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What’s a good support system, and why is it important for surrogates?

What’s a good support system, and why is it important for surrogates?

The Beginner's Guide to Surrogacy for Gestational Carriers/Surrogates

The Beginner's Guide to Surrogacy for Gestational Carriers/Surrogates

Risks of International Surrogacy

Risks of International Surrogacy

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserNovember 14, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, journey, tips, relax, enjoy, pregnancy, pregnant, help, support, love, give, take it easy

Preparing for a Surrogacy Birth

Preparing for a Surrogacy Birth

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserSeptember 5, 2023Surrogacy, tips, cost, fertility clinic, choose, choice, intended parents, surrogates, embryo transfer, success rates, success, stats, CDC

How Quickly Will I become Pregnant After I Apply

How Quickly Will I become Pregnant After I Apply

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserApril 18, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier

Surrogacy vs Adoption: Pros and Cons

Surrogacy vs Adoption: Pros and Cons

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserFebruary 7, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier

I’m interested in becoming a surrogate but I want to better understand who intended parents are. Tell me, who do surrogates help?

I’m interested in becoming a surrogate but I want to better understand who intended parents are. Tell me, who do surrogates help?

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserJanuary 17, 2023Surrgacy, surrogate, interested, help, medical, requirements, reasons, intended parents, parents, pregnancy, pregnant

Surrogacy, My Second Time Around

Surrogacy, My Second Time Around

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserNovember 15, 2022Surrogacy, twins, singleton, second journey, baby, babies, dads, parents, intended parents, easy, hard, love, grow, gift, family

How did my kids handle me being a surrogate twice?

How did my kids handle me being a surrogate twice?

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserNovember 8, 2022Surrogate, surrogacy, motivate, pregnancy, family, love, gift, grow, pregnant, intended parents, contracts, compensation, carry, gestational carrier, bright futures families, surrogacy agency, agency

Is growing your family through reproductive assistance worth the struggle and expense?

Is growing your family through reproductive assistance worth the struggle and expense?

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserSeptember 6, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, mindful, honest, sassy, scholastic, supportive, grow, family, pregnancy, pregnant, IVF, clinic, reproductive medicine

Recent Surrogacy or Pertaining to Surrogacy Legislation

Recent Surrogacy or Pertaining to Surrogacy Legislation

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserAugust 23, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, legislation, laws, judge, states, federal, court, attorneys, legal, illegal, PBO, birth certificate

How Surrogacy Impacted My Relationships

How Surrogacy Impacted My Relationships

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserJuly 26, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, relationship, impact, kids, husband, parents, child, children, baby, love, gift, joy, inspiration, positivity

Four Reasons Why Surrogacy is Rewarding

Four Reasons Why Surrogacy is Rewarding

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserJune 21, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, covid, medicine, vaccines, coronavirus, doctor, shot, injection, clinic, staff, nurse, safety, health, care

Meeting Your Intended Parents or Surrogate for the First Time- What to Do

Meeting Your Intended Parents or Surrogate for the First Time- What to Do

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserMay 10, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, meeting, intended parents, parent, meet, converse, conversation, blind date, do, don’t

How is the Pregnancy from a Surrogacy Different from the Pregnancy of Your Own Child?

How is the Pregnancy from a Surrogacy Different from the Pregnancy of Your Own Child?

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserMay 3, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, travel, fertility, clinic, fertility clinic, appointment, fly, drive, embryo, storage, intended parent, doctor, nurse, facilitate

Preparing for Birth Checklist, Surrogacy Edition

Preparing for Birth Checklist, Surrogacy Edition

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserApril 5, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, birth plan, birth, pregnancy, hospital, birth center, epidural, natural, c-section, skin to skin, bottle, beastmilk, formula, breastfeed

Pumping after a surrogate pregnancy

Pumping after a surrogate pregnancy

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserMarch 29, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, pregnancy, pregnant, journey, pumping, breastmilk, breastfeeding, bottles, bottle, bottle feed, swelling, fever, mastitis, pain, clean, antibiotic, mental health, delivery, birth

What if I Change my Mind About Termination After I’m Already Pregnant?

What if I Change my Mind About Termination After I’m Already Pregnant?

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserFebruary 1, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, change, mind, termination, abortion, baby, birth, pregnancy, intended parents, parent, kids, family, change mind

Why the Gestational Carrier and the Intended Parents Pick Their Own Lawyers

Why the Gestational Carrier and the Intended Parents Pick Their Own Lawyers

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserDecember 28, 2021Gestational carrier, lawyer, attorney, judge, contracts, represent, carrier, surrogate, surrogacy, states, courts, intended parents, parent, mom, dad, representation, mediate

Carrying a Baby for 2 Dads

Carrying a Baby for 2 Dads

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserDecember 21, 2021Surrogacy, dad’s, gay, parents, fathers, gay dads, LGBTQ, pride, carry, surrogate, gestational surrogate, intended father, intended dad