I’ve played out the end of this surrogacy journey over and over in my head. I planned and prepared very early on to be sad when it was done, and got ripped a new one on a certain surrogacy “support” site for stating that expectation out loud. How dare I? It seemed that the upset was not over that...

A Michigan surrogate has decided not to place the twins she birthed in July with their intended parents. After a long relationship via Internet and phone, the unnamed woman agreed to become a Gestational Surrogate for a couple that had suffered with infertility for years, and after a successful transfer...

Perhaps the trickiest, stickiest issue to discuss when it comes to Gestational Surrogacy is that of compensation. For fun and giggles, I think I’m going to do it. Yes, I’m going to go there… I am a compensated surrogate. There, I’ve said it. People have and will be paying me to gestate their...

A big congratulations goes out to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick as they welcomed twin daughters into their family this afternoon. “Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick weighed 5 lbs, 11 oz and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 pounds. Both Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker’s...

The start of a surrogacy journey isn’t one big step, it’s a thousand little ones. Starting with decaf coffee and ending up somewhere with your legs in stirrups, surrogacy is a twisted path pebbled with obstacles. A few weeks ago I took a trip south and met up with my Intended mother, her...

I met my former Intended Father ( FIF) on the Internet. Upset at the agency policies for matching with one failed first attempted agency match that lead to me leaving the agency, I started a support group on Facebook for former and future gestational surrogates, as well as intended parents ( IP’s)....

With a new era of openness and publicity, it seems the public has become very concerned with the whys and hows of the family building practices of their neighbors. From “Octomom” Nadia Suleman and her incredible pregnancy via IVF, to Sarah Jessica Parker and the impending birth of her twins...

In the beginning there was passion. There was excitement and thrill. There was a sense of purpose and ability and wow squeeeee! I can’t believe I’m getting to do this! In the beginning, there were puppies and rainbows and sunshine and chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. But as we all...

On December 28th, 2008 I gave birth to twins. Two little girls entered and  left my life, all in the same moment. On that beautiful day, I handed those babies to their father and my role as their “mother” ended. I am a gestational surrogate. And I grow families. A short visit into the hell...