January 11, 2019
What Can You Do If Your Family Doesn’t Support Your Decision to Be a Surrogate?
While rewarding, surrogacy can be difficult both physically and emotionally. It’s helpful to be able to lean on your family for support during this time. Unfortunately, sometimes people have a hard time understanding gestational surrogacy or don’t feel that they can support the decision. That’s when you may need to find other resources to partner […]
December 28, 2018
Overcoming New Parent Nerves
As an intended parent, you’ve spent years trying to get pregnant and have a baby. But now that the time is here, and your baby will soon be joining your family, you may not know what to expect. Don’t worry. Whether families birth children themselves, adopt, or create families through gestational surrogacy, they share many […]
December 7, 2018
Building Your Family Through Surrogacy: How to Choose Your Egg Donor
If you’re building your family through surrogacy, you may want or need to use an egg donor. Many people need to use egg donors. These include women who do not have viable eggs or who are concerned about passing on diseases or conditions that may be hereditary. Same-sex couples and single men will also […]
November 30, 2018
6 Thoughtful Gifts to Show You Care
The relationship between intended parents and gestational surrogates often grows close over the course of the surrogacy journey. To show appreciation, the intended parents and surrogates may want to buy gifts for each other. Whether it’s to mark milestones throughout the journey or celebrate a special occasion, thoughtful gifts can be positive for both the […]
November 23, 2018
Want to Become a Surrogate? Here’s Where to Start.
If you’ve ever considered becoming a gestational surrogate, you may wonder what to expect and how you can prepare yourself and your loved ones. You’re smart to take a thoughtful approach to such an important decision. It can affect many people for years to come. Here’s what you need to know to get started. Make […]
November 16, 2018
Meeting Potential Intended Parents? 8 Questions to Ask Them
Your surrogacy agency will match you with an individual or couple they feel would be a good mutual fit, but it’s up to you to decide if the match feels right to you. One of the best ways to find out if you and the intended parent(s) are the right match is to ask plenty […]
November 9, 2018
After a Miscarriage: Coping as a Surrogate
For any woman, a miscarriage can be a heart-wrenching experience, but for a gestational surrogate, there is the added worry she has let down the intended parents and the surrogacy agency. It’s important, however, not to blame yourself. Miscarriage is one of those things you simply can’t control and happens to almost every woman. Here […]