Meet our amazing Intended Parents… Can you help them?? Lee and Ben are a young, vibrant couple from Texas who want nothing more than to have a baby. They have attempted IVF multiple times, but they have not been able to create any healthy, viable embryos. Thankfully, a very dear friend called Lee in early […]
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Egg Donor Testimony: Learning About and Advocating for Your Health
There are many benefits to being an egg donor. You get to help intended parents who otherwise wouldn’t be able to have children create their happy family. There’s also the financial compensation, which has enabled many donors to pay off debt, save for a home, travel and even have their dream wedding. Lisa*, a three-time […]
What Are Some Risks of Being a Gestational Surrogate?
Those considering a surrogacy journey have a few things to consider. Although the journey has many rewards, it also comes with a few potential risks. Understanding the risks involved can help one be prepared if they do appear. The Surrogates Agency, Intended Parents and Surrogate should all have a plan on how to handle situations, should they arise. The […]
Risks of Egg Donation
Egg Donation programs are great for many different types of families. According to Resolve.com, about 12% of married women have difficulty getting pregnant. This is roughly 1 in 8 couples. Because of this, many are turning to egg donation to grow their families. This is rewarding for an egg donor as they get the opportunity to help families grow. That satisfaction and the monetary stipend are […]
Meet Sean & Dan, can you be their solution?
Sean and Dan are a lovely couple from Florida who have been together for 12 years and married for four. They have a 4-year-old daughter through surrogacy who brings them SO. MUCH. JOY. The only missing piece is a sibling for their precious girl. Dan and Sean have 6 frozen embryos, and they would […]
Egg donation & my fertility
Choosing to be an egg donor and donating your eggs so that an infertile couple can start a family is a big decision. Generally, egg donation comes with financial incentive and is often why young women help in this way. One big concern many have about this process is how it could affect future fertility […]
Surrogate Requirements
The requirements to be a surrogate vary from agency to agency. Being a surrogate means you are giving the gift of life to intended parents and also helping them to have a biological child of their own. This is a huge decision that comes with huge rewards. Everyone involved in this process feels blessed in […]
Surrogates: What to Expect During Your Psychological Evaluation
One of the most important steps in preparing for your surrogacy journey is the psychological evaluation, which will take place once you have been matched with intended parents. Surrogate Solutions partners with mental health practitioners like Leslee Murphy, who specialize in the field of third-party reproduction, to conduct the evaluations. “The evaluation is just as […]
What Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions can offer you
Surrogacy may seem simple. Someone wants to have a baby, but any number of factors prevent them from getting or staying pregnant. You’ve had a least one baby, you don’t mind (or even LOVE) being pregnant and your body seems to handle it well. Maybe you’ve even been a surrogate before and have a good […]
Children’s Books to Help Explain Egg Donation
Children are naturally curious and often begin asking questions at a young age about how they came into the world. For families created through egg donation, experts recommend that parents start the conversation with their children early so it simply becomes part of their story. Knowing how to bring up the topic of egg donation can […]
Six-time egg donor shares her experience
Written By: Hillary Redwine Completing your sixth and final cycle as an egg donor can feel bittersweet. It’s closing the door on an important chapter in your life while knowing you’ve made an incredible difference in the lives of the families you helped create. That’s certainly the case for Marissa*, who completed her sixth cycle […]
Surrogacy Support: Coping with a Failed Transfer
Written By: Hillary Redwine Transfer day is a day filled with excitement for intended parents and surrogates, followed by anticipation as they await confirmation of a positive pregnancy test. After what has likely been months of meetings, medical appointments and contract negotiations, everyone is anxious to officially start the journey. But what happens when things […]
Can you help William become a BIG Brother?
Giving the gift of life to someone who cannot have a baby on their own is a beautiful thing. You could be the person to change their lives forever! Allow us to introduce our Intended Parents Katie & Matthew. Katie & Matthew have one son, William, who is the light of their lives and are […]
Meet Michelle & Brian, can you be their solution?
As a surrogate you are not just helping to create parents. You are helping to create grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and sometimes siblings. You are literally changes lives… doesn’t that give you all the feels. Allow us to introduce our Intended Parents Michelle & Brian. They are in their early 30’s and they are excited […]
Egg Donors Share Their Advice
Written by: Hillary Redwine Being an egg donor and helping to create a happy family is truly one of the most remarkable things you can do for someone else. Our agency is here to guide you through the steps in the egg donation process and support you throughout your cycle. If you’ve ever considered egg […]
What an agency can offer you, the Intended Parent
Surrogacy may seem simple. You want to have a child, but for any number of reasons, you are not able to carry a pregnancy to term. You need the help of a surrogate to complete your family. Someone else, on the other hand, LOVES being pregnant, has had at least one baby of her own, […]
Legal Considerations for Egg Donors
Benefits of working with an agency versus a frozen egg bank Egg donors today have many options when it comes to choosing who they want to work with for their donation cycle(s). There are agencies, fertility clinics with in-house donor programs and frozen egg banks, which typically split eggs from a single donor into multiple […]
Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions hosts Surrogacy Q&A events for potential surrogates
Written By: Hillary Redwine Like many agencies, Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions is experiencing a record number of intended parents who need the help of a surrogate to create their happy family at a time when there is a shortage of qualified surrogates across the country. “We currently have 65 couples waiting to be matched […]
Psychological Evaluation for Egg Donors
All egg donors at Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions (ED&SS) will undergo a psychological evaluation as part of the medical screening and testing phase once they have matched with intended parents. Leslee Murphy, a Houston-based licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience, is one of the mental health professionals ED&SS works […]
Families you can help as a surrogate
As a surrogate, you have the ability to make a difference, you are changing lives and making dreams come true for so many! During the surrogacy process, not only are you giving the couple or individual you are carrying for an amazing gift, you are creating moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and extended family. Without […]