Whitney Hall recently joined Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions as a Care Coordinator. She works with intended parents and surrogates once they have been matched to guide and support them throughout the surrogacy process – from the initial medical screening to the pregnancy and delivery. Like many of our team members, Whitney has personal experience […]
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A second delivery, a two time surrogate’s story.
Meg Watwood truly has a servant’s heart, she is a two-time surrogate and mom of four, Meg loves helping intended parents create their families and views surrogacy as another way she can serve others. She was drawn to becoming a gestational carrier after she and her husband struggled to conceive following the birth of their […]
Husbands weigh in on their wife becoming a surrogate
When we talk about the surrogacy experience, it is typically from the perspective of the Surrogate. But surrogacy impacts the entire family, not just the woman carrying the baby. Having a committed partner to support her along the way and share in the experience of helping intended parents create their family makes the journey even […]
Meet Ashley and Habib, can you be their solution?
Hi everyone! Our names are Ashley and Habib El Radi, and we’re a young couple in our 30’s who recently relocated to Austin from New York City, where we met and fell in love. Habib and I come from worlds as different as you could imagine, but we have more in common than we could ever have hoped for in a […]
Meet Peter & Erin, can you be their solution?
Peter and Erin have been trying to have a baby ever since they married in 2012. Unfortunately, they have had a very long, painful, and unsuccessful journey. They suffered three miscarriages before consulting an infertility specialist and attempted multiple unsuccessful IVF cycles with Erin’s eggs and donor eggs before finally turning to adoption in hopes […]
8 Steps to the Egg Donation Process
Have you considered becoming an egg donor and are wondering where to start? First and foremost, we want to help educate you on the process so you can feel confident it is the right decision for you. Helping intended parents create their families through egg donation is one of the greatest gifts you can provide […]
Explaining Surrogacy to Family and Friends
Your friends and family are probably aware of your struggle to have children. Perhaps you are working through fertility issues or need help creating a family because you are single or in a same sex relationship. Those who have never encountered these kinds of issues in having a family may not even be aware that […]
6 Tips for Writing a Letter to Your Egg Donor
Once intended parents (IPs) have chosen a donor, and she begins the medical screening process, our coordinators at Egg Donor and Surrogate Solutions will ask the IPs to write a letter to their donor that will be shared with her before or at the retrieval. Receiving the letter is often a wonderful surprise for the […]
Meet Deepal & Jason, can you be their solution?
Deepal and Jason are in their early 30s, and they have been together for eight years. They have talked about having children for many years, but Deepal is physically unable to carry a child due to a condition she was born with. That is why they are in need of a surrogate to help them […]
Building a Relationship with Your Surrogate
For many intended parents, building a relationship with their surrogate is an important part of the journey because it helps them feel connected and involved in the pregnancy. Perhaps no one understands this more than Amy Huston, who has two children (Eli and Hallie) carried by different surrogates and a third on the way. Amy […]
Six Gift Ideas for Your Surrogate
For our surrogates at Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions, the greatest gift is helping intended parents create their happy families. While gifts are never expected, we know that intended parents often want to express their gratitude with a gift. We recently asked some of our surrogates / gestational carriers (GCs) to share the types of […]
Egg Donors Share the Best Part of Their Experience
What is the best thing about being an egg donor? This is a question we often ask our donors after they have completed their cycle. It may be surprising to some to learn that the answer is not the financial compensation. While the compensation is certainly one of the benefits of being an egg donor, […]
How to Talk to Your Children About Egg Donation
Dallas-based psychologist Wendy Bauer has been working with infertile couples and individuals for 35 years with a special interest in families created via donor conception. Specifically, she counsels intended parents, egg donors, sperm donors, and donor-conceived children, teens, and adults. In her work with intended parents, Wendy helps them navigate the often-complex emotions that come […]
Meet Melanie & Will, can you be their solution?
Twelve years ago, Melanie and Will met through Melanie’s cousin while they were both attending Texas Tech University. Neither Melanie nor Will subscribe to the hype of Valentine’s Day, but of all days, that is the day Will asked Melanie out to dinner. They have grown together, experienced great joy together, and walked through grief […]
Meet Katie & Sean, can you be their solution?
Katie and Sean are both 31 years old, and they have been married for 6 years. They have a beautiful 4-year-old little girl who is their miracle baby. Katie has been pregnant one time, and at 24 weeks she was diagnosed with HELLP syndrome. Two days after she was diagnosed, she went into labor and […]
Meet Bob, can you be his solution?
Bob is a very genuine and caring man who has always wanted children for as long as he can remember. He lives in a small town in Kansas …the kind of place where kids still ride bikes and play outside until it gets dark. He is very close to his family and friends in his […]
Meet Desirae and Jake, can you be their solution?
Desirae and Jake have been happily married for 6 years, and they live in Central Texas. Desirae is a mental health counselor and Jake is a CPA. They have a 2 ½-year-old son who is very creative and is the light of their life, and they are longing to expand their family. Desirae carried their […]
Meet Lindsay & Jeremy, can you be their solution?
Lindsay and Jeremy met their junior year of college at the University of Oklahoma and kept in touch after graduating. They started dating and soon after that, Lindsay accepted a job in Santiago, Chile. Even though they lived in different countries for a year and a half, it allowed them to start exploring the world […]
Meet Amber & Dan, can you be their solution?
Meet Amber and Daniel! They live in Texas and have been married for 9 years. They have actively been trying to add to their family for the past three years without success. Amber lost her kidney a few months after they started trying to conceive. She was told by her kidney doctor that with only […]