On the side effects of IVF: "My face looked like the surface of the moon, small chunks of hair were falling out. At 9 a.m. I had a flat stomach. By noon, I looked like I was 5 months pregnant."
On her fertility issues and committing to surrogacy: "There's nothing more that I wanted than to cook my own baby . . . the idea of [surrogacy] felt like surrendering to failure."