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May 15th, 2013
Lots of intended parents look at gestational surrogacy purely as a business arrangement, while it is a business arrangement it’s also something much more. Let’s face it when intended parents embark upon a gestational surrogacy cycle its new for them – there’s so much unchartered territory to navigate through. Aside from all that it’s downright expensive so heck yes keeping your mind on the dollars part of this is normal.
I can’t help but think that the contract and business piece of this arrangement is just the beginning much like conception of a pregnancy! Yes, the Gestational Surrogate is being compensated for her time, trouble, pain and inconvenience to herself as well as her family; however, the many surrogate mothers I have talked to over the years tell me that they do this because they want to help. Their own pregnancies have been easy and seamless and this seems like a great way to help another family who can’t do what she’s able to do and also perhaps help her family.
Think of it like this – while your Surrogate Mother will form a bond with your baby she is also creating a lifelong bond with you! [...] Read More »
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May 10th, 2013
Dealing with infertility and accepting the reality you need help having a baby is often difficult. We “What if” ourselves a lot. We bargain. We cry. We become angry. So when we hear the news that to have a child we need to rely on a gestational carrier not only can that be a big pill to swallow we need to think about if this is something we are ready for.
Making the choice to have a baby via gestational surrogacy is a decision that is going to affect a lot of people. Because of how intimate and delicate these situations are it can take a toll on everyone’s emotions. There is so much to take in, work through, process and consider – the feelings of your surrogate as well as her family, your unborn baby, as well as yourself.
• The biggest question you must ask yourself is how you feel about someone else other than yourself carrying a baby on your behalf?
• If you are married or partnered are you both on the same page? Are you both ready? If you are single do you have a good support system to help you through this process?
• Are you ready to make the leap from your current fertility treatment to the[...] Read More »
Tags: gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, infertility, parenting, pregnancy, Surrogacy agency, surrogate cycles, surrogate mother, third party reproduction
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April 17th, 2013
Regardless of whether you are carrying your own pregnancy or are a gestational surrogate being prepared for a baby should begin at least three months before conception occurs. It’s kind of like scouting – “Always be prepared!” The results are better for you and the baby – healthy you means healthy baby.
This means interview and visit the OBGYN that will be following you through your pregnancy. At this time you will discuss your personal health history, your families personal health history – like how were your mother’s pregnancies, how were her deliveries, did every female in your family deliver early, or require a C-section, or develop gestational diabetes or high blood pressure. This is also the time to make sure all your vaccines are up to date, especially rubella and chicken pox. These vaccines can’t be given during pregnancy and its bad news to contract these two diseases while pregnant. Your OBGYN might talk to you about things like – if you have a cat someone else will need to change the litter due to a bug in cat poop called toxoplasmosis. If you contract that during pregnancy it can be[...] Read More »
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April 1st, 2013
The terms Surrogate Mother and Gestational Carrier are often intermixed and sometimes that’s confusing. They are both women who choose to carry a pregnancy for those who cannot carry a pregnancy to term without help. I am going to use the term “surrogate mother” for traditional surrogacy and the term “gestational carrier” for surrogacy where there is no genetic connection on the part of the surrogate for my blog post to keep the confusion at bay.
Did you know there are two kinds of surrogates?
There are traditional surrogates. These are women who use their own egg and are artificially inseminated by the intended fathers or donor sperm. The surrogate mother carries the baby, delivers that baby and then gives that baby to the parents to raise. The traditional surrogate mother is the baby’s biological mother because it’s her egg that was fertilized by the intended father’s sperm.
Now day’s gestational surrogacy is used for most of the surrogacy cycles in the USA. This is a woman who carries a baby that has been conceived using the egg of the intended mother, or an egg donor and sperm from the intended[...] Read More »
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March 22nd, 2013
There’s no real black and white answer to this question I don’t think. I think it depends on a lot of things. For instance if you have easy pregnancies and even easier deliveries you are going to have the ability to be a surrogate mother more times than if you have hard pregnancies and deliver children through caesarian section – or if your pregnancies result in multiples.
However, most physicians say no more than three (3) caesarian sections and no more than five (5) live births without C-section, especially multiples.
