionate about writing and life, love to travel and see the world with my husband, soft-hearted and kind. My husband is a strong male figure, with a soft and kind heart, who also holds an esteemed degree. I am married to the most wonderful man who takes care of me during the good and the bad times. We are both calm, hard-working people that are very goal-driven. We are also nurturing people who have the ability to open our hearts to anyone. We absolutely love animals, and have two chihuahua children, Jazz and Tinkerbell, who we adore with everything we have. We are also involved with many charity organisations such as the SPCA, Child Welfare, volunteer for Stop Hunger SA, among others. We try our best to help them create awareness and finding support for them through the means of assisting them in any way we can and through the newspaper I run. I also have a sister, who is also unable to carry her own children - she is a Type I Diabetic, and had thyroid cancer, and after radiation, it caused bleeding in her eyes, which left her blind in the one eye - the doctors told her if she ever carried a child, it would cause her to loose her other eye. Our hearts are broken for her and her husband in pic 2 as well, as we fully understand what they are going through all too well. Thankfully, we have a wonderful support system with my wonderful in-laws, and my mother, who carry us through every single step of our life.

Intended parents surrogacy preferences

I have an autoimmune disease when the immune system sees a certain part of your body as a foreign object ex. my bones called Ankylosing Spondylitis, which has left me unable to carry children - not because I am infertile, but because I am unable to go off my medication. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is willing to be a gestational surrogate for us to become parents.

Message from the intended parents

In 2009 I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, which is a autoimmune disease, which has left me unable to carry my own children. My husband and I are now married for six years, which is a wonderful thing - we still love each other as much as we did when we met - nine years ago at university. However, I am 33 now, and as you know, the clock is ticking, and we have been looking for a gestational carrier for four years to be the person to carry and nurture our baby until the day we become full-time parents. We live in a beautiful home in Pretoria, South Africa, and have been blessed by the Lord for taking such good care of us, but there is one thing missing - a little baby running around the house. I hope that you can look at us and say, yes, I want to be the one to carry their baby - because as a couple, we really want this - we want the patter of feed and happiness and all of the crazy things that comes with having a baby. We have come to a point in our lives where we have accomplished everything and we are stuck, because it seems meaningless without a family, and we would be glad finally have that in our lives. There is nothing more frustrating than knowing that your body has the ability to carry a child, but a disease is keeping you from enjoying the love of a child. I hope you can see our plight, and be the one that enriches our lives with a little being sent from God. We would love to meet you and sit down and have a chat to get to know each other. Thank you for the kindness you show, in being so selfless to help us have our baby. We appreciate you more than you will ever know.

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