Roe v. Wade and Surrogacy in New York
Q&A with Amelia Demma and Brian Esser Amelia Demma and Brian Esser are two New York lawyers that we at Alcea regularly refer our surrogates and intended parents to. They assist them with the legal portions of a surrogacy arrangement. We asked Amelia and Brian their thoughts on the recent Roe V. Wade ruling, and […]
A Letter to Alcea Vol. II
By: Christina The desire to become a surrogate was always in my heart. Even as a child and adolescent I dreamed of having a large family consisting of four children and wanted to help another family in need create their own family. I have always loved pregnancy and birth and was even able to make […]
Propaganda, and surrogacy in media.
By: Rose Surrogacy gets a bad rep. Full stop. Like… a really bad rep, especially from people who identify as feminists. If you’ve read our recent blog post about surrogacy and feminism, you’ll know that we find the idea of surrogacy in particular being some vile form of exploitation somewhat laughable and baseless. I’m not […]
Making it an Option: The Barriers to Building a Family
An introspective look on how inequality can affect the 3rd-party reproductive sphere My mom and dad have a few famous sayings. Not the kind of famous that means that they are necessarily unique or specific to them (no offense y’all), but rather the famous that means my brother and I can always tell when one […]
Embarking on My First Surrogacy Journey
By: Christina “For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a dream of having four children. ” Alongside that dream, I always had it in my heart to carry for a family who was unable to have a child on their own, so long as I was suited to fit the role. After […]
On Beauty, Black Motherhood, and Perceptions of Third-Party Reproduction:
An Interview with my Grandmother, My Mother, and Myself By: Madison I don’t remember a summer during my childhood when I didn’t go to Granny’s house. During the hot Texas months, my parents sent us to our grandparents’ homes, where we would embark on the “grandparents tour” a sold-out event spanning weeks around Texas (or […]
Remembering: On the Importance of Black History Month
Black history, our history, is dotted with beauty and grace, brutality and trauma, the good, the bad, the ugly. It is a tapestry woven with generational pain. Our tamer stories are about being followed in grocery stores, little anecdotes about white women clutching their purses in elevators, or a sm Beautiful Black faces smiling. “Mother […]
A letter to Alcea Vol. I
Bree A pregnant Bree carries for Alcea
Why We Don’t Use the Term Surrogate Mother
It is crucial to use the correct language when discussing surrogacy, given the complexity and intricacy of its process. It is crucial to use the correct language when discussing surrogacy, given the complexity and intricacy of its process. The terms “surrogate,” “surrogate mother,” and “gestational carrier” are used interchangeably to mean a woman who voluntarily […]