Listen to an amazing podcast from the Jewish Women's Archive "Can We Talk" series featuring a Jewish couple who struggled with infertility for years, then finally decided to work with a gestational surrogate.
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Q. So how did you get from dealing with your own infertility to deciding to serve as a gestational surrogate yourself? What was the impetus?
A. Like many couples, my husband and I found infertility to be an incredibly stressful, emotional thing to have to go through.
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After years of advocacy by Meryl B. Rosenberg, Esq. and other attorneys, a breakthrough new surrogacy law officially took effect in April, ending a long-standing ban on surrogacy arrangements in the District of Columbia.
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“The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard, and companioned exactly as it is."
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Since the 2016 election, you may be worried about your family's security — particularly if you are a same-sex couple raising children. Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights recommend that you take immediate steps to safeguard your family.
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Stephanie lives in the small Midwestern town of Augusta, Wisconsin and works as a senior operational trainer at United Healthcare. Her husband works in construction as a drywall installer. ARTparenting recently talked with her about her experience as a gestational surrogate for a gay couple.
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One of the biggest challenges intended parents face, having made the decision to build their family with the help of a surrogate, is choosing the right surrogacy program or agency to assist them. Choosing a program you can fully trust can mean the difference between a professional, enjoyable, smooth process and one that is not only stressful, but possibly lengthy and unsuccessful.
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ARTparenting talks with gestational surrogate Kristina about international surrogacy. Like many women who decide to be gestational surrogates, Kristina enjoys being pregnant, and always found giving birth to be a positive, fairly easy experience. A psychiatric nurse by profession, Kristina lives with her husband and four children.
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The numerous blog posts on the ARTparenting website provide details on many facets of the surrogacy process, from the medical aspects to familiarizing your family with the idea. In the meantime, here is a quick peek at the basics for how to become a surrogate mother.
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If you’re an intended parent considering surrogacy as a family-building option, you may be pondering an overwhelming number of questions about the gestational surrogate relationship such as: Who is this person who will carry our baby for nine months? How do we establish trust?
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There are lots of misconceptions about surrogacy. Here, we try to correct a few of the most pervasive fictions.
SURROGACY FICTION #1: Gestational surrogacy is only for the rich and famous.
SURROGACY FACT: Because of a recent series of celebrities, such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Elton John, Neil Patrick Harris, and Ellen Pompeo...
Becoming a surrogate mother is a big decision. Helping your family be comfortable with the idea is a big part of a successful surrogacy. The approval of your family is crucial to a successful surrogacy — your spouse/partner and your children should be as comfortable with the decision as you are. Here are tips for helping your family adjust.
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Second-parent adoption is the adoption of a child by a second parent who may not otherwise be considered a legal parent. For gay men and lesbians building families, it’s an important legal tool. As a crucial step toward parenthood for gay men and lesbians, LGBT couples should always consider availing themselves of the legal mechanism of second-parent adoption.
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Meryl B. Rosenberg, Esq. was featured in the Washington Blade where she discussed some of the legal considerations including marriage portability and parental rights.
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A leading adoption and parenting network, AdoptiveFamilies.com, features Meryl B. Rosenberg's advice for married LGBT parents. Her article, Marriage Equality Does Not Ensure Adoption Equality explains what LGBT parents must do to protect their parental rights.
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We asked ARTparenting surrogate Ivy of Richmond, Virginia to share her recent experience in her own words.I have always enjoyed being pregnant – I’ve had three children of my own – and I even enjoy giving birth. I know not all women feel this way, but to me pregnancy and childbirth are fascinating, amazing times.
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The decision to help another person create a family by serving as a gestational surrogate is a generous one, and involves complex emotions on all sides. But it also involves medical realities that women considering surrogacy need to know about.
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Big Questions before a big decision. It’s a life-altering decision to choose to assist another person in becoming a parent by serving as a gestational surrogate. And frankly it’s not the right decision for every woman who entertains the idea. The responsibilities of surrogacy are serious, and so are the requirements.
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Trust between the gestational surrogate, the surrogacy program, and the intended parents is paramount.
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