Why work with a surrogacy agency?

Support, protection & confidence Don’t go solo Surrogacy is an emotional, physical, and extremely complex process for both gestational carriers and intended parents. While some people choose to handle the surrogacy process themselves, finding clinics and doctors, employing lawyers, and juggling the day-to-day intricacies is not only daunting for most but also a potential legal […]

National Time to Talk Day

Happening February 4th A message we want to share We’re not the types to pay attention to just any “national something day,” although we’ve been known to celebrate the occasional National Taco (or Margarita) Day when we’re feeling festive. But this one popped up on our calendars, and we just couldn’t resist the chance to […]

Our Commitment to Diversity

A better way to build families Diversity & inclusion in 2020 2020 was a banner year for organizations to make big pronouncements about their commitment to diversity and their support of the Black Lives Matter movement. We have heard from companies of all sizes about what inclusion means to their leaders, employees, and HR teams. […]

Fertility for Colored Girls

Partner Spotlight At the top of the Fertility for Colored Girls website, you are faced with sobering statistics. Infertility affects 12% of all women up to age 44, but research suggests that Black women are 2x more likely to experience infertility than white women. And that’s not all. Compared with 15% of white women, only […]

Grief, Joy and Transformation

by Jessica Gunkel, BS, LMFT Our adoption experience When we began our journey to parenthood, I could only think of one thing: adding a baby to our family. I had no idea that by adding a baby, we would also be adding culture, vision, a life transformation, and a career change. That is how adoption […]

Our Reflections on 2020

by Angela Richardson-Mook A Year of Resolutions Here we are. The end of one of the most intense and uncertain years in our lives. In January, we happily set our resolutions, oblivious to the actual resolutions we would have to make less than 90 days later. Resolutions to stay home and celebrate virtually to keep […]

My Mom Was a Surrogate

By Logan Mook Picture this. You want to bake a cake. You have all of the necessary ingredients: the sugar, the flour, the frosting… but you forgot the oven. (Bear with me, I understand the prospect of forgetting an entire oven seems laughable.) You search and search for a way to make that cake without […]

Understanding Surrogacy in New York

Legal as of February 2021 We’re coming to New York! As of Feb, 15th, 2021 compensated surrogacy will be legal in New York state, and we have the highlights from the released New York Child-Parent Security Act. Surrogacy is a complicated process between two parties – the surrogate and the intended parent(s) – both of […]

7 Reasons to Become a Surrogate

by Christy Leonardo Surrogacy takes an enormous amount of self-sacrifice, time, physical and mental effort… after all, a surrogate goes through intense screening, medical procedures, and nine months of being pregnant with someone else’s child(ren)! With so much involved, why do women choose to become surrogates? Why should YOU consider becoming a surrogate? Be a […]