November 9, 2024
Pride Month
Navigating the journey towards parenthood within the LGBTQ+ community often involves unique challenges and considerations. Ensuring access to inclusive and supportive fertility practices becomes paramount for individuals or couples seeking assistance. Here are some insightful tips and considerations to identify inclusive fertility clinics: Assessing Inclusivity: Intake and Consent Forms: Check if forms embrace inclusivity by […]
November 9, 2024
Surrogates Share the Biggest Misconceptions About Surrogacy
Being a gestational carrier (or surrogate) is an incredible way to help a family. Many women who serve as gestational carriers are motivated to help intended parents because, as mothers themselves, they cannot imagine what it would be like to not have a child, and they want to give that gift to another person. Being […]
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
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
8 Children’s Books About Surrogacy
How do you explain surrogacy to a child? Whether it’s to share your child’s unique conception story with them or explain to a sibling that you are expecting their little sister or brother with the help of a gestational carrier, these books can help you start the conversation and explain the process in a way […]
November 9, 2024
Amber & Nicholas’ Story: A Harrowing Journey
For many couples who choose surrogacy to grow their families, the journey to parenthood is a long one. For new parents Amber and Nicholas, who welcomed their son Sebastian in March, the journey was a marathon more than a decade in the making. Amber and Nicholas met in 2004 and were married in 2008. They […]
November 9, 2024
Books Celebrating Inclusivity and Families with Same-Sex Parents
Over the years, we have matched many same-sex couples with compatible egg donors and surrogates to create happy families. In honor of Pride Month, we want to celebrate these families and continue to support them on their parenting journey by providing helpful resources. In this article, we share several book recommendations for families with two […]
November 9, 2024
Surrogacy Timeline
Welcome! You are either thinking about surrogacy or you are embarking on your surrogacy journey! We know that it can be overwhelming with all of the calendars, appointments, and steps so we wanted to help guide you with this timeline. Of course, you have your personal care coordinator and our team that will also be […]
November 9, 2024
Mother’s Day Reflections
Mother’s Day is always bittersweet for our team at Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions. We are excited for our former intended moms who are celebrating their very first Mother’s Day, yet we also know that it’s a difficult day for intended parents (IPs) who are still on the journey to creating their happy family. If […]
