For Gestational Surrogates: When Embryo Transfers Fail
After many months of preparation, you have had your embryo transfer and the waiting began. You crossed your fingers and toes and ate the french fries. You wore your lucky embryo transfer socks, you followed every suggestion, even the superstitious ones. And then, you...
7 Tips to Prepare for Your Embryo Transfer
As a Surrogate, the weeks and days leading up to your embryo transfer can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. You want to do everything you can to ensure your Intended Parents get their BFP (Big Fat Positive)! You may feel like the weight of the world is resting on...
Being a Surrogate for Intended Parents With HIV
HIV is now a long-term treatable infection. People with HIV have a comparable life spam to people without HIV. Surrogacy is an ideal option for gay Intended Parents with HIV, single Intended Parents with HIV, and other Intended Parents where one or more parties is HIV...
Guest Blog: Surrogates Choosing to Express Breastmilk
You have decided to give one of the most monumental gifts that anyone can give another; the gift of parenthood. Once the intended parents, or parent, embark on their lives with their new little one, you may be left wondering about this ability for your body to...
Guest Post: Stuff People Say to Gestational Surrogates
I have been a gestational surrogate twice now! I love being pregnant, and as soon as my husband and I decided that our family was complete I knew that I would become a surrogate so that I could be pregnant again and share the gift of becoming a parent with others!...
Can I be a Surrogate if I am a Vegan?
Contrary to popular misconception, people who eat plant-based diets do not need to start consuming meat and other animal products to have a healthy pregnancy. What is veganism? Vegetarians eat plant-based diets and may or may not also consume dairy,...
What if the Surrogate Keeps the Baby?
After years of struggle with infertility, they finally found the perfect surrogate, IVF is a success, and their family dream is finally a reality. Nine long months of pregnancy, the happy couple arrive at the hospital to meet their new baby only to be shut out of the...
Placenta Encapsulation for Surrogate Mothers
Placenta encapsulation might be the latest rage among Surrogates in countries like Canada and USA but this is an age-old practice followed in countries like China. Recently, people are becoming aware of the benefits of eating the placenta after childbirth. Surrogate...
She Broke The Silence of Infertility
You are not alone. For over 20 years, I’ve lived with the reality that my body is incapable of creating life. When initially telling others about my former husband’s and my inability to have children, I spoke about being ‘infertile’. Many assumed that with the...
Whose Sperm Did Those Gay Guys Use, Anyway?
We all get curious about things that are not our business. Questions about semen and family biology are definitely within the realm of don't ask but you can't help it. You're dying to know. You’ve come to the right place. Before you consider sticking your nose where...
For Gestational Surrogates: When Embryo Transfers Fail
After many months of preparation, you have had your embryo transfer and the waiting began. You crossed your fingers and toes and ate the french fries. You wore your lucky embryo transfer socks, you followed every suggestion, even the superstitious ones. And then, you...
7 Tips to Prepare for Your Embryo Transfer
As a Surrogate, the weeks and days leading up to your embryo transfer can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. You want to do everything you can to ensure your Intended Parents get their BFP (Big Fat Positive)! You may feel like the weight of the world is resting on...
Being a Surrogate for Intended Parents With HIV
HIV is now a long-term treatable infection. People with HIV have a comparable life spam to people without HIV. Surrogacy is an ideal option for gay Intended Parents with HIV, single Intended Parents with HIV, and other Intended Parents where one or more parties is HIV...
Guest Blog: Surrogates Choosing to Express Breastmilk
You have decided to give one of the most monumental gifts that anyone can give another; the gift of parenthood. Once the intended parents, or parent, embark on their lives with their new little one, you may be left wondering about this ability for your body to...
Guest Post: Stuff People Say to Gestational Surrogates
I have been a gestational surrogate twice now! I love being pregnant, and as soon as my husband and I decided that our family was complete I knew that I would become a surrogate so that I could be pregnant again and share the gift of becoming a parent with others!...
Can I be a Surrogate if I am a Vegan?
Contrary to popular misconception, people who eat plant-based diets do not need to start consuming meat and other animal products to have a healthy pregnancy. What is veganism? Vegetarians eat plant-based diets and may or may not also consume dairy,...
What if the Surrogate Keeps the Baby?
After years of struggle with infertility, they finally found the perfect surrogate, IVF is a success, and their family dream is finally a reality. Nine long months of pregnancy, the happy couple arrive at the hospital to meet their new baby only to be shut out of the...
Placenta Encapsulation for Surrogate Mothers
Placenta encapsulation might be the latest rage among Surrogates in countries like Canada and USA but this is an age-old practice followed in countries like China. Recently, people are becoming aware of the benefits of eating the placenta after childbirth. Surrogate...
She Broke The Silence of Infertility
You are not alone. For over 20 years, I’ve lived with the reality that my body is incapable of creating life. When initially telling others about my former husband’s and my inability to have children, I spoke about being ‘infertile’. Many assumed that with the...
Whose Sperm Did Those Gay Guys Use, Anyway?
We all get curious about things that are not our business. Questions about semen and family biology are definitely within the realm of don't ask but you can't help it. You're dying to know. You’ve come to the right place. Before you consider sticking your nose where...