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I had a baby for another couple at 27 – it helped me buy a £400k house, I thought I’d never save enough to stop renting
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A SINGLE mum has revealed that she was able to buy a £400,000 house by having a baby for someone else.
Teale Kelley, 27, was able to buy her first home for herself and her daughter Ella, 10, after earning £56, 721 for being a surrogate.
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The mum of one used a surrogacy agency and said that she has always wanted to be a surrogate mother.
Speaking to SWNS, the nurse said: "I always knew I wanted to be a surrogate.
"I love being able to give back and help others. That's probably why I chose nursing as a career.
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"I was working as an IVF nurse in a fertility clinic so I saw infertile people every single day."
Teale, who is from Colorado, USA, said that seeing one couple who suffered from four miscarriages is what pushed her to become a surrogate.
She shared: "I was sitting with this patient after she just got the news that she was having another miscarriage and had lost her baby.
"I held her while she cried and sat with her for a while.
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"It was at this time it clicked for me that I could be a surrogate, and I could help someone bring their baby home."
The agency that Teale used matched her with a couple, referred to as IPs (intended parents) based on her values and what she said she wanted to get out of the journey.
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She said: "They honestly could not have picked better IP's for me to match with.
"They were incredible and we developed such a close friendship over the time of my surrogacy journey."
In December 2023, Teale gave birth to a baby by for the couple and two months later was able to purchase her first home.
Teale had been saving for years to buy a house, but, as a single mother, had struggles to find the funds.
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She said: "I had been renting apartments for years and I knew I eventually wanted to buy a house that I could make my own.
"I had been saving for years prior to doing the surrogacy journey but as a single parent with a one income household it was difficult to save enough."
Teale has stated in contact with the parents, and has been shipping her frozen breast milk to them.
She said: "They became such good friends of mine. I love them and I love that I was able to help them.
"We talk all the time and the baby is doing great.
"I have actually been pumping milk for them and shipping it frozen to them as they live out of state.
"They also send me pictures and updates and I am going to visit them in the next few weeks, which I am so excited about."
In the UK, you are not allowed to pay for a surrogate, except for reasonable expenses.
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However, this is different to the US, where surrogates get compensated for carrying other people's babies.
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