Rachel Checolinksi, a 34-year-old mother of three, had watched for years as her best friend suffered through years of infertility treatments and what would eventually be six miscarriages. Checolinksi wanted to help support her in any way possible, and began to consider the possibility that she should offer to be a gestational surrogate for her friend.
But Checolinksi, who describes herself as "born again" Christian and attended a Pentecostal church in Fond du Lac, Wis., at the time, wanted to know if her faith had anything to say about the idea. So in 2016, she approached her pastor's wife about the situation and was surprised to learn that the pastor's wife had also offered to be a surrogate to help another infertile friend.
"She really believed in what I was doing," said Checolinksi. "The only reason that she didn't [become a surrogate] was that she ended up having to have a hysterectomy."
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