'JUDGING' MEDICS RUINED MY LIFE; Surrogate mum claim.

Byline: CAITLIN MACKAY

A SURROGATE mum yesterday claimed she was deliberately neglected by medical staff.

The 37-year-old mum-of-two says she was "morally judged" by staff at Dr Gray's hospital in Elgin, Moray, during the hospital's first surrogate birth last year.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is now suing health chiefs for the damage to her body during the difficult birth.

The woman claims she was induced too early, told to push too soon, and not given appropriate care after the birth, leaving her incontinent.

She said: "The way I was treated was disgusting - as if I was the lowest of the low.

"I'm damaged permanently. I can't sit down properly and I can't sleep because of the pain.

"My life is ruined, my sex life is almost over and quality times with my kids have been taken away from me.

"I should've been treated like a normal mum having her third baby.

"Instead I was victimised, morally judged and persecuted."

She claims one member of staff asked "how I could live with myself after giving my baby away".

The woman, who lives in the Moray area with her husband and their two kids, had tried to hide the fact she was a surrogate.

But she claims word got out after a breaches of confidentiality by her GP and her consultant, from whom she has received written apologies.

Grampian University Hospitals Trust boss, Alec Cummings, has also apologised for "shortcomings" in her care.

The surrogacy was arranged by Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy charity, COTS.

The baby girl is now with her biological dad and his wife in Ireland.

The mum added: "It is some consolation that I have helped a couple's dream of having a child come true."

A spokesperson for Grampian University Hospital Trust said they would not comment on individual cases.