After completing your pregnancy as a surrogate for you Intended Parents, you will need to allow some time to readjust. Your body underwent a wide range of changes, physically, mentally, and hormonally. After returning home, it is important to follow a postpartum health and fitness plan. This plan should help you regain your strength and […]
Surrogacy
Steps Surrogates Take Before Pregnancy
A couple has decided on gestational surrogacy to conceive a child but, for the surrogate, there are several steps to go through before starting a pregnancy. As a surrogate mother, you must first decide you’re up for the commitment. You may experience the innate desire to help others have a child, who may be unable […]
Trying to Conceive Over Age 35? Here’s What You Need to Know
There are many reasons why women wait until after age 35 to begin building their family. Reaching personal milestones, including the ability to provide a secure, stable, loving environment for their family may rank high on that list. However, for women over 35 there may physical challenges which stand in the way of this personal […]
How to Explain to Your Children They Were Carried by a Surrogate
As a parent, you’re well aware of how detail-oriented children will be. Children whose family looks a bit different from others may start to question how they came to be. As they start to get older, children become well aware that two dads or a single mom don’t fit the standard equation. If your […]
How LBGT Couples Can Be Parents Through Surrogacy
The idea of surrogacy has thrived in the LBGT community. By 2015, about 125,000 same-sex couples were raising children in Massachusetts, while 40,000 children were living with same-sex parents in California by 2013.1 The process of surrogacy for gay couples is the same as for anyone else especially since the legalization of same-sex marriage. While […]
How Surrogacy Is Beneficial for Single Parents
Just because you are single, that doesn’t mean you can’t be a parent. Many single individuals, both men and women, are becoming intended parents of children born through a surrogate pregnancy. There are many ways in which this is beneficial. The simplest option, is a single woman who uses a sperm donor to achieve a […]