As of now, by state law in Hawaii, married heterosexual couples can get financial help for in vitro fertilization (IVF). Due to the way that the law is worded, the law excludes LGBT couples and single individuals from gaining equal access to this funding. But that could soon change. LGBT couples in Hawaii are currently […]
Surrogate’s Facebook Post Reminds Us of The Strength of Women
Sister and Surrogate Mom Helps Brother and His Husband Become Dads For Second Time
Family is the greatest bond and one sister has helped her brother become a father, for the second time. You may remember Clinton and Rhiannon Stevens, brother and sister. Rhiannon offered to carry Clinton’s child as his surrogate after he came out as gay 14 years ago, and she definitely did just that. In 2012, […]
Talking to Your Kids About Their Surrogacy Story
For someĀ parents, they must create their families through IVF, adoption, and, yes, surrogacy. Though surrogacy is becoming more accepted and well-known, there’s still a lot of negative connotations and lack of education within the community at large at what surrogacy entails and the beauty of this family-making process. So for those parents who have children […]
WATCH: Teens with Gay Parents and Born Through Surrogacy Share Their Stories
In a new video on the Youtube Channel of Men Having Babies (an organization that helps gay men to have children through surrogacy), we see a great panel of teens who have gay dads and were born through surrogacy. In the video, the teens discuss how they explain their families to others and how that […]
New Fertility Pump Could be as Successful as IVF
For those that have undergone IUI, you know the process — placing sperm inside a woman’s uterus in hopes of fertilization. It’s usually done at a doctor’s office, and many couples go through multiple rounds of this in hopes of getting pregnant. But what if you didn’t have to go to the doctor for your […]
Ellen Gives Gay Dads of Triplets a Helping Hand
Remember Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago? At the beginning of August we shared their story — they’re new dads to triplets, and in an astonishing twist, the children are biologically related to both fathers. The fathers never expected that they would have triplets, and though they saved for their family — feeding, clothing, […]
Gay Dads Have Triplets With Both of Their DNA
Gay dads Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago became fathers for the first time this summer — to triplets, no less! The two fathers chose surrogacy to create their family and in a stunning twist of fate, they both became biological fathers. Embryos with DNA from both dads were implanted into the surrogate and […]
How I Helped My Brother and His Husband Create Their Loving Family
By Crystal Lehmann After starting to feel what most couples feel after several years of carefree partying, my brother, Tom, and his husband, Jared, came to me and asked if I was serious about a promise I had made to them years earlier. They had both decided that they were ready to settle down and […]
Ten Questions to Ask a Surrogacy Agency
For many people who go through the surrogacy process to create their families, they often prefer moving forward with a surrogacy agency. Though it might cost more to do so with agency fees and such, reputable surrogacy agencies have created smooth processes for both surrogates and parents-to-be and provide bountiful knowledge of all things surrogacy. […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 13
- Next Page »