The decision to start a family is always going to be an expensive one, but for couples having a family in the traditional way, with natural pregnancy followed by childbirth, the expenses involved come at a later date. Some money is spent on medical support during the pregnancy and the cost of the hospital or…
Surrogacy is a medical technique where another woman agrees to let her uterus be used to safely grow an embryo on behalf of a couple that is unable to do themselves. This may be for health reasons, such as the woman in a hopeful family being advised to not put herself or a baby at…
For years, surrogacy has given hope to those who thought that being parents was unattainable. Gay couples, infertile couples, and single people ready to become a parent all have used surrogacy to realize their dream of parenthood. And as technology continues to increase the rates of surrogacy success, it’s only going to continue to be…
Surrogacy. It’s something that can change the lives of men and women, giving those who are unable to have children an opportunity to become a parent. Whether there is an infertility issue, gay couples looking to become parents, or some other situation, surrogacy is a proven method of helping would-be parents realize their dream. But…
When people meet, fall in love and decide that this is the person they want to spend the rest of their lives with, there may come a time when two people aren’t enough, and that couple is ready to start a family and rear the next generation. However, while many couples take the next step…
Many people follow the accepted path on the journey of life of meeting someone, falling in love, and ultimately deciding to start a family with that person. But not everyone can easily make it to that next step of starting a family. Some women have had life-threatening illnesses, and their lives were only saved with…
When some couples face major obstacles in having their own newborn child, sometimes surrogacy is the only way to solve the problem if adoption isn’t on the table. Surrogacy is when a couple goes to another woman, negotiates and establishes an agreement where the woman agrees to undertake pregnancy in the method required by the…
For many people deciding to start a family, the cost of bringing a new life into the world is, theoretically, “free.” This is because sexual intercourse and the successful fertilization of an egg don’t necessarily cost any money, although the subsequent pregnancy and delivery do. But for some other couples, even the act of conception…
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….
Deciding to be a surrogate mother is one of the biggest acts of generosity that any woman can make. There is nothing small or trivial about agreeing to use your uterus to allow another couple’s child to safely develop there, then undertake the struggle of labor to deliver a healthy child that is united with…
