In honor of Thanksgiving, we want to take a moment to share our gratitude for the amazing women who help us create happy families each and every day. This year, we have matched nearly 200 intended parents with compatible surrogates and egg donors to help them grow their families! We are incredibly thankful to you […]
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Meet Jonathan and Emily, can you be their solution?
Allow us to introduce our Intended Parents Emily and Jonathan. They are a happily married couple in their early 30s from Houston, Texas. They have been together for 14 years and married for seven. Unfortunately, Emily has severe epilepsy and due to the effect her medications would have on pregnancy, she is unable to carry […]
Can you help Bradley become a big brother?
Jeff and Paige are a happily married couple from Colorado, and they are looking for a gestational carrier to help them complete their family. They’ve been married for nine years and beat leukemia after Paige was suddenly diagnosed in 2015. Their lives changed again in 2019 with the arrival of a happy and healthy […]
Meet Kevin & Jenny, can you be their solution?
Allow us to introduce our Intended Parents Kevin and Jenny. They have been together for over 13 years and have been married for almost 6. They met when they were 18 and 19 years old at the University of South Carolina and realized they grew up in small towns next to each other in Maryland. […]
Handling Others’ Opinions about Your Surrogacy Journey
Choosing to be a Surrogate is a big decision and one of life’s most exciting journeys. Most Surrogates feel an immense amount of joy during the process of helping Intended Parents in this way. The level of excitement felt by the IP’s and Surrogates isn’t always matched when shared with others. Because surrogacy is not a well understood process, negative opinions will come from the lack of […]
Why BMI Matters for Surrogates
Helping to create a happy family through surrogacy is one of the most wonderful and selfless things you can do for someone else. If being a gestational carrier is something you have considered, we first and foremost want to thank you for your desire to help a family! The need for qualified surrogates has never […]
Prenatal Care as an Older Surrogate
Women who choose to become surrogates often wait until they are finished having their own babies before choosing to become a surrogate. This often means that surrogates begin their journey in the later years of child-bearing age. Most medical standards consider pregnancy in woman after the age of 35 to be an “older pregnancy.” Despite that opinion, many women in their 30s and 40s give birth to happy, healthy babies. Older pregnancies are […]
If surrogacy isn’t a good fit for you… now what?
If you feel that surrogacy isn’t a good fit for you or your family, perhaps you could consider helping a family grow through egg donation. The thought of giving the gift of a baby to others who are struggling is appealing to many women but some are unable, or uncomfortable with being a surrogate. Many women don’t realize that there are other options. Being an egg donor […]
Meet Elise and Ryan, can you be their solution?
They are a happily married, young couple from Texas. They have been together for 6 years and married for one. They met through a mutual friend and dated long-distance for a couple of years due to them living in different cities. For the past year, they have been trying to get pregnant but have been […]
Meet Jerry & Michael, can you be their solution?
Jerry and Michael have been together for 17 years now, true college sweethearts. Each of them grew up in Florida and now live in Texas but still visit family and friends in Florida frequently. They both come from very loving and supportive families, and they have always wanted children but held off as they built […]
Meet Lee & Ben, can you be their solution?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]