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...
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...
Three Ways to Remember Your Surrogacy Journey
Belly Casting Belly casting is a fun way of preserving your pregnancy memories. It celebrates the journey of pregnancy and reflects the beautiful changes your body experiences. Casts can be left “raw” (sealed to prevent moisture...
How to Be Bonding 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 child’s bond...
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...
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. And now he has a surrogacy announcement to make. Proud...
Communication Between Surrogates and Intended Parents
There are many reasons why surrogates and intended parents 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 work...
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 diapers can be a great choice...
Preparing for your Psycho-social Assessment
Are you feeling a little nervous about your psycho-social 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 learn 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...
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...
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...
Three Ways to Remember Your Surrogacy Journey
Belly Casting Belly casting is a fun way of preserving your pregnancy memories. It celebrates the journey of pregnancy and reflects the beautiful changes your body experiences. Casts can be left “raw” (sealed to prevent moisture...
How to Be Bonding 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 child’s bond...
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...
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. And now he has a surrogacy announcement to make. Proud...
Communication Between Surrogates and Intended Parents
There are many reasons why surrogates and intended parents 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 work...
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 diapers can be a great choice...
Preparing for your Psycho-social Assessment
Are you feeling a little nervous about your psycho-social 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 learn 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...