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What’s a good support system, and why is it important for surrogates?

What’s a good support system, and why is it important for surrogates?

The Beginner's Guide to Surrogacy for Gestational Carriers/Surrogates

The Beginner's Guide to Surrogacy for Gestational Carriers/Surrogates

Risks of International Surrogacy

Risks of International Surrogacy

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserNovember 14, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, journey, tips, relax, enjoy, pregnancy, pregnant, help, support, love, give, take it easy

Preparing for a Surrogacy Birth

Preparing for a Surrogacy Birth

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserSeptember 5, 2023Surrogacy, tips, cost, fertility clinic, choose, choice, intended parents, surrogates, embryo transfer, success rates, success, stats, CDC

How Quickly Will I become Pregnant After I Apply

How Quickly Will I become Pregnant After I Apply

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserApril 18, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier

Surrogacy vs Adoption: Pros and Cons

Surrogacy vs Adoption: Pros and Cons

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserFebruary 7, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier

How did my kids handle me being a surrogate twice?

How did my kids handle me being a surrogate twice?

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserJanuary 10, 2023Surrogate, surrogacy, motivate, pregnancy, family, love, gift, grow, pregnant, intended parents, contracts, compensation, carry, gestational carrier, bright futures families, surrogacy agency, agency

I’m interested in becoming a surrogate but I want to better understand who intended parents are. Tell me, who do surrogates help?

I’m interested in becoming a surrogate but I want to better understand who intended parents are. Tell me, who do surrogates help?

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserNovember 8, 2022Surrgacy, surrogate, interested, help, medical, requirements, reasons, intended parents, parents, pregnancy, pregnant

Surrogacy, My Second Time Around

Surrogacy, My Second Time Around

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserOctober 18, 2022Surrogacy, twins, singleton, second journey, baby, babies, dads, parents, intended parents, easy, hard, love, grow, gift, family

Is growing your family through reproductive assistance worth the struggle and expense?

Is growing your family through reproductive assistance worth the struggle and expense?

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserAugust 9, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, mindful, honest, sassy, scholastic, supportive, grow, family, pregnancy, pregnant, IVF, clinic, reproductive medicine

Recent Surrogacy or Pertaining to Surrogacy Legislation

Recent Surrogacy or Pertaining to Surrogacy Legislation

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserAugust 2, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, legislation, laws, judge, states, federal, court, attorneys, legal, illegal, PBO, birth certificate

How Surrogacy Impacted My Relationships

How Surrogacy Impacted My Relationships

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserJuly 12, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, relationship, impact, kids, husband, parents, child, children, baby, love, gift, joy, inspiration, positivity

Four Reasons Why Surrogacy is Rewarding

Four Reasons Why Surrogacy is Rewarding

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserJune 7, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, covid, medicine, vaccines, coronavirus, doctor, shot, injection, clinic, staff, nurse, safety, health, care

Meeting Your Intended Parents or Surrogate for the First Time- What to Do

Meeting Your Intended Parents or Surrogate for the First Time- What to Do

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserApril 26, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, meeting, intended parents, parent, meet, converse, conversation, blind date, do, don’t

How is the Pregnancy from a Surrogacy Different from the Pregnancy of Your Own Child?

How is the Pregnancy from a Surrogacy Different from the Pregnancy of Your Own Child?

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserApril 19, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, travel, fertility, clinic, fertility clinic, appointment, fly, drive, embryo, storage, intended parent, doctor, nurse, facilitate

Preparing for Birth Checklist, Surrogacy Edition

Preparing for Birth Checklist, Surrogacy Edition

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserMarch 22, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, birth plan, birth, pregnancy, hospital, birth center, epidural, natural, c-section, skin to skin, bottle, beastmilk, formula, breastfeed

Pumping after a surrogate pregnancy

Pumping after a surrogate pregnancy

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserMarch 15, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, pregnancy, pregnant, journey, pumping, breastmilk, breastfeeding, bottles, bottle, bottle feed, swelling, fever, mastitis, pain, clean, antibiotic, mental health, delivery, birth

Carrying a Baby for 2 Dads

Carrying a Baby for 2 Dads

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserFebruary 8, 2022Surrogacy, dad’s, gay, parents, fathers, gay dads, LGBTQ, pride, carry, surrogate, gestational surrogate, intended father, intended dad

What if I Change my Mind About Termination After I’m Already Pregnant?

What if I Change my Mind About Termination After I’m Already Pregnant?

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserJanuary 18, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, change, mind, termination, abortion, baby, birth, pregnancy, intended parents, parent, kids, family, change mind

Why the Gestational Carrier and the Intended Parents Pick Their Own Lawyers

Why the Gestational Carrier and the Intended Parents Pick Their Own Lawyers

Dear Savvy SurrogateGuest UserDecember 14, 2021Gestational carrier, lawyer, attorney, judge, contracts, represent, carrier, surrogate, surrogacy, states, courts, intended parents, parent, mom, dad, representation, mediate