Sister Wives: Meri Tells Kody She’s ‘Freaked Out’ About Surrogacy Dilemma

June 18 2012, Published 3:45 p.m. ET

Kody and Meri Brown broke down in an emotional discussion about having a child -- by taking up Robyn’s offer to serve as their surrogate -- on Sunday's edition of TLC's Sister Wives.

The two were on vacation, and Kody shrewdly used the idyllic backdrop to ask Meri the difficult question.

He explained: "I had Meri in a very romantic spot, and I was very specific with questions to her about wanting another baby."

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Asked about the issue by Kody, Meri said, "This freaks me out to go through all that again, and I don’t know if I wanna do that at this point in my life -- I feel like I'm too young to go through having an empty nest, but I'm too old to start a family."

Kody reassured her: "It's OK: Whatever you wanna do."

"This is stupid, this is stupid," Meri said. "I don't know what I want."

"Do you understand that not having any children doesn't change your value to me?" Kody asked her, adding, "You need to know that in your heart."

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Meri replied, "I don't have an answer for you right now -- I just don't -- I'm sorry."

Meri added she wished it was just as easy as getting pregnant on her own.

In background clips, sister wife Robyn said she believes Meri wants to try in-vitro fertilization on her own.

Watch the video on RadarOnline.com

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Meri recently revealed that her last pregnancy tragically ended in a miscarriage. The couple has one child together, daughter Mariah.