November 9, 2024
What is Cord Blood?
Leukemia, Lymphoma, Tumor, Blood Disorders, Cancer, Immune Disorders, Metabolic Disorders… How are we going to save our children from all these diseases?? It’s estimated that a patient in the US is diagnosed with blood cancer every 3 minutes!! And children are more likely to get blood cancer due to environmental factors, radiation, chemicals, and eta. […]
November 9, 2024
Surrogates Share Their Motivation for Helping Intended Parents
Why do you want to be a surrogate? This is one of the first questions we ask our gestational carriers during the application process. Oftentimes they will mention a family member or friend who has experienced infertility. Other times, it is simply that as mothers themselves, they cannot imagine what it would be like not […]
November 9, 2024
MADISON’S STORY: MOVING FORWARD AFTER LOSS AND FINDING JOY IN PARENTHOOD
Stories of loss among intended parents (IPs) are all too common. We know most IPs have already spent years trying to conceive before they arrive at Surrogate Solutions to help them build their families. Madison’s journey to parenthood was especially difficult with four rounds of IVF, two miscarriages (herself and a surrogate) and multiple embryo […]
November 9, 2024
Ideas for Helping Your Surrogate During (and Right After) Embryo Transfer
Surrogates endure a lot physically during the process of becoming pregnant. Immediately following embryo transfer is a critical time for both the Surrogate and Intended Parents. One of the last steps in the journey to become pregnant is the embryo transfer. It is both exciting and a time of heightened emotion and anticipation for all […]
November 9, 2024
Building a Relationship with your Surrogate
Written by: Hillary Redwine, cross posted For many intended parents, building a relationship with their surrogate is an important part of the journey because it helps them feel connected and involved in the pregnancy. Perhaps no one understands this more than Amy Huston, who has two children (Eli and Hallie) carried by different […]
November 9, 2024
Gift Ideas for your Surrogate
Written By: Hillary Redwine, Cross posted For our surrogates at Surrogate Solutions, the greatest gift is helping intended parents create happy families. While gifts are never expected, we know that intended parents often want to express their gratitude with a gift. We recently asked some of our surrogates / gestational carriers (GCs) to share the types […]
November 9, 2024
Braving Infertility Together
Written by: Hillary Redwine, cross posted Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, Braving Infertility Together is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to normalize the infertility process by providing experienced-based support, encouragement, and education. The organization was born from a group of local women who connected via an online search for infertility support […]
November 9, 2024
Pride Month Spotlight: Ma & Thomas’ Story
Written By: Hillary Redwine Ma Cong and Thomas Landrum are one of the many LGBTQ+ couples who have turned to Surrogate Solutions to help them build their families. Today, they are the proud parents of three-year-old twins, Thomas and Mason. As we celebrate Pride Month, we are honored to highlight their journey to parenthood. Please […]
November 9, 2024
Helping LGBTQ+ Intended Parents Create Their Families Through Surrogacy
Written by: Hillary Redwine At Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions, we consider it a privilege to help create families and are committed to working with intended parents from all walks of life, including the LGBTQ+ community. “About 20 percent of the intended parents who use our services for egg donation and gestational surrogacy are same-sex […]
