The Roo Who Grew in My Heart

By Elisabeth Madding, Teresa Wellins and Dean Wellins

The Roo Who Grew in My Heart is a story that explores surrogacy and associated concepts such as relationships, feelings, and emotions through the experiences of a kangaroo couple, Mr. and Mrs. Roo. Mrs. Roo was born without a pouch and is unable to have a joey on her own. Mr. and Mrs. Roo become Mommy and

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elisabeth Madding
• Release date: Jul 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798218030117

Elisabeth Madding

Elisabeth Madding and her husband Patrick struggled with infertility for many years, with several unsuccessful attempts at IVF and adoption. Through surrogacy, she and her husband were blessed with a beautiful daughter (Ayla) and a son (Oz). Elisabeth and Patrick refer to their surrogate as their "angel from the stars," and their children call her Auntie Cherine. It is Elisabeth's hope that this book will help to encourage and normalize surrogacy. Her goal is to help children and families understand the amazing gift of surrogacy and to create a more accepting world for her children, and for all children with exceptional birth stories. By destigmatizing the process, and creating awareness, she hopes to bring more families together through the sisterhood of surrogacy.

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