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Insurance and Surrogacy
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin My, how times have changed, especially when it comes to health insurance and surrogacy. Nine years ago, when ARR started its surrogacy services, the majority of the surrogate’s...
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Why it’s fitting that ASRM expelled Octomom’s fertility specialist
By Robin von Halle You may have heard it on the news: “Octomom” Nadya Suleman’s doctor has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) for transferring six embryos into the...
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My Infertile Life Part 4: My IVF and egg donation process
By Carin In January 2007, I started the process for IVF. For those of you who have not yet gone through it, prepare yourself for the emotional roller coaster of all time. I learned how to do the...
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Fulfilled: My surrogacy journey
By Jodi My husband and I have known each other since we were 16, and we started our family early. After two healthy children, we decided our family was big enough, but I was still young. Previously,...
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Why two dads are better than none
By Jodi I was recently the proud surrogate of two wonderful intended parents who happen to be gay. For me it wasn’t a decision of whether I should carry for a gay couple or not. They are both...
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Discussing hard choices – before they must be made
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin A recent article in the National Post highlights an issue in the fertility industry that is ripe for discussion. A couple that had turned to surrogacy after failed infertility...
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Myth: There are few, if any, guidelines to becoming a surrogate
What kind of guidelines are out there for gestational surrogates and intended parents? Does it vary state by state? These questions and more are answered by Mary Ellen McLaughlin, partner and surrogacy...
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The Surrogacy Questionnaire: Nothing’s Irrelevant
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin We recently came across a thread in a Yahoo discussion group from a would-be gestational surrogate. She had completed an agency’s questionnaire to become a surrogate. And while...
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Thinking about the numbers game
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin It is kind of scary to think about the possibility that hundreds of people – thousands, even – are out there, innocently living out their lives and unaware that the guy who...
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4 Reasons for Surrogates to Use an Agency
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin One of the common questions we see on the discussion boards of the surrogacy communities we follow is typically posed by women who are considering becoming surrogates for the...
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