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 […]
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Surrogacy Support: Coping with a Failed Transfer
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 don’t go as planned? […]
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 […]
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
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 or single gay or […]
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 […]
Supporting LGBTQ+ Families Through Egg Donation
When same-sex couples turn to egg donation and surrogacy to build their families, sometimes its other members of the LGBTQ+ community who are there to support them. That’s the case for Jordan, who chose to become an egg donor knowing that she will need help to have her own family one day. Growing up, Jordan […]
You can be the solution!
Did you know 1 in 8 couples who struggle with infertility. As an egg donor, you could be the solution to helping one of these couples create the family of their dreams! The infertility journey When intended parents come to us seeking help to create their family, they often have been trying to conceive for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]