Packing a Hospital Bag: Surrogate Edition
What are the things you should bring to the birth of the most precious gift you're about to give? Here's our top recommendations: Birth Plan Your body, your birth. You may be generously allowing the use of your uterus to house and grow a beautiful little...
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Baby Bottle Bonanza: What You Should Know
Isn't a baby bottle just a baby bottle? The short answer is nope! There are many different kinds of bottles on the market, with an assortment of potential accessories available to boot! Whether straight parents, gay parents, intended parents or single...
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Dear Breastmilk Donors
Most people know the amazing miracle that breastfeeding and breastmilk is…. It contains antibodies that defend your baby against infection Breastmilk can soothe diaper rashes, ear and eye infections and plugged eye ducts (common in newborns!)...
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Four Ways of Honouring the Loss of Your Angel Baby
Trigger warning: This blog discusses pre-term and neonatal loss and the experience many families face when losing a child. If you are feeling vulnerable at this time, we wish to not cause you any distress during a time when you are regaining...
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How to Bond With Your Baby When You Have a Surrogate
The Why of Bonding With Your Baby Bonding is the creation of an intense attachment between a child and their parents and is essential for babies health and wellbeing. Although studies are still being conducted, science has shown that a...
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Reasons Intended Parents Choose Cryo-Shipping
At some point in your surrogacy journey, you may find that your sperm, eggs or embryos need to be moved from one place to another. Frozen eggs and embryos are cryo-preserved or cryo-conserved: the process of cooling to very low temperatures (about −80 °C...
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...
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Communication Between Surrogates and Intended Parents
There are many reasons why intended parents and surrogates communicate with each other and many ways this communication can be possible. It is important to figure out among yourselves how often you’d like to communicate and by which methods...
read more
Earth Day 2018: 4 Reasons Cloth Diapers are the Ish
Today is Earth Day, I wanted to take the time to talk about something that is great for the Earth; Cloth Diapering! After attending the Great Cloth Diapering Change in Calgary, Alberta, I learned about four reasons why cloth diapering can be a great choice...
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Preparing for your Psycho-social Assessment
Are you feeling a little nervous about your psychosocial assessment interview? The idea of whether or not you can become a parent riding on a single meeting can be enough to put any of us on the verge of a mental breakdown! (keep reading to...
read more
Packing a Hospital Bag: Surrogate Edition
What are the things you should bring to the birth of the most precious gift you're about to give? Here's our top recommendations: Birth Plan Your body, your birth. You may be generously allowing the use of your uterus to house and grow a beautiful little...
read more
Baby Bottle Bonanza: What You Should Know
Isn't a baby bottle just a baby bottle? The short answer is nope! There are many different kinds of bottles on the market, with an assortment of potential accessories available to boot! Whether straight parents, gay parents, intended parents or single...
read more
Dear Breastmilk Donors
Most people know the amazing miracle that breastfeeding and breastmilk is…. It contains antibodies that defend your baby against infection Breastmilk can soothe diaper rashes, ear and eye infections and plugged eye ducts (common in newborns!)...
read more
Four Ways of Honouring the Loss of Your Angel Baby
Trigger warning: This blog discusses pre-term and neonatal loss and the experience many families face when losing a child. If you are feeling vulnerable at this time, we wish to not cause you any distress during a time when you are regaining...
read more
How to Bond With Your Baby When You Have a Surrogate
The Why of Bonding With Your Baby Bonding is the creation of an intense attachment between a child and their parents and is essential for babies health and wellbeing. Although studies are still being conducted, science has shown that a...
read more
Reasons Intended Parents Choose Cryo-Shipping
At some point in your surrogacy journey, you may find that your sperm, eggs or embryos need to be moved from one place to another. Frozen eggs and embryos are cryo-preserved or cryo-conserved: the process of cooling to very low temperatures (about −80 °C...
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
Communication Between Surrogates and Intended Parents
There are many reasons why intended parents and surrogates communicate with each other and many ways this communication can be possible. It is important to figure out among yourselves how often you’d like to communicate and by which methods...
read more
Earth Day 2018: 4 Reasons Cloth Diapers are the Ish
Today is Earth Day, I wanted to take the time to talk about something that is great for the Earth; Cloth Diapering! After attending the Great Cloth Diapering Change in Calgary, Alberta, I learned about four reasons why cloth diapering can be a great choice...
read more
Preparing for your Psycho-social Assessment
Are you feeling a little nervous about your psychosocial assessment interview? The idea of whether or not you can become a parent riding on a single meeting can be enough to put any of us on the verge of a mental breakdown! (keep reading to...
read more