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What are the health risks as a surrogate?

What are the health risks as a surrogate?

Ask an expert!Guest UserJuly 21, 2022Health risks, surrogayc, surrogate, surrogacy, intended parents, health, safety, pregnancy, pregnant, birth, breastfeeding, labor, delivery

Where do I give birth to the baby?

Where do I give birth to the baby?

Ask an expert!Guest UserJune 23, 2022Birth, baby, give birth, surrogacy, surrogate, questions, labor, delivery, hospital, home birth, birth center, natural, epidural

What Should Surrogates Expect Post Delivery?

What Should Surrogates Expect Post Delivery?

Ask an expert!Guest UserMay 10, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, delivery, baby, family, expecting, birth, labor, hospital, postpartum, counseling

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

Why are there so many surrogacy requirements?

Why are there so many surrogacy requirements?

Ask an expert!Guest UserFebruary 24, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, requirements, pregnancy, birth, labor, delivery, doctor, medicine, hospital, BMI, age, weight, health, history

Why can't I leave my state in the third trimester of my surrogacy pregnancy?

Why can't I leave my state in the third trimester of my surrogacy pregnancy?

Ask an expert!Guest UserDecember 28, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, intended parent, law, court, prebirth order, post birth order, birth certificate, third trimester, pregnancy, birth, labor, delivery

Katrina Wynne’s Surrogacy Story

Katrina Wynne’s Surrogacy Story

SurrogatesGuest UserDecember 21, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, intended parent, birth story, birth, pregnancy, labor, delivery, hospital, OBGYN, delivery room, doctor, medicine

Can my intended parents tell me whether to get an epidural or not during labor?

Can my intended parents tell me whether to get an epidural or not during labor?

Ask an expert!Guest UserJuly 13, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, epidural, labor, birth, baby, pregnancy, delivery, doctor, medical, medicine, intended parents, parents, parent, mom, dad, choice, autonomy

How is a surrogacy birth treated in the hospital?

How is a surrogacy birth treated in the hospital?

Ask an expert!Guest UserMay 20, 2021Surrogacy, birth, hospital, home, intended parents, parents, surrogate, woman, labor, delivery

How often do both Intended Parents want to be in the delivery room?

How often do both Intended Parents want to be in the delivery room?

Ask an expert!Guest UserFebruary 4, 2021Surrogacy, delivery, mother, father, surrogate, delivery room, birth, parents, grow, baby, family, doctor, grandparents

Ever Wonder if you Could be a Surrogate?

Ever Wonder if you Could be a Surrogate?

SurrogatesGuest UserJanuary 12, 2021Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

How do I know I won't be micro-managed by the Intended Parent?

How do I know I won't be micro-managed by the Intended Parent?

Ask an expert!Guest UserDecember 24, 2020Surrogacy, intended parents, micromanaged, expert, question, journey, surrogate, baby, pregnancy, birth, doctor, labor, delivery

Can I work with a Surrogate I already know?

Can I work with a Surrogate I already know?

Intended ParentsGuest UserDecember 15, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

How quickly can our surrogate be pregnant after matching?

How quickly can our surrogate be pregnant after matching?

Ask an expert!, New JerseyGuest UserOctober 22, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

What happens if our match doesn't work?

What happens if our match doesn't work?

Ask an expert!Guest UserOctober 20, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

Is there any wait to be matched?

Is there any wait to be matched?

Ask an expert!, New YorkGuest UserOctober 15, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

When Will The Government Stop Discriminating Against The Children Of Gay Couples?

When Will The Government Stop Discriminating Against The Children Of Gay Couples?

Above The LawGuest UserOctober 14, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

Is Amy Coney Barrett The Beginning Of The End For IVF?

Is Amy Coney Barrett The Beginning Of The End For IVF?

Above The LawGuest UserOctober 7, 2020urrogacy, surrogate, birth, pregnancy, family, grow, gift, agency, hospital, home, midwife, OBGYN, doctor, labor, delivery

Ask Catherine! Can you do a vaginal delivery with twins?

Ask Catherine! Can you do a vaginal delivery with twins?

Ask an expert!Patricia NelsonJanuary 7, 2020delivery, surrogacy and twins, surrogacy, surrogacyquestions, NewEnglandSurrogacy, askcatherine

Dear Savvy Surrogate: Please Explain Short Term Disability

Dear Savvy Surrogate: Please Explain Short Term Disability

Can a surrogate collect on her short term disability policy and get lost wages compensation from intended parents? Savvy Surrogate answers!

Dear Savvy SurrogateCatherine TuckerFebruary 20, 2018maternity leave, compensation, surrogate, surrogacy, intended parents, delivery, new england, lawyer