Things To Know About Being A Surrogate in New York!

If your or someone you know is interested in becoming a surrogate in New York, this is the perfect webinar to learn about qualifications, medicall process, legal protections, guidelines and more! Register Here

A Gift of Hope for Intended Parents

Let’s talk about our intended parent advocate! We’d like to introduce you to Mira, Alcea’s Intended Parent Advocate! Mira understands what our clients have been through because she’s been through it too. After years of trying to conceive, Mira had an unexpected turn of events that led to a successful surrogacy journey with two babies […]

Things to know before starting a surrogacy journey

It may seem intimidating, but with so many resources, you just need to know where to start! What is surrogacy? In a surrogacy arrangement, the woman acting as the surrogate will carry a baby for another person or couple, referred to as Intended Parents. There are two types of surrogacy arrangements, the first and most […]

The Joy of Becoming a Surrogate

“A 1-on-1 carrier interview!” Being a surrogate takes bravery, courage and sacrifice, we’d like to share a 1-on-1 interview with a gestational surrogate as she shares why she became a surrogate and what it was like. What brought you to surrogacy? How did you hear about surrogacy? I first thought about surrogacy when I saw […]

It’s Women’s History Month

So let’s celebrate! March is Women’s History Month! Who knows what reproductive medicine would look like if it weren’t for women? Women have been the force behind the advancement in reproductive medicine as researchers, scientists, physicians, business owners, surrogates and more in the fertility industry. It took 6 years from 1988 to 1994 for Congress […]

Let’s talk about the surrogacy journey timeline!

A good journey timeline is like a cheat sheet for your journey! Hello Alcea-Fam! We’re off to a new year, and what better time to talk about surrogacy journey timelines! Whether an intended parent or a potential gestational carrier, one of the first things you should ask when researching surrogacy agencies is, “How long is […]

Why Should Trans Mutual Aid and Abortion Funds Work Together?

Everything is connected, even when we can’t see the strings; they are there, and we have all seen the domino effect that occurred when Roe v. Wade was overturned back in June of 2022. Of course, we saw state after state put bans or restrictions in place, but we also witnessed other massive social changes—affirmative […]

The Consequences of Extreme Heat and Contraception

Not too long ago we talked about how climate change has a large impact on reproductive health, and today we are going to dive a bit deeper on that. Now, even though for a lot of us we are getting ready to enter the fall season, climate change can make certain parts of the country […]

What is “Social Surrogacy?”

Surrogacy has the ability to make many dreams come true when it comes to family planning, especially for families of different backgrounds, genders, and sexualities who are unable to have children on their own. We have seen numerous stories across all forms of media about the medical struggles that many families have faced but kept […]