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When you became a mom, how did that experience affect how you wanted to be a mother and present for your children?
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I was so excited.
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Yeah.
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I became a mom very young.
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I was 22 at the time.
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And so I was so excited.
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I was so excited.
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My ex -husband, he was really scared.
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He wasn't the most excited, but I didn't care.
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I was so excited.
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and so um we were both young but yeah he came around finally
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and um i mean he's my ex -husband
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but um hopefully he doesn't see this and gets upset with me
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but it's the truth i mean we were so young
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and stuff but that's okay i mean my dad didn't want kids
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when my mom told my dad
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that she was pregnant he was not happy about it he was like
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but the playboy parties and the orgies
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and all this stuff it's all gonna end but then like
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when i was born my dad was like this is the best thing
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that ever happened to me like my father loved me like we were super close
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but yeah you know he i mean my parents were not
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that young my mom was 32 my dad was like 36
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but yeah yeah my dad were like he he wasn't he wanted to like party
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and like go to work like he didn't want kids
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but then when he had kids he was like oh this is amazing yeah i was
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so excited and uh i was just And then when I just I love being pregnant.
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And when I was pregnant, I realized like I really loved being pregnant.
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But also I think it's because I had never experienced something where I felt love like that.
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And so I ended up becoming a surrogate after that too, because I just really loved being pregnant.
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And I was a gestational one.
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So I wasn't the biological mom.
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They used donor eggs and eggs embryos they created from those donor eggs.
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And then I had another one after the surrogacies because I was ready to have another one on my own.
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But I also did egg donations too for gay couples.
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Yeah.
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I have a friend who did a lot of those too.
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Yeah.
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Those were fun.
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And then those babies, they look just like me.
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Oh my God.
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So I have a question for you about that.
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So being a surrogate, when you gave birth to the to the baby was it difficult at all to like hand
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that baby over to this other couple or did you really just feel like
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and like recognize like this is not my baby like how was
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that feeling for you it felt uh kind of weird
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because the baby that i had was chinese i feel like this is definitely not my baby i
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and even though you know you can feel a connection to the baby.
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I knew when I went into it that this was not mine.
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So you never like struggled with the connection.
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I was so excited to help somebody have a baby.
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And then I loved that experience.
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I wanted to do it again.
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And so I did it again for a single guy.
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And I just I love being pregnant.
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I wish I could have an I talked about how I wanted to go to fertility clinic
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and use donor sperm and i would create embryos and have one more but because i've had so much surgery
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that's the only reason i don't want another one but
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if i did i would be really excited about it
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because it would be on my own terms you know i don't have to have anybody else
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that makes like any kind of decision
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because it's a donor sperm yeah yeah i have a friend
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that used to work for me she did that she went out
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and got she wanted to have a kid
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and you know just like she's getting to an age where
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she's like i'm not gonna find the right guy in time
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and she got a donor sperm and she's she's a beautiful boy
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and i see him like every week
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and you know she just did it on her own yeah
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what about being a donor egg like do you have contact
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with um those kids at all like does it feel strange to know
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that there's like versions of you running around
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that like aren't yours they still the parents contact me they send me photos here
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and there and then And I'll send them photos of my family.
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And so I do contact them here and there.
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But no, it's not weird.
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I mean, I see the one of them that looks just like me.
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So it's kind of cool.
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Would you be open to meeting them if like down the line, when they were older, they like wanted to meet their biological mom?
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Do you guys have that sort of like set up?
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I've never really discussed that with them.
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I mean, if they wanted to, they know everything about what I do for work.
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So I always feel like I don't want to make anybody feel uncomfortable.
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Like, oh, this is your biological mom.
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She does or she does porn.
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And I think the first family that I carried for when they had found out about what I did.
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That's the last time I ever heard from them, and that was in 2022, and I would chat with them regularly.
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So, that doesn't bother me, though, because, I don't know, it just doesn't bother me.
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Yeah.
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Not my biological child.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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But if, like, the egg donor babies, if the parents didn't want me in the picture, it wouldn't bother me.
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But I don't know.
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I haven't really been in that situation where I felt rejected with them.
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But, yeah, the first family just stopped talking.
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They never said anything, but I have a feeling they stopped talking to me because they found out what I do.
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Yeah.
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Which is whatever.
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Whatever.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Wisconsin Tiff Was a Surrogate Mother”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: excited, donor, mom, baby, egg. Deze video bevat 99 zinnen en 1022 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:41. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 180 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
13 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| donor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdəʊnə/ | schenker, donor |
| biological bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ | biologisch, biologische |
| egg zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɛɡ/ | ei |
| bother werkwoord | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | storen |
| clinic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈklɪn.ɪk/ | kliniek |
| uncomfortable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | ongemakkelijk |
| scare werkwoord | /skɛɚ/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| donation zelfstandig naamwoord | /doʊˈneɪʃən/ | schenking |
| fertility zelfstandig naamwoord | /fɝˈtɪləti/ | vruchtbaarheid |
| embryo zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/ | embryo |
| surrogate zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ | vervanger, plaatsvervanger |
| orgy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/ | orgie |
| surrogacy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɝəɡəsi/ | draagmoederschap |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come around werkwoord | /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ | bijkomen |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan | |
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- He wasn't the most excited, but I didn't care.
- Do you guys have that sort of like set up?
- I've never really discussed that with them.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 24 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, didn't, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: biological /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: egg /ɛɡ/, surrogate /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/, surrogacy /ˈsɝəɡəsi/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als donor, biological, egg.
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