As news that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick announced the birth of their twin girls, talk around my friends and I went to the issue of using surrogates. Parker could not carry a child to term and they had the means to use a surrogate. Would you use one in the same situation?

I have to say (being in a similar situation - oh, except for being rich that is!) that I would. And what a gift it would be to have someone give you the opportunity to be a parent with your own biological child.

However, most people cannot afford to use this method. One source says it can cost anywhere from $25,000-$50,000. It’s not without its cons. Most people who cannot have children decide for many reasons to adopt. I think there are many wonderful children in the world just looking for a home. But it’s a decision up to the couple and their individual circumstances.

What do you think about surrogacy?

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I just read this crazy article on CNN.com about how all our medicines are in the public water supply. I guess we pee them out and then drink them again. Could this explain the increase in infertility and even precocious puberty? Inadvertant drinking of birth control and hormone treatments? And while researchers do not yet understand the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies — which have gone virtually unnoticed by the general public — have found alarming effects on human cells and wildlife, states the article.The federal government doesn’t require any testing and hasn’t set safety limits for drugs in water.

Rural consumers who draw water from their own wells aren’t in the clear either, experts say.

Even users of bottled water and home filtration systems don’t necessarily avoid exposure. Bottlers, some of which simply repackage tap water, do not typically treat or test for pharmaceuticals, according to the industry’s main trade group. The same goes for the makers of home filtration systems.

Contamination is not confined to the United States. More than 100 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and streams throughout the world. Studies have detected pharmaceuticals in waters throughout Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe — even in Swiss lakes and the North Sea.One part of me says, How is this different than it’s always been? Where’s the news? What we put in our bodies comes out and gets recycled into the water. Natural.The article also answers this - we’re taking more meds and more meds are being invented. Side effects unknown. Over the past five years, the number of U.S. drug prescriptions rose 12 percent to a record 3.7 billion, the article explains. That can’t be good can it?Or maybe it’s just the creation of just another useless worry over which I have limited control. Looking for another neurosis anyone?