San Diego, CA June 2, 2010 – The Surrogacy & Egg Donation Center ^TM consisting of Conceptual Options, LLC and Erickson Law, APLC announces their Southern California Surrogacy & Egg Donation Seminars to be held at their Poway Office, 13025 Danielson Street, Suite 200, Poway, CA on June 15^th (Surrogates) & 16^th (Egg Donors).  “A substantial portion of our surrogates and egg donors are local woman and we felt an informational seminar to explain the process of surrogacy and egg donation would lead to more informed and educated participants.  One of our biggest concerns is that the women who become part of our center are fully educated and understand the medical and psychological risks and benefits associated with third party reproduction.  This allows them to make an informed choice” states Theresa Erickson Founder and Chair.    

The Surrogacy & Egg Donation Seminars are aimed at informing women who are interested in becoming a surrogate or egg donor on the possibilities that exist for family building and how to play a role in giving the greatest gift of life.  The topics to be discussed include explaining the process of third party assisted reproduction, as well as helping alleviate the uncertainty of the journey, such as medical procedures, legal issues surrounding guardianship and contracts for compensation, and potential unforeseen psychological consequences of becoming a surrogate or egg donor.  Speakers include: Theresa M. Erickson, Esq. (The Surrogacy & Egg Donation Lawyer), Katherine Ellis-Hernandez, PhD. (Registered Psychological Assistant), Diane Wong (Surrogate Intake Coordinator), Amber (Surrogate Mother), Jenny (Egg Donor).

The seminars will be held on June 15^th (Surrogates) and June 16^th (Egg Donors) from 5:30-7:30P.M. at The Surrogacy & Egg Donation Centers San Diego Office located at 13025 Danielson St, Suite 200-220 Poway, CA 92064.  For more information please call 858-748-4222 or email us at Diane@ConceptualOptions.com. 

About the Surrogacy & Egg Donation Center

The Surrogacy and Egg Donation Center ^TM is a globally recognized leader in the area of third party assisted reproduction consulting and was founded by Surrogacy Lawyer Theresa M. Erickson, Esq. in 1999.  With offices in San Diego, Los Angeles and Miami it has been integral in all aspects of the fertility community and in helping build families through surrogacy, egg donation, embryo donation, and sperm donation for couples and individuals across the United States and the World.  “All families are traditional; some just take alternative paths by using surrogacy, egg donation, embryo donation and sperm donation to become a family.” ^TM

Surrogacy & Egg Donation Panel – this coming Sunday, June 6th, Patricia Mendell, LCSW & Jean Benward, LCSW will be hosting a professionally led workshop on Conversations for Parents – Families Created through Donor & Surrogacy. In fact, I will be there on the panel. Feel free to join us or come and say hello. I will make time to talk. See you there!

Here are the details below:

This Workshop is for Parents and Parents to Be seeking help and guidance with their disclosure questions including whether to tell; what to tell; how to tell; when to tell and how to begin.  Join us to learn about:

• -How privacy and secrecy are different
• -How does age and maturity in children change the disclosure conversation
• -How to develop a comfort level with conception language
• -How to talk to your child when information is limited
• -How to create a family story: What’s Important
• -How to listen and not lecture when your child asks questions about their origins
• -How to answer the unanticipated questions from your child and others
• -Sunday, June 6, 2010
• -$75 Individual
• -$140 Couple
• -Childcare available $30 one child/$50 two children

For further information or to register please

contact pmendell@aol.com or

saxel95@aol.com or call 718-230-9383

Location: Time 12:30-5:00 pm
Included: Handouts, Babysitting and Refreshments
Place:  Ansche Chesed Synagogue
251 West 100th Street between Broadway and West End New York, NY 10025
(#1 Train to 103rd or #2 or #3 to 96th)