While it is often easy for a couple to decide to have a child, it may not be so easy to follow through on that and actually bring a child into the world. The traditional method of having children is, technically, “free,” in the sense that sexual intercourse and the resultant fertilization of an egg…
Starting a family is the next logical step for many couples around the world, but it’s not always a straight forward path to follow. While many will go the traditional route of a woman becoming pregnant and delivering a child nine months later as the start of a family, for others, this is a hugely…
Surrogate motherhood is a process where a couple who is unable to naturally conceive a baby and carry it to term, giving birth nine months later, finds another woman to take on this task. This is usually done for more serious medical situations, such as when a couple wishes to have a child, but the…
Surrogate motherhood is a concept that is centuries old, and it even has an appearance in some religious texts, such as the Bible. For generations, it has been a way for some hopeful families to have a newborn child truly their own, but it’s only in the 20th and 21st centuries that surrogate motherhood has…
Surrogate motherhood can be a very complex process, both medically and legally. The surrogacy process itself is centuries old, but there have been many changes in both the medical techniques and technology, as well as the legal implications of surrogacy. This has become especially true in the modern world, where easy travel options have made…
For most people, deciding to start a family begins with allowing the woman in the couple to become pregnant, and then, nine months later, giving birth to a child, and a new phase of life begins. For other couples, unfortunately, the old fashioned way of doing things may not be most the feasible way, and…
While many people around the world decide to start a family, and a new kind of life together, the old fashioned way may not always be possible. There are some situations where medical considerations make it either very risky or medically impossible for a couple to naturally conceive and give birth to a child. Women…
The idea of surrogacy is an old one by historical standards. For centuries, different couples in different cultures had sometimes turned to a surrogate mother as a way to have a child when the actual couple was, for whatever reason, unable to do so themselves. So while surrogacy and surrogate mothers are not the most…
The decision to undertake surrogate motherhood can be a challenging one for a hopeful family that is otherwise unable to naturally conceive a child. However, for all time and commitment that a hopeful family makes to investing in a surrogate mother, there is one crucial component without which everything else fails; the surrogate mother herself….
There comes a time in many people’s lives where they meet someone special and decide to spend the rest of their lives together. A natural next step after this is the desire to start a family, but this is not always a straightforward proposition for every couple. While many couples will simply allow the wife…
