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 […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
Amy’s Story: Surrogate helps same-sex couples create their families
Written By: Hillary Redwine Is there a certain type of family you would like to help? We ask our gestational carriers at Egg Donor & Surrogate Solutions this question to help facilitate a successful match with intended parents. For two-time surrogate Amy Wise, the answer is an easy one. “I carry exclusively for same-sex couples […]
Ashley’s Story: How motherhood helped her understand the importance of being an egg donor
When Ashley Long first became an egg donor in 2016, she was single and did not yet have any children of her own. She was inspired to help create a family because of her own family’s experience with adoption. “My great-grandmother could not have children, and she adopted my grandmother,” Ashley says. “After learning about […]
Apply NOW!!! During Open Enrollment Extension
Written by: Hillary Redwine, cross posted When a gestational carrier has her own insurance policy that will cover a surrogate pregnancy, it is a huge benefit for intended parents (IPs), helping them save on the overall cost of surrogacy, which runs upwards of $100,000. In some cases, it is one of the deciding factors for […]
Meet Whitney
Written by: Hillary Redwine, cross posted 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 […]
A second delivery, a two time surrogate’s story.
Written by: Hillary Redwine, this is cross referenced 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 […]
Husbands weigh in on their wife becoming a surrogate
Written by: Hillary Redwine 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 […]
Thank You to the Nurses Who Help Us Create Happy Families!
In honor of Nurses Week (May 6-12), we want to recognize the many nurses who help us create happy families by going above and beyond to support our intended parents and egg donors. Our coordinators at Egg Donor Solutions (EDS) work closely with nurses throughout each step in the process to execute a seamless cycle […]
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 […]
Braving Infertility Together connects women in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond
Written by: Hillary Redwine Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, Braving Infertility Together is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to normalize the infertility process by providing experienced-based support, encouragement and education. The organization was born from a group of local women who connected via an online search for infertility support and decided […]
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 […]
6 Tips for Writing a Letter to Your Egg Donor
Written by: Hillary Redwine 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 […]
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
Written by: Hillary Redwine 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 […]
Six Gift Ideas for Your Surrogate
Written By: Hillary Redwine 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) […]