The Best Things About Being a Single Dad (By Choice)
I’ll admit it: I had no idea what I was getting into back in 2009, when I decided to stop looking for the perfect partner to build a family with and start pursuing the possibility of parenthood on my own. I had no idea how long it was going to...
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5 Things I Didn’t Know About IVF When I Became an Egg Donor
It’s Not as Easy as Giving Up Your Eggs The first steps include finding a donor agency, filling out a profile, multiple and varied medical testing, the collection of genetic history, paperwork and a psycho-social evaluation. These first stepping-stones...
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Things You Should Never Say to an Egg Donor
Being an egg donor often comes with family, friends and complete strangers having preconceived ideas, notions, and stigmas around what an egg donor and egg donation is. As sensitive as some of these people may try to be, there are many who seem to not...
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Best Books for Introducing Your Child to Egg Donation
We already know how reading to your child can set them up for success; exercising their brains, developing language skills, creating a bond, building concentration, loving learning, and many more benefits. It just makes sense to use the opportunity to...
read more
Chatter in the Canopy: The Truth About Surrogacy and HIV
A beautiful submission from one of our Intended Parents. It's early morning, and I am on my balcony looking out into the tree canopy. The parrots and cockatoos greet with morning song. I realize that if I pause for a moment, I can hear the song of far more...
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Our Biggest Surrogacy Announcement, Yet!
Although he discovered that he has built a beautiful chosen family through surrogacy and Proud Fertility, Managing Director Nathan Chan still held tight to his dream of becoming a father. Proud Fertility was built upon the ashes of his previous surrogacy...
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The Not-So-Nice Opinions of Other People Regarding Surrogacy
Every now and then, Proud Fertility receives mean comments regarding surrogacy, egg donation and being an intended parent. While we normally just hit the delete button for hurtful comments, we decided to address some of the ridiculous ones we have...
read more
Becoming a Parent: More Than DNA
It's so much more than DNA Becoming a parent is so much more than sharing the same DNA with your child. Being a parent means that you dedicate the rest of your life to raising a child. Whether that child enters your life from birth, or you come along...
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When the Baby Arrives
Blog by Managing Director Nathan Chan Upon receipt of the very first birth announcement I got, I knew that the decision to launch Proud Fertility was the best decision I ever made. Personally, I had gone through 8 incredibly long years of pursuing the dream of...
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A Mother’s Love and Support Through Egg Donation
To me, it was a very easy choice to have my mother as my support person during my egg donation, not just for the retrieval itself, but for the whole 9 days we spent in another city. We started the trip with lots of walking and doing many...
read more
The Best Things About Being a Single Dad (By Choice)
I’ll admit it: I had no idea what I was getting into back in 2009, when I decided to stop looking for the perfect partner to build a family with and start pursuing the possibility of parenthood on my own. I had no idea how long it was going to...
read more
5 Things I Didn’t Know About IVF When I Became an Egg Donor
It’s Not as Easy as Giving Up Your Eggs The first steps include finding a donor agency, filling out a profile, multiple and varied medical testing, the collection of genetic history, paperwork and a psycho-social evaluation. These first stepping-stones...
read more
Things You Should Never Say to an Egg Donor
Being an egg donor often comes with family, friends and complete strangers having preconceived ideas, notions, and stigmas around what an egg donor and egg donation is. As sensitive as some of these people may try to be, there are many who seem to not...
read more
Best Books for Introducing Your Child to Egg Donation
We already know how reading to your child can set them up for success; exercising their brains, developing language skills, creating a bond, building concentration, loving learning, and many more benefits. It just makes sense to use the opportunity to...
read more
Chatter in the Canopy: The Truth About Surrogacy and HIV
A beautiful submission from one of our Intended Parents. It's early morning, and I am on my balcony looking out into the tree canopy. The parrots and cockatoos greet with morning song. I realize that if I pause for a moment, I can hear the song of far more...
read more
Our Biggest Surrogacy Announcement, Yet!
Although he discovered that he has built a beautiful chosen family through surrogacy and Proud Fertility, Managing Director Nathan Chan still held tight to his dream of becoming a father. Proud Fertility was built upon the ashes of his previous surrogacy...
read more
The Not-So-Nice Opinions of Other People Regarding Surrogacy
Every now and then, Proud Fertility receives mean comments regarding surrogacy, egg donation and being an intended parent. While we normally just hit the delete button for hurtful comments, we decided to address some of the ridiculous ones we have...
read more
Becoming a Parent: More Than DNA
It's so much more than DNA Becoming a parent is so much more than sharing the same DNA with your child. Being a parent means that you dedicate the rest of your life to raising a child. Whether that child enters your life from birth, or you come along...
read more
When the Baby Arrives
Blog by Managing Director Nathan Chan Upon receipt of the very first birth announcement I got, I knew that the decision to launch Proud Fertility was the best decision I ever made. Personally, I had gone through 8 incredibly long years of pursuing the dream of...
read more
A Mother’s Love and Support Through Egg Donation
To me, it was a very easy choice to have my mother as my support person during my egg donation, not just for the retrieval itself, but for the whole 9 days we spent in another city. We started the trip with lots of walking and doing many...
read more