Your Embryo Transfer: Tips for Maximizing Success
Your Embryo Transfer: Tips for Maximizing Success Tips to help surrogates before and after the embryo transfer. The decision to become a surrogate is a unique and deeply personal one, but all surrogates share a compassionate and generous spirit. [...]
Egg Donor Recovery: What to Expect After Egg Donation
Egg Donor Recovery: What to Expect After Egg Donation What to expect after the egg retrieval process and how to make a smooth recovery. The decision to become an egg donor is life changing. You are helping intended parents [...]
What Are the Different Types of PGT Testing?
What Are the Different Types of PGT Testing? 3 types of genetic tests and what they screen for. Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) is a type of test that can be done on embryos before they are transferred to the [...]
Fresh vs. Frozen Egg Donation
Fresh vs. Frozen Egg Donation What’s the difference between fresh and frozen egg donation? The journey to creating a family comes with a lot of decisions. For intended parents who will use an egg donor, one of the biggest [...]
Things to Consider When Choosing a Surrogacy Agency
Things to Consider When Choosing a Surrogacy Agency Qualities for intended parents to look for in their surrogate agency. Choosing a surrogacy agency involves a lot of careful research and consideration. Surrogacy is a complex process with a lot [...]
Egg Retrieval Process
Egg Retrieval Process What to expect from the last step in your egg donor cycle. The egg retrieval process is the last stage in your egg donation journey. After all the screenings, approval and matching process, and ovarian stimulation [...]
Your Surrogate Profile Video
Tips For Filming Your Surrogate Profile Video How to Get Noticed and Match with Intended Parents One of the most important parts of your surrogate profile is your video. The surrogate video is the first chance for intended parents [...]
Become A Gestational Surrogate
Become A Gestational Surrogate 4 things to consider before becoming a gestational carrier. How do you know if you should become a gestational surrogate? Surrogacy can be an incredible and rewarding experience. It’s also a serious responsibility. As you [...]
Egg Donation Myths
Egg Donation Myths How much do you know about egg donation? Plenty of egg donation myths exist, and it can be confusing to figure out what is fact and what is fiction. We’ve written up this guide to help [...]
Choosing a Fertility Clinic
Choosing a Fertility Clinic Things to consider while looking for your assisted reproduction clinic If you are seeking help with having children, choosing a fertility clinic becomes very important. Navigating infertility can come with a lot of emotional and [...]
Egg Donation Disqualifications
Egg Donation Disqualifications What disqualifies you from donating eggs? Several requirements exist to become an egg donor, but what about egg donation disqualifications? Egg donor criteria serves to protect the health and well-being of the donor, the recipient, and [...]
Top 5 Things to Look for in a Surrogate
Top 5 Things to Look for in a Surrogate What intended parents should consider when choosing a surrogate What should the intended parents look for in a surrogate? Surrogacy is a huge decision and investment. As an intended parent, [...]
How Much Does a Surrogate Cost in Florida
How Much Does a Surrogate Cost in Florida? What is the cost of surrogacy in 2023 Looking at surrogate cost in Florida depends on a few different factors. This can make it confusing for intended parents, especially if a [...]
How Do I Tell My Employer I’m a Surrogate
How Do I Tell My Employer I’m a Surrogate? When and what to tell your boss - and information on surrogate maternity leave If you will be a surrogate while also working elsewhere, it’s completely understandable to ask, “Should [...]
Surrogate Spotlight: Amber R
Surrogate Spotlight: Meet Eggceptional Fertility Surrogate Amber When in your heart did you know you wanted to become a gestational surrogate? I originally wanted to be a surrogate for my sister-in-law who had cystic fibrosis and was unable to [...]
Poppy Seeds Can Cause a Positive Drug Test
Poppy Seeds Can Cause a Positive Drug Test It may sound like a myth, but it’s true: eating poppy seeds can cause a positive drug test. This fact has been proven by several scientific studies from decades ago. Poppy [...]
Surrogacy Cost in 2022
How Much Does Surrogacy Cost in 2022? The average cost of surrogacy in the US ranges dramatically, depending on who you ask and what variables are involved. If you’re considering becoming a parent through surrogacy, you’ve probably wondered, “how [...]
Trying to Conceive Over Age 40
Trying to Conceive Over Age 40 Why you should consider using donor eggs. Many women delay family building until later in life and end up trying to conceive over age 40. However, getting pregnant gets more and more difficult [...]
Becoming A Surrogate: What Do I Need to Know?
Becoming A Surrogate: What Do I Need to Know? 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Applying to Become a Surrogate Have you ever wondered what you should know before becoming a surrogate? Surrogacy is a life-changing experience and a [...]
Beginning Your Egg Donor Cycle
Beginning Your Egg Donor Cycle Important facts to keep in mind as you start the egg donor process Beginning your egg donor cycle is an exciting time with a lot of complex details! And while we go over the [...]
