The Grady Bunch: Surrogate mother meets kids for first time since birth

Amanda Grady decided she wanted to be a surrogate after having her own children in 2010 and 2011.

"When my kids were a little older and didn't need me quite so much in 2016, my husband and I started seriously discussing surrogacy and if it was something we wanted to pursue," Grady said.

She contacted an agency that connects surrogate mothers with clients from around the world who can't have children. Grady was able to carry three children for two separate families.

"I kind of grew all of our families that way," she said.

Grady is from Prince Edward Island but lives in southern Ontario, just outside of Toronto. She tries to make time to come back to the Island every year.

She said she hadn't been able to meet any of the three babies since they were born. But on her latest P.E.I. visit, she's been spending time with some special guests.

"It's kind of amazing to see how much they have grown, from squishy little newborns to toddlers and running around and interacting," she said.

"Having everyone in my home province in the same house, under the same roof, the kids running around, everyone was making dinner and singing and laughing. It was surreal."

Grady has been a surrogate mother twice for a Swedish family, and once for a couple from France.

All three families are spending time together in Summerside for the next few days.

"It's crazy that there are babies, that there are five humans in the world who know what my heart sounds like from the inside and three of them don't even live in the same country as me," Grady said. 

"It blows me away every time I think about it."

Patrice Baduel and his partner, Fabien Salas, arrived with 11-month-old Maxine on Tuesday.

Baduel said he's in P.E.I. to be with his "chosen family."