So, you think you’d like to become a surrogate or a parent through surrogacy. You sit down. You start googling. You see the search results and immediately start thinking, “What the heck are these words?” Gestational carrier? Surrogate mother? Transfer? The IP finds a GC, they make a match and have an ET? Sometimes the […]
A year ago we were sending out cards on Thanksgiving, thankful for the first months of Hope Surrogacy. Today, as we reflect on our work with the surrogate and intended parent community, here are 8 reasons we’re thankful for this holiday season! This Year We Are Thankful For… The women we’ve met this year as […]
One of our teammates, Brent, is a father through surrogacy, and his daughter is about to turn one year old! Our team will be together soon celebrating her birthday, so in honor of this surrogacy birthday, the beautiful day she was born, we’re reposting one of Brent’s posts from his own blog – a touching […]
Over the past few months on the blog, we’ve been talking about the surrogacy journey. Surrogacy is an amazing, long, brave road that moms and dads and surrogates take together to bring a baby into the world. There are tough decisions to make and beautiful moments to celebrate. But sometimes on the surrogacy journey, things […]
So, your surrogate is pregnant! Congratulations! The baby is on it’s way, and now it’s time to… what?… … … What do you do when your surrogate is pregnant? What goes on between the day your pregnancy is confirmed and the day your baby is delivered? You and your surrogate are going to have a […]
“It’s literally just ten minutes… but that ten minutes is everything.” That’s what our last podcast guest said about her transfer. For our surrogate, my husband, and I, it was just a ten-minute procedure. But that ten minutes – that little step on the surrogacy journey – it changed our entire lives. There are […]
So, you’re thinking about becoming a surrogate. You’re thinking about the journey of carrying a baby for parents who can’t carry a baby themselves. You’ve thought about that miracle of a moment when you will hand that baby to the parents in the delivery room – the brilliant smiles on their faces, the tears in […]
We are thrilled, elated, ecstatic, and over-the-moon proud to announce the launch of our podcast, Hope Works– A Surrogacy Podcast, which is now available for subscription on our podcast page and on iTunes! It is a labor of love, created by our team and the amazing surrogates who have incredible stories to share! Hope Works […]
We are so excited to announce that we will soon be launching a podcast aimed specifically towards surrogacy. One of our amazing team members, Brent Love, has been putting together this beautiful labor of love! Subscribe now via email or on iTunes! Listen to the trailer now! Join us for once-in-a-lifetime conversations as surrogates share their […]
A year and a half ago my husband and I drove through Wisconsin on a mission. We were headed to our Match Meeting. We were driving to meet the woman who might carry our baby. I sit here now remembering what it was like to meet our surrogate. We had already gone through so much […]
