After losing a child in pregnancy, Ontario mum takes to Facebook to find a surrogate

Summer Barton, 27, said losing her baby at 37 weeks was the worst day of her life. 

In December 2021, Barton of Denfield, Ont., had developed a severe form of preeclampsia and her daughter, Darla, did not survive. It wasn’t completely unexpected — Barton had struggled with her first pregnancy too.

It’s why the couple is now on the hunt for a gestational surrogate to carry their next child, and they’ve made an appeal on Facebook, a trend that is becoming more popular, according to one fertility consultant.

“I’ve known my whole life that I wanted a big family and we have one little boy here on earth and