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Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW

Submitted by GGSCNW on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:26pm
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The Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW, lllc was created to make the surrogacy journey a wonderful experience for all involved.
My experience as a Gestational Surrogate all three times was wonderful. However, the agencies that represented myself and the Intended Parents, was not.
This got the gears going inside my head that I could create the "ultimate agency," and I have.
I can't imagine not being a part of the amazing process of Surrogacy and I have the ability to work each day at a job that I honestly love.

Two daddies - no confusion

Submitted by Tertia on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 4:28am
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(repost from my personal blog www.tertia.org)

When I first started the egg donor and surrogacy program here in South Africa, I would get enquiries from gay couples and singles from overseas. Many of them would start their email with "I am not sure whether you deal with gay couples...." and the first few times I was all like "huh? What do you mean?" Of course I deal with gay couples, why wouldn't I? And then I realized how often gay couples were discriminated against. And what a tough time they had accessing the things we take for granted.

Mommy makes babies

Submitted by Tertia on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 3:44am
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(repost from my personal blog www.tertia.org)

Why two dads are better than none! By ARR surrogte Jodi

Submitted by ARR1.com on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 11:04am
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I was recently the proud surrogate of two wonderful intended parents who happen to be gay. For me it wasn’t a decision of whether I should carry for a gay couple or not. They are both marvelously caring and compassionate people, and I know they will be great fathers to their twins.

ARR Surrogate Jodi Tells Her Surrogacy Story

Submitted by ARR1.com on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 2:08pm
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My husband and I have known each other since we were 16, and we started our family early. After two healthy children, we decided our family was big enough, but I was still young. Previously, my sister had been diagnosed with a mild case of endometriosis. It was a hard time for my family, but we stayed by her side and another sister and I both knew we would be willing to carry a child for her in the future if the endometriosis caused permanent damage. Luckily, she recovered well and now has a wonderful 3-year-old son.

The Surrogacy Spotlight

Submitted by ARR1.com on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 1:50pm
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Surrogates are unusual women who selflessly carry a child to term for someone who cannot otherwise do so. They endure psychological counseling, fertility treatments, pregnancy cravings, swollen feet and more, all with a smile on their face. The end prize: happy families that they help create.

What these surrogates don’t have much of is a network just for them. A place to go when the hormones are raging, to question other surrogates about the legal process or just to express how they’re feeling after the baby is born.

No Link found between cancer and IVF drugs

Submitted by giftovlife on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 3:13am
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A large Danish study has laid to rest fears of a link between drugs used in IVF treatment and cancer.
A study published in the British Medical Journal says that there is no overall increase in the risk of ovarian cancer associated with the use of any IVF drug.

Researchers looked at 54 362 women referred to fertility clinics between 1963 and 1998. However, they warn that the women will all have to be monitored until they are older to make absolutely sure of the findings, because many of the women have not yet reached the age at which ovarian cancer is common.

"This woman found my son's secret family" - Women's Own Magazine

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 10:51am
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Woman's Own Magazine
"This woman found my son's secret family

With the help of Wendy Kramer, Luna Jeffe's son, Hunter, is getting to meet siblings he never knew he had - all sharing the same sperm donor father."

"I just want more information about who I am" Qualitative study of sperm donor offspring

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Mon, 05/31/2010 - 2:56pm
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"I just want more information about who I am": the search experience of sperm-donor offspring, searching for information about their donors and genetic heritage

Amber L. Cushing
School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Introduction. This paper discusses the findings of a qualitative study of sperm-donor offspring conceived in the United States who have searched for information about their donors and genetic heritage. It explores how these individuals search for information and the characteristics of such searches.

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