November 9, 2024
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 […]
November 9, 2024
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 […]
November 9, 2024
Best Mobile Apps for New Parents
As a new parent in 2019, you’ve got a wealth of resources at your fingertips. While your parents might have needed books, journals, or late-night phone calls to doctors or friends, you can access much of what you need by simply downloading a mobile app to your phone. There is no shortage of apps […]
November 9, 2024
8 Tips to Support Your Wife During the Surrogacy Process
Navigating and traversing a surrogacy journey can be daunting, to say the least, but how can a husband support his wife through this process? An Intended Father who recently went through the surrogacy process gives his advice below. Take as many of the administrative aspects of the journey off your wife’s plate as possible. Having a […]
November 9, 2024
A Surrogacy Story
One of our sweet intended mothers recently met her daughter for the first time a couple of months ago, and all of her dreams came true. Here is her story. “My infertility journey has spanned several years. In 2005, I finally got pregnant with triplets via UIU after many attempts. However, I had a […]
November 9, 2024
Gift Giving & Surrogacy
Through the surrogacy journey, bonds are developed with all parties involved. While this looks different for everyone, many of the people involved ask for gift ideas whether it’s for the surrogate or for the intended parents-to-be. We asked both parties about gifts they have given and received, and this is what they said: Gifts […]
November 9, 2024
How do I Actually Get Pregnant as a Surrogate?
You have met the perfect intended parents, and you have a “beautiful uterus”, but how do you actually get pregnant and become a surrogate? This will differ slightly with each case because everyone is different in how their body reacts to the medications and how each clinic operates. Each surrogate will work with her coordinator […]
November 9, 2024
A Baby on the Way
We are intended parents with a baby on the way. In fact, any day he will be here. The road to get here has been long and rough, but we are so thankful that we are here. Ever since we started dating, my husband and I have discussed having a big family. We never thought […]
