Dear Surro Hero,

First of all thank you for reading our story and considering helping make our family complete.
Your desire to do something so selfless is beyond wonderful and we deeply respect that.

We are Eric and Marjolein from the Netherlands. We met almost 20 years ago in high school.
We have been together for almost half of our lives and in all those years we have seen each other develop and grow into who we are today. 14 years ago we bought our first house and we still enjoy living here. We bought this beautiful house based on our desire to form a family.  
Unfortunately, the road to having a child didn’t turn out to be an easy one.

Marjolein was diagnosed with an abnormal shape of the uterus (unicornate uterus). This turned out to prevent a natural pregnancy and so we entered the IVF process. After several attempts, in 2015 we hit the jackpot and were pregnant. But in 2016 at 22 weeks gestation, the biggest tragedy of our lives happened for us. Our daughter Nova came into the world too early and did not survive.
It is almost impossible to describe what you feel when that baby that already had a name, what you felt tapping in your belly and what made you mom and dad is not allowed to see the light of life.
Her name and existence lives on in our family and in our hearts.

Still our desire for children remained and in 2017 the time had come (little did we know), after 7 weeks a beating heart and at 11 weeks the heart stopped beating. Another loss.

Again, our desire remained so great that we still felt we had to make another attempt. We knew that becoming parents was our destiny. At the end of 2017, we were pregnant again.
This pregnancy was met with many medical visits and hospitalizations.  At just 28 weeks pregnant,  we welcomed our son Lux. Way too small and way too early, but what a fighter he turned out to be. For 10 weeks we sat by his bedside in the hospital day in and day out. Changing diapers, feeding, bathing, singing songs- we wanted to do everything ourselves as much as possible. The nurses sometimes had to send us home to rest for a while.
Writing these words still gives us goosebumps, but also a great sense of pride. We are so very proud of our son Lux.

For us, a little brother or sister for Lux, a second (actually 3rd for us) child is a long-held desire. However, the doctors were pretty clear. There are too many risks for another pregnancy.
So we started looking into surrogacy. In the Netherlands this is legally very difficult.
A couple of friends pointed us to Canada. The altruistic thought and selfless act of  women who choose to become Surrogates, gave us immediately a warm and good feeling.

We had many conversations together before starting this journey, and we take it very seriously.
This feels like our last chance to make our family complete. Even still, it feels good and we are hopeful.

We cannot emphasize enough how important you as a surro mom will be to us. We will support you (admittedly from a distance) whenever possible. Both before, during and after the pregnancy. It seems beautiful to us to have and keep such a special bond with you. We will respect your wishes and preferences and be there for you.

We have of course already told you about our deep desire to have children, but let us also tell you briefly about the people we are and what makes us happy in life.

Eric is a real estate agent and Marjolein works as a campaign manager for a newspaper and magazine publisher. We both enjoy going to work. Our son Lux is now 5 years old and a wonderfully enthusiastic, healthy and cheerful little guy. He goes to elementary school and has a great time there.

We have a nice support system from both our parents. Lux goes to them 2 days after school.
On our days off and on the weekends we like to do sports and have fun. Playing tennis, going to the beach or forest and we like to meet up with family and friends. But we can also really enjoy a nice day at home with the 3 of us in our lovely house.

We hope immensely that you may be the one to make our dream come true- making our family complete. A little brother or sister for Lux. We can't wait to welcome this baby into our family and shower it with love and care and embark on this beautiful journey together with you!

From a mom and dad and a sweet little brother, thank you for wanting to read our story and consider helping us. You are a true angel!

Love,

Eric, Marjolein and Lux