Surrogacy is the process where a woman agrees to receive a fertilized egg, thus becoming pregnant, and carrying that baby to term. Nine months later, the baby is born, but at this point, the baby is now united with his or her hopeful parents, a couple a who wanted to have a child of their…
We now live in an age where people can have an active and complicated “digital life” that is, at times far more robust and engaging than the “real one” that we all share. While it’s true that many of us still wake up, eat breakfast, and then go to a place of work, where we…
For couples that wish to have a child, but have come across some serious complications—medical or otherwise—to a natural childbirth, there are some big challenges. The most common and traditional method of starting a family is for a couple to allow the woman to get pregnant, nurture a developing baby, and give birth nine months…
It’s natural for people who decide to spend the rest of their lives together to want to take an even bigger step. The most natural next stage is to start a family, having children and raising them. Unfortunately, that process of pregnancy and giving birth to a healthy child isn’t one that is always available…
Surrogacy, also known as surrogate motherhood, is an option for childbirth where a woman agrees to be the recipient of a fertilized egg. The egg may be her own, or it may come from a donor, but once she’s has been implanted with that egg, she then undertakes a normal pregnancy, watching her health, getting…
Surrogate motherhood is not a fast or easy way for a hopeful family to bring a child into the world. But for some couples, this may be the only way have a child that still carries on the genetic characteristics of both a mother and a father, even when traditional childbirth methods aren’t safe, or…
People all over the world, regardless of race or religion, tend to follow a natural cycle of life that involves meeting someone else, deciding that person is the one they want to spend the rest of their lives with and then getting together with them. At some point after that union, the next step is…
When people get together in a lifelong marriage or other partnership, it’s only natural to want to take the next step and begin a family. Unfortunately, not everyone is in the position to simply have a mother become pregnant, carry the child to term, and then give birth to a baby to raise. For some,…
For most people, having a child is, one sense, “free.” The act of sexual intercourse normally doesn’t cost any money between a couple, and the process of a sperm being introduced to an egg, fertilizing it, and then attaching to a uterus to grow, over a period of nine months, also doesn’t technically cost any…
Having children is normally considered one more step all families take through the journey of life. But for some couples, having a child may be difficult, or in more extreme cases, impossible. This can be a devastating state of affairs for any hopeful family that badly wants to bring children into their lives, but there…
