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Profile of a Surrogate Mom
To be honest, the real question is not whether Shared Conception will accept you into our program, but whether being a surrogate mother is the right choice for you. We thoughtfully spend time helping each potential surrogate decide if becoming a surrogate...
We Will Survive The Post-Holiday Blues!
You've waited all year for those moments. And now that the gifts have been unwrapped, the relatives have left and the tree has been taken down , the time has come to pack up the holiday mementos and move on. Whether it's caused by feelings of guilt from...
Dreams Do Come True…One Way or Another
As we start off this new year filled with all of our hopes and dreams, our surrogacy agency wanted to share this current news story with our Intended Parents and surrogate mothers. There are so many ways to make your dreams come true! Utah mom serves as gestational...
Top 10 New Years Resolutions for 2014*
Happy 2014 to you and yours! Here at Shared Conception, we wish you all things good as we turn yet another chapter in our journey of life, and keep living to our fullest potential. Our surrogacy agency researched and found the "Top 10 New Years Resolutions for 2014."...
Here's a Few New Year Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
Making an annual list of New Year's resolutions is an enduring tradition. It dates back to the ancient Romans, who customarily made a show of promising the god Janus that they would behave better over the next 12 months than they had in the past year. But while Janus...
Got the Holiday Blues? You are So Not Alone
The holiday season is a difficult time for many people. Dark weather brings depression, shorter days cause fatigue, finances triggers strife, and relationship tensions can reach a breaking point at this time of year. Throw in trying to determine if you should be a...
Partying and Pregnancy during the Holiday Season!
Are friends celebrating the New Year with steaks cooked rare? 'Tis the season for your mother's homemade eggnog, but are raw eggs off your Christmas list this year now that you’re pregnant and drinking for two? Holidays, and their often less-than-healthy traditions,...
Achieving Peace During the Holidays
Ahhh, the holidays...they are HERE! Parties and dinners with family, colleagues and friends. Cocktails and fun holiday-inspired drinks. Corralling your family to take those annual holiday pictures. Decking the halls with.....well, you know the rest. Alas, as Intended...
Ever wondered about the history of surrogacy? We have…here's a quick synopsis!
Having another woman bear a child for a couple to raise is recorded in history. Babylonian law and custom allowed this practice and infertile woman could use the practice to avoid divorce, which would otherwise be inevitable. One well-known example is the Biblical...
"So my wife is carrying someone else's baby and I'm fine with that…"
Alright, how could a husband be okay with the idea of his wife carrying another man's child? What husband would support his wife through a pregnancy and delivery, all to make someone else's family complete? Actually, the number of men who've helped their wives give...
The Upcoming Holidays, Intended Parents and the Surrogate
The holiday season is around the corner. We are all making those Thanksgiving plans and Christmas decorations started popping up almost immediately after the summer. Months earlier, a couple with fertility issues, became "intended parents" as they made the decision to...
What Surrogate Mothers Carrying Multiples Need To Know
If you are pregnant with more than one baby, then you are already aware that you may need some special TLC for this pregnancy. If you have only had single births before, you will definitely want to know the special conditions that come with carrying multiples. It can...
How Surrogate Mother Compensation Works
How does surrogate mother compensation work? There is usually an agreement between the surrogate mother and the intended parent or parents. First, there is a base fee. This fee is paid to the surrogate mother to cover her time though her pregnancy. Carrying a child...
Finding A Surrogate Mother
If you really think about it, the actual process of surrogacy sounds is an amazing advance in reproductive technology. The act of creating an embryo and placing it into someone to carry for nine months, so that someone else can raise that baby sounds like it comes...
Why Do Some Women Choose to Become Surrogate Mothers?
The purpose of surrogate mothers is to carry a baby, as in pregnancy, for nine months for a parent or parents who cannot have children on their own. The mechanics and the legality of it can be clearly written down on paper for all to see. However, surrogate mothers...
Surrogate Pregancies That Require Bed Rest
During a surrogate pregnancy or right after going through IVF, the doctor may order bed rest. This may sound like a prison sentence to some, but you might find that the time spent in bed can actually be very productive. Here are some ideas. Learn a new computer...
Surrogates: Benefits of Pregnancy
Besides helping to create a family, any pregnancy including a surrogate pregnancy, brings about positive changes. Several of those changes are great benefits to your body. The following are some of the top benefits that you may not know. Fewer Cramps: Your menstrual...
Pregnancy Tests For Early Detection
Some intended parents prefer that the surrogate not take a home pregnancy test and wait for the blood tests which is usually administered 10-14 days after a transfer. However, for those who just can’t wait until the blood tests, here’s the scoop on home...