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13 Tips For Dealing With Surrogacy Shaming
Suggestions on how to interact with the people in your life who don’t agree with your decision to become a surrogate. Imagine you’re attending a party, either at work, your home, or at a relative’s house, and you’re having a wonderful time. Then, you make...
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...
Adopted Child Syndrome: Causes, Effects, and How To Prevent
Adoption is a great alternative for parents who aren’t bestowed with or do not want to go through the process of having their biological kids. But nurturing adopted children is not easy as they could come with a psychological baggage. Adopted child...
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
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...
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...
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