Statistics in Surrogacy Intended ParentsJanelle DoddApril 16, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, becoming a surrogate, become a gestational surrogate, becoming a gestational surrogate, become a gestational carrier, becoming a gestational carrier, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics
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What does my case manager do? Industry NewsJanelle DoddMarch 19, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogate criteria, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, surrogacy agency, case manager, case management, gestational carrier, intended parent, intended parents, day in the life, surrogacy journey, schedule, third party, navigating surrogacy, become a surrogate, intended parent consult
A Day in the Life of a Gestational Carrier/Intake Coordinator and Case Manager LGBTQJanelle DoddFebruary 20, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogate requirements, surrogate criteria, surrogate eligibility, first surrogacy journey, second surrogacy journey, third surrogacy journey, multiple surrogacy journeys
Why do people choose to be a surrogate multiple times? SurrogatesJanelle DoddFebruary 6, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogate requirements, surrogate criteria, surrogate eligibility, first surrogacy journey, second surrogacy journey, third surrogacy journey, multiple surrogacy journeys
How Quickly Will I become Pregnant After I Apply Dear Honest SurrogateGuest UserApril 18, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier
Why Now Is a Great Time to Become a Surrogate! Industry NewsGuest UserApril 4, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier
Can I Change My Mind After I’m Matched? LGBTQGuest UserMarch 21, 2023Surrogacy, surrogate, process, steps, requirements, legal, background check, psych eval, ID, insurance, matching, pregnancy, carrier, gestational carrier
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What Happens When A Father Claims The Mother Is Only A Gestational Carrier And That He Alone Is Both Father And Mother Of The Children? Above The LawJanelle DoddJanuary 12, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, ART Law, ART law, West Virginia, Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Netflix, Netflix documentary, Surrgacy, surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogate, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, nonbinary, nonbinary parent, nonbinary parents, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbt families, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, federal law, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, stored ova, stored eggs, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, litigation, parental rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, informed consent, DNA, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA Kit, home DNA test, home DNA kit, federal fertility fraud law, donor-conceived, donor conceived, fertility treatment, Donald Cline, fertility doctor, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous sperm donor, gamete, gametes, gamete donation, anonymous gamete donation, reproductive tissue
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, gestational, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogate, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, donation, egg, eggs, sperm, embryo, embryos, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, SEEDS Standards Committee, Creative Family Connections, Diane Hinson, intended parent, intended parents, agency screening, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinologists, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, pregnancy, reproductive freedom, reproductive choice, Ashley Old, surrogate choice, embryo transfer, Utah, California, Washington, Colorado, new jersey, New York, state statute, state statutes, State statutes, State statute
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Why is travel limited for the Gestational carrier in the Gestational Carrier Aggrement? Ask an expertGuest UserNovember 15, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, travel, agreement, contract, lawyer, attorney, court, judge, represent, protect
I co-parent with my ex-husband, does this count as raising my own child for surrogacy purposes? Ask an expertGuest UserOctober 6, 2022Surrogate, surrogacy, motivate, pregnancy, family, love, gift, grow, pregnant, intended parents, contracts, compensation, carry, gestational carrier, bright futures families, surrogacy agency, agency
Will Proposed Bills Reverse Michigan’s Hostile Surrogacy Laws? Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 6, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, in vitro fertilization, Infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, Michigan, michigan, law, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy ban, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificate, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, parentage