Posts tagged surrogacy questions
What if our surrogate doesn't become pregnant?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explain surrogacy to friends and family, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, donor conceived, donor conceived person, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
I co-parent with my ex-husband. Does this count as raising my own child for surrogacy purposes?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explain surrogacy to friends and family, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, donor conceived, donor conceived person, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
After the birth, will I, as a surrogate, have a hard time giving the baby to the intended parents?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, surrogacy explained, advanced babysitter, extreme babysitter, psychological screening, after the birth, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
After the birth, can I, as a surrogate, stay in contact with the intended parents and the baby?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, relationship with intended parents, relationship with surrogate, after surrogacy journey, after the birth, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
Is the surrogate the biological mother of the child?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explain surrogacy to friends and family, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, donor conceived, donor conceived person, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
Can I have pets as a surrogate?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, gestational carrier agreement, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, pets during surrogacy, can surrogates have pets, pets and pregnancy, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
Do the parents tell the child they were born from a surrogate?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explain surrogacy to friends and family, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, legal parents, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, donor conceived, donor conceived person, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
How do I explain surrogacy to others?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, explaining surrogacy, explain surrogacy to friends and family, explain surrogacy to children, surrogacy explained, legal parents, legal contract, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
Whose name is on the birth certificate of a child born from a surrogate?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, birth certificate, gestational carrier agreement, PBO, prebirth order, prebirth parentage order, legal parents, legal contract, surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
Can I be a surrogate if my current partner doesn't really seem on board with my being a surrogate?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, surrogates family, surrogates spouse, support, support network, spouse on board, spousal objection, is surrogacy right for me, why become a surrogate, why do it, apply today, apply now, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families
How do you know if the surrogate is going to follow the contract and not do drugs or other bad stuff?
Ask an expert!Janelle Doddsurrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, intended parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions, is surrogacy right for me, letting go, trust, trusting surrogate, surrogate self care, self care during pregnancy, healthy diet, healthy pregnancy, healthy during pregnancy, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, growing families