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How to support a surrogate pregnancy

How to support a GC pregnancy

LGBTQGuest UserDecember 10, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, embryo, fertility clinic, embryo transfer, surrogacy agency support, agency support, independent surrogacy journey, intended parent free consult, surrogate matching, match meeting, match process, matching with surrogate, matching with gestational carrier, matching with intended parent, matching with intended parents, support for surrogate, IP GC relationship, relationship with surrogate, relationship with intended parents, relationship with GC, relationship with IPs, gift for surrogate, surrogate gift, gestational carrier gift, GC gift, gestational surrogate gift, communication

What does “Base Fee” or “Base Compensation” really mean in a surrogacy arrangement?

What does “Base Fee” or “Base Compensation” really mean in a surrogacy arrangement?

What does “Base Fee” or “Base Compensation” really mean in a surrogacy arrangement?

Intended ParentsJennifer WhiteNovember 26, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, embryo, fertility clinic, embryo transfer, surrogacy agency support, agency support, independent surrogacy journey, intended parent free consult, surrogate matching, match meeting, match process, matching with surrogate, matching with gestational carrier, matching with intended parent, matching with intended parents, resources for parents, advocate, advocacy, third party, surrogacy compensation, base fee, base compensation, compensation for surrogate, compensation for surrogates time, surrogacy agreement, gestational carrier agreement, financing surrogacy, benefits package

How to use your agency as your advocate

How can your agency advocate for you?

Inducing Lactation

inducing lactation

How can a doula help me? Doesn't only the gestational carrier (GC) need one?

How can a doula help me? Doesn't only the gestational carrier (GC) need one?

Intended ParentsJanelle DoddOctober 1, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, embryo, fertility clinic, embryo transfer, surrogacy agency support, agency support, independent surrogacy journey, intended parent free consult, surrogate matching, match meeting, match process, matching with surrogate, matching with gestational carrier, matching with intended parent, matching with intended parents, doula, doulas, doula for intended parents, apply now, labor and delivery, support during pregnancy, support during labor, support during delivery, support for IPs, support for intended parents, postpartum support, postpartum transition, resources for parents

Variations in Gestational Carrier Agreements

Variations in Gestational Carrier Agreements

Variations in surrogacy agreements

Industry NewsGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, embryo, fertility clinic, embryo transfer, surrogacy agency support, agency support, independent surrogacy journey, surrogacy compensation, surrogacy escrow, escrow for surrogacy, attorney, ART professionals, concierge services, intended parent free consult, legal phase, legal process, legal agreement, gestational carrier agreement, assisted reproductive technology attorney, ART attorney, agency policy, clinic policy, clinic requirements, surrogate matching, match meeting, match process, matching with surrogate, matching with gestational carrier, matching with intended parent, matching with intended parents

Pros and Cons of Self-Matching

Amanda talks about the pros and cons of matching yourself or using an agency to help!

My partner and I both want to have a genetic relationship to our children - any advice?

My partner and I both want to have a genetic relationship to our children - any advice?

My partner and I both want to have a genetic relationship to our children - any advice?

LGBTQAmanda Kinnard-FuchsgruberJune 25, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogate criteria, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, schedule, third party, navigating surrogacy, become a surrogate, intended parent consult, independent surrogacy journey, concierge, concierge services, free consultation, consult, surrogacy process, LGBTQ, same sex parenting, genetic relation, embryo, genetic parent, genetic child, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, genetic connection, fertility doctor, fertility clinic, RE, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinology, ASRM, ASRM guidelines, embryo transfer, double embryo transfer, twin pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, multiples pregnancy, singleton pregnancy, NICU, embryo splitting, fetus, multiple fetuses

Someone offered to be your surrogate, how do you tell them no?

Someone offered to be your surrogate, how do you tell them no?

How do you tell your friend no when they offer such a great gift?

Is The Surrogacy Broker Really The Bad Guy?

Is The Surrogacy Broker Really The Bad Guy?

Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 25, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, donate embryo, embryo donation, egg donor, gamete donor, sperm donor, embryo donor, egg donation, gamete donation, sperm donation, attorney, Michigan, Michigan surrogacy law, Michigan Family Protection Act, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, surrogacy broker, surrogacy agency, surrogacy agencies, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy in Michigan, Virginia HB110, West Virginia Bill SB 575, surrogacy broker prohibition, Colleen Quinn, Bright Futures Families, Amanda Kinnard-Fuchsgruber, Jennifer White, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, surrogacy journey, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, independent surrogacy journey, illegal surrogacy, decriminalization

5 Things I Learned from Being a Gestational Carrier

5 Things I Learned from Being a Gestational Carrier

Amanda walks us through 5 things she learned from being a gestational carrier.