IVF Land on Surrogacy World

Welcome Back! Once again I am going to be part of the blogging world.  This Summer we will be traveling the United States and will be sharing what Surrogacy means to me and asking them what Surrogacy means to them. Over the last few years being involved with the Surrogacy community has taken us internationally to Europe, Mexico, and Australia. This Summer we are going to San Diego , Denver , Seattle , Boston , Charlotte , New York , Chicago , and Minnesota .  We also have many new friends that will be joining us in London and August 24th, 2013 we are excited to be honoring over 100 Surrogates at the Salute to Surrogacy Celebration in San Diego, California . We will be keeping you updated with blog posts here and guests blog posts that we will be making on other blogs focused on the Surrogacy community. Surrogacy Together - Blogging For Surrogacy: Over the next 75 days leading up to the Salute to Surrogacy Celebration. We are going to be blogging a...

This is a common question Intended Parents get when they tell people for the first time that they are using a Surrogate. The media plays up the horror stories. Surrogate keep Baby - when it happens it's World Wide news. These cases are usually a Traditional Surrogacy done in a place where Surrogacy is illegal. Or at least paying the Surrogate is illegal. Therefore, the parents have no standing to protect themselves. Surrogacy Lawyers play up to this fear. You need to pay us large sums of money to protect your rights as a parent. Because as a future parent there would be nothing more heart-breaking than to lose your child. Your hopes and dreams. So near - and then snatched away from you. When for just a little more money - you could have protected your rights as a parent. Fear drives the marketplace. Now I live in California and am interested in specifically our laws in this State. How do they apply to me? I plan on using a Gestational Carrier - with my DNA. ...

A few days ago I made a post called " A guys thoughts on Surrogacy. " I read it again today and realized the writing doesn't reflect the title. I wrote about a lack of a guys thoughts on Surrogacy. And that they are missing from the Surrogacy World. My post does match the reality of the situation in that it didn't supply any answers and didn't include and thoughts from a guy. I suppose that I should of just left the title as it is and made a blank post with no words. That would correctly reflect the thoughts shared by the men. It would be a quick read. But, not very informative. I figured that I would share my thoughts on Surrogacy in this post and clean up my missed topic. As a warning, when I started posting on message boards about my opinions I often started them with "I'm a guy." Looking back, I think this was a not so subtle way to say "hold on, I'm going to offend you with what I am about to write." Let's see...

I'm looking all over the Internet for "A guys thoughts on Surrogacy" and I can't find anything. Clearly, we are a bunch of deep thinkers and sharers. When I say I can't find anything - I mean nothing. To clarify, I am looking for someone with a story like mine. Heterosexual male, Intended Parent, now ex-intended parent. Who went through the Surrogacy process. I can find Surrogates Stories everywhere. Gay couples with two Intended Fathers, Lawyers, Doctors, and psychologists that have worked with Intended Parents, and Intended Mother stories. Even a few articles about the surrogates husband and how supportive he is - to her journey. But, not a single story that I relate to and go - that's me - that's what I went through. I find it odd that one of the main players in third party reproduction has absolutely no voice. Half of the DNA comes from us. At least usually. And we have nothing of importance to say. We are just a silent support person...