Mel Holman has been a surrogate mother twice. She recently posted a photo on Facebook with the second child she gave birth to as a surrogate. She wrote, “A few weeks ago I gave birth to a baby boy. This is me holding him. He was perfect- a screaming newborn mess, lifted off my stomach […]
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 some 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 […]
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. […]
Adele as a Surrogate Mum for a Gay Couple?
By Alex Temblador Last week, Adele brought up a gay Swedish couple on stage at her concert in Copenhagen. Andre Söderberg in a spur-of-the-moment decision got down on one knee and proposed to his boyfriend, Simon Carlsson. Söderberg told Danish TV station TV2, “I felt the love! Everyone cheered, it was crazy. I have never heard […]
Single Woman’s Battle With Cancer Leads Her to Surrogacy & a Crusade For Law Change
Ashleigh Sunderlin hasn’t had it easy. At 23 years of age, a 17-pound tumor was removed from her abdomen. She lost a Fallopian tube and her right ovary when the tumor was removed. Years later, she discovered her right ovary had cysts in it, but they were removed with the chance of still being able […]
#BringCarmenHome: Gay Dads and Their Surrogacy Battle in Thailand
By Alex Temblador A gay couple, Gordon Lake, an American, and his Spanish husband, Manuel, found a surrogate in Thailand. Using Gordon’s sperm and an egg donor, a Thai woman carried the baby for the couple and finally gave birth to their baby daughter, Carmen, in January. She handed the daughter over to the two […]