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Surrogacy and the LGBTQ+ Community

Surrogacy and the LGBTQ+ Community

Surrogacy is often one of the last options for heterosexual couples wanting to have children, but for LGBTQ+ couples, it is one of the only options outside of adoption. Adoption is an expensive and complicated process, and laws vary state by state, with some states...

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Exercises You Can Do While Pregnant

Exercises You Can Do While Pregnant

You've begun the surrogacy journey, and if you enjoy working out, you may be wondering how that will still be possible. Continuing physical activity during your pregnancy is not only safe but healthy. Exercise can help prevent headaches, stress and depression,...

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How to Announce Your Baby’s Birth Via Surrogacy

How to Announce Your Baby’s Birth Via Surrogacy

Announcing the birth of your baby is always an exciting moment. Typically, these announcements are made with pictures of the new baby with the stats such as weight, length, and time of birth. But how do you announce the birth of a baby born via surrogacy? Here are...

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What Makes a Great Surrogacy Match?

What Makes a Great Surrogacy Match?

The process of matching intended parents and their surrogate is one of the most exciting parts of the surrogacy process! Shared Conception’s objective is that the surrogate and intended parents interact in a comfortable environment and that both parties build a good...

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How to Tell Your Child They Were Born Via Surrogacy

How to Tell Your Child They Were Born Via Surrogacy

Parents have always found it a little uncomfortable to discuss where babies come from with their children. When the birth involves social, emotional, or other complexities such as surrogacy, it can be extremely overwhelming. While it can be difficult, experts agree...

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How to Recognize Your Calling for Surrogacy

How to Recognize Your Calling for Surrogacy

For couples who have long yearned for parenthood, surrogates are no less than superheroes for them. Selflessness, unconditional empathy, and desire to complete another couple’s family make them superheroes. The amazing fact is that they're ordinary women, but they do...

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Surrogate Gift Giving

Surrogate Gift Giving

Our intended parents often ask us about gifts for their surrogates. Gifts are not required nor expected, but many intended parents would like to express their gratitude with small tokens of appreciation along the journey. When Shared Conception matches a surrogate...

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Surrogate Compensation

Surrogate Compensation

At Shared Conception, most of our surrogate mothers rarely use money as a factor for being a surrogate. They truly enjoy the idea of helping a family, enjoy being pregnant, and feel that the journey is more of a calling for them. That being said—being a surrogate is a...

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What Happens if Surrogate is Carrying Multiples

What Happens if Surrogate is Carrying Multiples

You decided to take the path of surrogacy but find out your surrogate mother is carrying multiples. Now what happens? Multiple pregnancies(this is when more than one embryo implants in your uterus) are not uncommon and are often associated with IVF (in vitro...

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How to Explain Surrogacy to Your Children

How to Explain Surrogacy to Your Children

Introduction During the surrogacy process, it's important to educate your children on the subject as well. After all, they deserve to be a part of the journey as well. So you must begin the wholesome journey as a family by explaining surrogacy to your children. We...

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Was it Hard to Give up the baby?

Was it Hard to Give up the baby?

New mothers can turn to various practices for an easier pregnancy journey, whether they're surrogates or not. These can include a birthing ball, pregnancy ball, and even crystals for fertility. But even though many women are prepared to take up the physical...

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Embryo Transfer Process for Surrogates

Embryo Transfer Process for Surrogates

If you’re looking to become a surrogate mother and this is your first time, you probably have a lot of questions. For starters, you may have some misconceptions, such as that the process of surrogate pregnancy is complex. While its true that the process can be...

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The Process of Surrogacy

The Process of Surrogacy

Introduction Surrogacy is a beautiful journey, just as it ought to be. But it's important that you follow certain steps to ensure that all goes well throughout the term. If you're ready to take on the most rewarding and life-changing journey of your life, we can...

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The Heart of a Gestational Surrogate

The Heart of a Gestational Surrogate

Parenthood is one of life’s most fulfilling and poignant phases of a woman’s life. Unfortunately, it does not come easily to every woman. Therefore, the process of surrogate pregnancy has become increasingly popular. It serves as a miraculous solution for those who...

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How Does a Surrogate Pick the Intended Parents?

How Does a Surrogate Pick the Intended Parents?

Out of all the reasons to become a surrogate, helping a couple become parents is one of the most rewarding. For many people, it is often impossible to conceive naturally. When everything fails, surrogacy comes as a ray of hope for such couples. People who opt for it...

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The Wait…

The Wait…

Planning to opt for surrogate pregnancy to become parents? Once you choose the surrogacy process, you need to find the right surrogacy agency and surrogate. Though the waiting can make it seem like the process is taking forever, the process itself is beautiful and...

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