Surrogacy: Issues to Resolve Prior to Hiring Attorneys

Surrogacy: Issues to Resolve Prior to Hiring Attorneys

Writer: Candace O’Brien, Attorney at Law During my years of representing intended parents and surrogates, one issue I have occasionally seen, particularly in independent match situations and sometimes in agency match situations, is when Intended Parents and Surrogates...
How I Made $60,000 As a Surrogate Mother

How I Made $60,000 As a Surrogate Mother

From Julie Williams as told to Beth Collins. The first time I thought about being a surrogate mother was in 1999. I’d just given birth to my fourth — and last — child at 27, and I was reading a touching magazine article about a woman who’d carried her...
10 Things NOT To Say To People Experiencing Infertility

10 Things NOT To Say To People Experiencing Infertility

So, let’s say that you are in the grocery store picking up your umpteenth prescription for a progesterone-estrogen whatever crazy medication you have just been told to take and the lady at the checkout counter says, “Any news on the baby front?”  What would your...
Pros and Cons of Popular Surrogacy Financing

Pros and Cons of Popular Surrogacy Financing

Q:  My husband and I are going to start our surrogacy journey soon and need to take out a loan to cover the expenses. What type of surrogacy financing should we seek? Should we borrow against our house, our 401k or consider an independent financing company like...