May 12, 2024
Bonding with your new baby
Bonding with your baby as an intended mother after a surrogate pregnancy can indeed bring about mixed emotions and concerns. Here are helpful steps and suggestions to facilitate a smooth bonding process: Before the Birth: Acknowledge Your Feelings: Don’t suppress mixed emotions. Seek support from a therapist if needed to cope with feelings of loss […]
February 12, 2024
Embryo Grading
There is a lot of planning and research that goes into gestational surrogacy. Many thoughts about surrogacy revolve around emotions and relationships such as the heartbreak of infertility and the importance of trust and a connection between the surrogate, the agency, and the intended parents. But one of the most essential factors to understand is […]
September 22, 2023
Zach & Leslie’s Story: Becoming Parents Through Surrogacy and Egg Donation
As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. But for couples who experience infertility, sometimes it takes a village to create their family. Everyone involved has an important role to play, but no role is more special than that of the egg donors and surrogates who give selflessly of themselves to […]
June 29, 2023
Resources for LGBTQ+ Intended Parents
The number of LGBTQ+ families is growing rapidly in the United States. According to the LGBTQ Family Building Survey, published by Family Equality in 2019, 63% of LGBTQ Millennials (ages 18-35) are considering expanding their families, primarily through assisted reproductive technology, foster care and adoption. The journey to parenthood can be challenging for LGBTQ+ couples […]
June 16, 2023
Speaking Out For Third Party LGBTQ+ Services
Infertility affects millions of people worldwide, and thankfully, the taboo surrounding it is slowly fading away. It is no longer a secret that starting a family could involve more than just two individuals, and this is where fertility specialists such as Dr. Daniel Skora come in. Working as a reproductive endocrinologist at Fertility Specialists of […]
June 8, 2023
Finding a Fertility Clinic that works for You – LGBTQ+
Family building can be an emotionally draining, financially burdensome, and overall cumbersome process for individuals, and members of the LGBTQ+ community often face additional challenges when seeking care and exploring options. It is important for everyone to have access to a provider who doesn’t make assumptions but rather asks questions and genuinely understands the unique […]
January 9, 2020
Happy Together
After going through her own infertility journey and becoming a mother through the gift of egg donation, author Julie Marie found various paths to parenthood were underrepresented in children’s literature. She wrote Happy Together, a collection of children’s books to help introduce young children to the family-building concepts of egg donation, embryo […]
December 12, 2019
Becoming a Family of 4
Hilton and Juan were married four years ago and they knew that they wanted to have a family. They first contacted Egg Donor Solutions about three years ago. They said the entire team was very educational, resourceful, professional, and compassionate. They appreciated that the egg donor database was continuously updated and that the donor’s profiles […]
December 7, 2018
Building Your Family Through Surrogacy: How to Choose Your Egg Donor
If you’re building your family through surrogacy, you may want or need to use an egg donor. Many people need to use egg donors. These include women who do not have viable eggs or who are concerned about passing on diseases or conditions that may be hereditary. Same-sex couples and single men will also […]
