Navigating Family Gatherings
Fertility treatments can be stressful and emotionally draining for couples who are trying to conceive. Failed stimulation cycles, failure to fertilize, repeated failed IVF cycle and miscarriage can cause serious…
How to Compare Agencies – PART 2
Part 2 – When the Match Falls Apart Continuing our multi-part series on ‘How to Compare Agencies’, we now turn our attention to one of the more difficult aspects of…
It’s time to tell
With the rise of increasingly sophisticated technology – such as facial recognition and DNA testing (23&Me, Ancestry, etc.), these innovations have almost eliminated the possibility of anonymous egg donation. If…
“ONGOING” Counseling OR “AS NEEDED” Counseling
Journey Counseling Ongoing or journey counseling is the situation where a counselor starts from day 1, i.e. from before a pregnancy occurs, throughout the entire pregnancy and for a period after the…
Tips for Psychologically Screening Surrogates
Recommended criteria to be satisfied before being interviewed: She has given birth and has or is raising that child. She has self-reported that her pregnancies were uncomplicated She should be…
