Category: Non-traditional families
What is post-adoption depression syndrome?
Everyone knows about the existence of postpartum depression nowadays. Then there is prenatal depression, “postpartum” depression for fathers, and post-abortion depression. Have you heard about post-adoption depression? Those who are looking into becoming adoptive parents should know about it, because although many doctors say that post-baby depression is caused by hormonal imbalances, psychological factors may [...]
Prenatal care and surrogate mothers
Surrogacy is always a complicated process, as well as usually a beautiful one. There are, after all, more parties involved in a surrogate pregnancy than there are in a conventional gestation where the baby’s mother carries. The key to a successful surrogacy for both surrogate mothers and intended parents is a good match, and pre-made [...]
What motivates women to become surrogate mothers?
Surrogacy is without a doubt a complex and fascinating subject. Ethical, legal, psychological, and financial questions all come together when discussing surrogacy. It is hardly possible to have a neutral view on the topic! Yet, it is entirely clear to most people why someone would want to enlist the help of a surrogate mother in [...]
Reasons to become a surrogate mother
The reasons why some couples would choose to have a child with the help of a surrogate mother are rather clear – when the intended mother is not able to carry a pregnancy to term for medical reasons, or neither of the intended parents has a uterus (due to hysterectomy, or because both partners are [...]
Interested in surrogacy in India?
Are you looking into becoming parents via surrogacy? If you have a medical condition that makes you unable to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term, do not have a uterus, or are part of a gay couple, surrogacy might well be on your radar as a viable road to parenthood. But despite many [...]
Surrogate mothers wanted
Do you want to become a surrogate mother but don’t know where or how to apply? Here are the basics you need to know to apply to become a surrogate.
The Cost of a Surrogate Mother
The options for surrogacy are sufficiently complicated that you need a quick guide to sorting out the costs. Here it is.
How to become a surrogate mother?
Many couples long to become parents, but the female partner is unable to carry a pregnancy to term. Surrogacy enables couples who cannot conceive a way to create a child who is biologically related at least to one parent, and sometimes both.
Traditional vs gestational surrogacy
In this day in age, there are many fertility options available, and surrogacy is no different. Once, surrogacy referred strictly to a woman who carried a baby biologically hers, conceived with donor sperm – often from the intended father. Now, apart from traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy where the surrogate mother gestates a baby that has [...]
How to choose a surrogate mother?
There are a few situations that call for a surrogate mother as the best, or only, option to carry a baby. What is the best way to go about finding the woman who will fulfill such an important role? Needless to say, everyone’s criteria for surrogate mothers are different, but here are a few pointers [...]
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