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Do intended parents have to meet requirements, too?

Do intended parents have to meet requirements, too?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 28, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, intended parents, requirements, required, qualifications, qualify, background check, psychological evaluation, psych, consult, therapy, financial, escrow, bloodwork, tests

Reasons Why Someone Would Work With a Surrogate to Grow Their Family

Reasons Why Someone Would Work With a Surrogate to Grow Their Family

LGBTQGuest UserSeptember 28, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, third time, second time, first time, 2 time, 1 time, 3 time, multiple, single, twins, singleton, baby, family, child, carry, pregnant, pregnancy, mom, dad, mother, father, parents, intended parents

Lawyers: 1, Discriminating Insurance Company: 0

Lawyers: 1, Discriminating Insurance Company: 0

Above the lawJanelle DoddSeptember 23, 2021surrogacy, surrogacy law, Surrogacy Law, Surrogacy laws, legality of surrogacy, surrogacy legality, lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, laws, New York, intrauterine insemination, IUI

Is surrogacy legal?

Is surrogacy legal?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 23, 2021Surrogacy, legal, law, states, countries, surrogate, intended parents, parent, mom, dad, pregnant, pregnancy, child, baby, birth, labor

How Will Surrogacy Affect My Body?

How Will Surrogacy Affect My Body?

Intended ParentsGuest UserSeptember 21, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, third time, second time, first time, 2 time, 1 time, 3 time, multiple, single, twins, singleton, baby, family, child, carry, pregnant, pregnancy, mom, dad, mother, father, parents, intended parents

Michigan Grassroots Grow Efforts To Reverse Surrogacy Ban

Michigan Grassroots Grow Efforts To Reverse Surrogacy Ban

Above the lawJanelle DoddSeptember 16, 2021surrogacy, surrogacy law, Surrogacy Law, Surrogacy laws, legality of surrogacy, surrogacy legality, michigan, Michigan, lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, laws, ban, surrogacy ban, Michigan Fertility Alliance

Celebrities Who Have Used Surrogacy to Build their Families

Celebrities Who Have Used Surrogacy to Build their Families

SurrogatesGuest UserSeptember 14, 2021LGBTQ, parentage, equality, New England, states, years, family, unequal treatment, Connecticut, court, judge, law, attorney, celebrities, surrogacy, surrogate, families, kardashian, Kanye, Fallon, Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Keith Urban, Anderson Cooper, Ellen Pompeo

Vaccines - which ones and why are they important (at least to agree on)?

Vaccines - which ones and why are they important (at least to agree on)?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 14, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, vaccines, covid, flu, DTAP, measles, mumps, rubella, doctor, injections, medical, medication, medicine, shot, immunization, immune

How does the surrogate become pregnant?

How does the surrogate become pregnant?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 9, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, gestational surrogacy, pregnant, medication, estrogen, progesterone, injections, suppositories, patches, medicine, doctor, fertility clinic, reproductive endocrinologist

Insurance, what is needed and how is it used?

Insurance, what is needed and how is it used?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 7, 2021Surrogate, surrogacy, insurance, intended parent, medical, fertility, fertility clinic, fertile, baby, pregnant

The Differences Between Surrogacy Pregnancies and Personal Pregnancies

The Differences Between Surrogacy Pregnancies and Personal Pregnancies

Dear Mindful SurrogateGuest UserSeptember 7, 2021Surrogacy, pregnancy, pregnant, birth, family, baby, different, hospital, home, mom, dad, child, epidural, nurse, doctor, breastfeed, breastmilk, breast pump

DNA Test Reveals Unexplainable Fertility Clinic Mix-Up; Families Seek Damages

DNA Test Reveals Unexplainable Fertility Clinic Mix-Up; Families Seek Damages

Above the lawJanelle DoddSeptember 2, 2021DNA Test, DNA Kit, DNA, home DNA test, genetics, ivf, IVFnightmare, Sperm, sperm swap, clinic, clinics, fertility clinic, Fertility Clinics, sperm mixup

What's the different between gestational surrogacy and traditional surrogacy?

What's the different between gestational surrogacy and traditional surrogacy?

Ask an expert!Guest UserSeptember 2, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, Wyoming, law, surrogacy law, court, judge, attorney, lawyer, protect, WY, parenthood, parent, mom, dad, carrier, gestational carrier

“You Want to be a What?” -A Husband's Perspective

“You Want to be a What?” -A Husband's Perspective

Industry NewsGuest UserAugust 31, 2021Failed, transfer, embryo, embryo transfer, surrogate, surrogacy, intended parent, fault, mistake, medication, doctor

What if an embryo splits?

What if an embryo splits?

Ask an expert!Guest UserAugust 31, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, embryo, split embryo, embryo split, split, twins, triplets, singleton, baby, babies, pregnancy, mom, dad, intended parent, mother, father, carrier, gestational carrier

Why do I need to have a credit card to be a gestational surrogate?

Why do I need to have a credit card to be a gestational surrogate?

Ask an expert!Guest UserAugust 26, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, intended parent, applicant, application, out of the box, unforeseen, uterine lining, doctor, appointment, polyp

Wyoming Has Its First Surrogacy Law, For Better And For Worse

Wyoming Has Its First Surrogacy Law, For Better And For Worse

Above the lawGuest UserAugust 25, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, Wyoming, law, surrogacy law, court, judge, attorney, lawyer, protect, WY, parenthood, parent, mom, dad, carrier, gestational carrier

What are some unforeseen circumstances that might disqualify a surrogate applicant?

What are some unforeseen circumstances that might disqualify a surrogate applicant?

Ask an expert!Guest UserAugust 24, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, intended parent, applicant, application, out of the box, unforeseen, uterine lining, doctor, appointment, polyp

Will I Be a Surrogate a Third Time?

Will I Be a Surrogate a Third Time?

SurrogatesGuest UserAugust 24, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, third time, second time, first time, 2 time, 1 time, 3 time, multiple, single, twins, singleton, baby, family, child, carry, pregnant, pregnancy, mom, dad, mother, father, parents, intended parents

USCIS’s New Immigration Policy For Families Through Fertility Assistance Is Good, But Not Great

USCIS’s New Immigration Policy For Families Through Fertility Assistance Is Good, But Not Great

Above the lawGuest UserAugust 19, 2021Citizen, immigration, policy, families, United States, parent, legal, court, judge, mom, dad, INA, require, USCIS, gestational, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy