You would expect an Olympic athlete to be able to conquer anything. Right? That is what we all think, but not for Tara Lipinski – a U.S., World, and Olympic Champion, with a Gold Medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. And now she is opening about her struggles with infertility that she has dealing with for the last five years on… Read More »Tara Lipinski Talks About the Olympics and her Fertility Struggles
For Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie Xo, their decision to use a surrogate to expand their family came after years of IVF and was not an easy one to make. In fact, they started IVF in 2019, but Bunnie Xo was unable to move forward due to depression and substance abuse issues. The couple, however, has received support from around the… Read More »Country Star Jelly Roll and His Wife Bunnie Xo Announce Their Decision to Expand their Family via Surrogacy
On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience #2140, the host, Joe Rogan, and his guests Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin, quickly mentioned a story about a gay couple that Joe is friends with who had recently hired a Surrogate to carry their child to term. The controversy in the story comes from the fact that Joe Rogan states that the… Read More »Surrogacy Controversy Mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2140
For LGBTQ parents, Massachusetts’s laws place them in a legal gray area regarding their parental rights when utilizing IVF and Surrogacy to create their families. In fact, many couples have to also undergo a stepparent adoption in order for their partners to have the same parental rights as they do from the time of birth. Many consider that additional step demeaning and… Read More »Parents Fight for Equal Rights under Massachusetts’s Parental Rights Laws
Paris Hilton chose surrogacy to grow and create her family. In a candid article in the Statesman, she explained that privacy and safety were the most important aspects of her surrogacy journey with her husband, Carter Reum. Paris explained that she wanted the traditional experience of carrying her own baby – while experiencing the kicks, the nausea and everything the goes… Read More »Paris Hilton Opens Up About her Decision to Become a Mother via Surrogacy
A study out of the UK that has monitored children born via IVF, Egg Donation, and Surrogacy for 20 years was published just last year – and the results show that they are thriving right along with their naturally conceived counterparts. The result was that the absence of a biological connection between children and their parents, whether genetically or gestationally, does not… Read More »Children of IVF, Egg Donation, and Surrogacy Thrive
In a bold move, Walmart has partnered with KindBody in order for their employees to have coverage for fertility, IVF, and surrogacy. With their partnership, employees will have the ability to access providers across the country, including access to their new IVF clinic in Rogers, Arkansas. Kim Lupo, senior vice president, Walmart Global Total Rewards, stated that this allows Walmart to… Read More »Walmart to Provide Their Employees IVF & Surrogacy Coverage
For years insurance that covers a surrogate who is carrying your baby has been difficult to obtain to say the least. With many carriers pulling out of the various insurance markets, Surrogates, Surrogacy Agencies, and Intended Parents alike have been looking for a solution to alleviate the costs associated with a surrogacy birth. Unfortunately, there are always a few… Read More »The Importance of Surrogacy Insurance & How to Protect Yourself
Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News’ chief business, technology and economics correspondent, has detailed in a candid article about her struggles with infertility and her journey to a son via surrogacy. She and her husband spent ten years struggling to create her family. In fact, she underwent 7 IVF cycles to finally get pregnant with her daughter, Isabella. When it came time to… Read More »ABC News Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis Details Her Journey with Surrogacy
As we all know, before Kim Kardashian, Robert DeNiro, and Elton John, surrogacy was unknown to most people. These celebrities who had chosen surrogacy to expand or create their families helped bring surrogacy into the mainstream consciousness. But do many people know how surrogacy actually works? Well, thanks to a newly published primer by US News and World Report, people can now… Read More »Surrogacy 101: How it Works