There are three basic requirements that most surrogacy agencies go by when they recruit a surrogate mother:
Surrogate mothers must be between the ages of 21-38 years old. A surrogate candidate who’s younger than 21 years old most likely won’t have the maturity required to deal with or understand what it means to be a surrogate. For instance they may not understand the how this might affect the surrogates own family. When we look at the other end up the spectrum the age of 38 is put out there for medical reasons. There’s a link between age and higher risk pregnancies and harder deliveries[...] Read More »
Tags: become a surrogate, becoming a surrogate, finding a surrogate mother, gestational carrier, surrogacy, surrogacy agencies, surrogate agency, surrogate mother, surrogate mother requirements, The Surrogacy Source
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February 18th, 2013
In a day of E-mail, Facebook, Pinterest, Blogging, and LinkedIn the lines of privacy are blurred. The reality is nothing and I mean nothing that is posted, sent, or shared over the Internet is private, safe, or secure.
What’s considered personal information when embarking upon a surrogacy cycle as an intended parent? Never ever give out social security numbers, your physical address, telephone numbers, places of work, release of medical information, to anyone but your attorney, IVF clinic, or your psychologist – especially before the legal contract is in place, signed, sealed and delivered between both parties.
You might be thinking “Well no kidding, everyone knows that!” However, you’d be surprised how naïve some can be on both sides of the party.
Unfortunately in the world of egg donation and especially surrogacy there are those who are unscrupulous who will attempt to scam intended parents as well as those who are posing as intended parents but in actuality are looking for a way to steal your identity. It happens every day.
This business is emotional – you are excited to finally get the ball rolling,[...] Read More »
Tags: attorney, identity theft, intended parents, IVF clinic, psychologist, surrogacy, surrogate cycle
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January 31st, 2013
By: Theresa Ferrara, California Case Manager
The Surrogacy SOURCE http://www.TheSurrogacySOURCE.com
As a surrogate mother to 5 beautiful children—a girl in 2007, and boy/girl twins in both 2009 and 2012–one of the most common questions I am asked is why. Many people do not understand the motivations behind deciding to carry someone else’s baby.
In my own experience my husband and I decided we had our hands full with our two amazing boys. I love being pregnant, feeling a baby growing inside of me, and I even (I know it sounds strange) love being in labor. I happened to come across and ad for surrogacy when my youngest was just a few weeks old. At the time I didn’t really think much of it, but as time passed and I missed the feeling of being pregnant the thought of being a surrogate mother came back to me.
After I took the time to look into being a surrogate I realized what an amazing gift this would be. I could not imagine my life without my own boys. I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone who so badly wanted a child but could not conceive naturally. The[...] Read More »
Tags: IVF with surrogacy, pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate mother, The Surrogacy Source
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January 31st, 2013
Eating While Pregnant…What CAN We Eat?
Eating while Pregnant….such a natural activity, a necessity even. You are expected to eat whether you are carrying one or two….or more babies. So this article hasn’t much to do with surrogacy BUT as a surrogate mother you may have the uncommon pressure of *people* asking you “what are you eating?” There is an entire grocery store of food now on the no-no list for pregnant women! I have no clue how WE, the baby boomers, the X generation, or the Y generation even made it through the entire 9 months in-utero high on mercury from our mothers over-dosing on canned tuna! What will the iGen’s do? Buy pre-formulated maternity diet packets from Amazon.com?
Read below the things that should be avoided now.
• Raw meat such as sushi, seafood, rare or uncooked beef, or poultry because of the risk of contamination with coliform bacteria, toxoplasmosis, and salmonella.
• Raw eggs, or foods containing raw egg such as Caesars dressing, mayonnaise, homemade ice cream or custard, unpasteurized eggnog, or Hollandaise sauce because raw eggs may be contaminated with salmonella.
• Soft[...] Read More »
Tags: eating while pregnant, IVF, pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate mothers, The Surrogacy Source
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December 4th, 2012
Even with 7 billion inhabitants, the earth we live on is extremely small. Don’t believe me? Stop for a second to think about the number of times you have been at an event and ran into someone you never expected to be there. What about that vacation you took only to learn an acquaintance of yours was there at the same time?
The SOURCE Newsletter: Complete Version
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December 3rd, 2012
The US is an international destination for surrogacy, because of the many advantages available such as highly regulated medical care, fertility friendly laws and favorable exchange rates. With agency locations in California and throughout the US, The Surrogacy SOURCE is a convenient destination for travelers from Japan, China, Australia and other nearby countries. Many hopeful parents come to the US for surrogacy, from places as far as India, drawn here for the unparalleled medical expertise available.
The first step in the international surrogacy process is a phone consultation with The Surrogacy SOURCE. To date 170 babies have been born through our surrogacy agency and we currently have 23 surrogates expecting!
Learn more about international surrogacy »
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