June 29, 2021
Helping LGBTQ+ Intended Parents Create Their Families Through Surrogacy
Written by: Hillary Redwine At Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions, we consider it a privilege to help create families and are committed to working with intended parents from all walks of life, including the LGBTQ+ community. “About 20 percent of the intended parents who use our services for egg donation and gestational surrogacy are same-sex […]
June 23, 2021
Pride Month Spotlight: Ma & Thomas’ Story
Written By: Hillary Redwine Ma Cong and Thomas Landrum are one of the many LGBTQ+ couples who have turned to Surrogate Solutions to help them build their families. Today, they are the proud parents of three-year-old twins, Thomas and Mason. As we celebrate Pride Month, we are honored to highlight their journey to parenthood. Please […]
May 20, 2021
Gift Ideas for your Surrogate
Written By: Hillary Redwine, Cross posted For our surrogates at Surrogate Solutions, the greatest gift is helping intended parents create happy families. While gifts are never expected, we know that intended parents often want to express their gratitude with a gift. We recently asked some of our surrogates / gestational carriers (GCs) to share the types […]
May 20, 2021
Building a Relationship with your Surrogate
Written by: Hillary Redwine, cross posted For many intended parents, building a relationship with their surrogate is an important part of the journey because it helps them feel connected and involved in the pregnancy. Perhaps no one understands this more than Amy Huston, who has two children (Eli and Hallie) carried by different […]
November 12, 2020
Surrogates Share Their Motivation for Helping Intended Parents
Why do you want to be a surrogate? This is one of the first questions we ask our gestational carriers during the application process. Oftentimes they will mention a family member or friend who has experienced infertility. Other times, it is simply that as mothers themselves, they cannot imagine what it would be like not […]
October 8, 2020
Surrogates Share the Biggest Misconceptions About Surrogacy
Being a gestational carrier (or surrogate) is an incredible way to help a family. Many women who serve as gestational carriers are motivated to help intended parents because, as mothers themselves, they cannot imagine what it would be like to not have a child, and they want to give that gift to another person. Being […]
May 28, 2020
What an Agency can Offer you, the Intended Parent
Surrogacy may seem simple. You want to have a child, but for any number of reasons, you are not able to carry a pregnancy to term. You need the help of a surrogate to complete your family. Someone else, on the other hand, LOVES being pregnant, has had at least one baby of her own, […]
March 12, 2020
Obtaining Your Child’s Birth Certificate : The Process of Obtaining Documentation After a Gestational Surrogacy in Florida
Intended Parents often ask me what the birth certificate process will be like when their child is born via gestational surrogacy. How long will it take? Will the surrogacy or surrogate be referenced on the birth certificate? What can I name the child? Well… some of those questions have a standard answer, but for others, […]
