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Key takeaways
- "Do you have any sisters who would be willing to do this for you?" he asked.
- Wyckoff had three sisters, but they all lived in Ohio with their own children.
- The doctor suggested she could go through an agency to hire an anonymous surrogate, but the idea made Wyckoff feel uneasy.
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ESPNAndrea Adelson May 8, 2026, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida.Follow on XMultiple Authors Email Print Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State coach Brooke Wyckoff had given up on the idea that she would become a mom again. Sitting inside the fertility clinic in the summer of 2024, she listened with growing distress as her doctor told her surrogacy would be the only option to have a baby of her own.
"Do you have any sisters who would be willing to do this for you?" he asked.
Wyckoff had three sisters, but they all lived in Ohio with their own children. Wyckoff, then 44, thought it would be too much to ask. How about a close friend who would be willing to act as a surrogate? Again, no.