Would you consider being a Surrogate?
June 29, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Parenting
I’ve been thinking about becoming a surrogate.
You see, one of my childhood best friends in this world is struggling to take her pregnancy to full-term. She’s suffered two miscarriages already and she’s not getting any younger and I know she and her husband are desperate to have children.
I know she will be a good Mom. She’s such a good daughter, sister and friend. Everybody loves her. Her husband and her are considering adoption or surrogacy. We got talking about surrogate parenting and I told her that I am willing to be a surrogate if she ever needs one.
I know there …read more
A Fertile Week for Fertility News
July 7, 2008 by Gabrielle
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology began this Sunday in Spain and will last until Wednesday. That’s nearly a full week of professionals getting together in Barcelona to think about the thing that many of us think about all the time – how to get us pregnant.
A Reuters UK article entitled, Ethics Take Center Stage at Fertility Conference, reports on the current multiple birth debate which seems to be the focus of many Reproductive Endocrinologists lately.
Some Health & Wellness bloggers have already reported on some events and findings from the ESHRE Conference:
Marijke at …read more
Book Review: Having a Baby…When the Old Fashioned Way Isn’t Working
January 5, 2008 by Gabrielle
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Spokesmodel and “Queen of the Internet” Cindy Margolis decided to pen Having a Baby…When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn’t Working: Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility because she felt that there was a “lack of first person fertility literature” available to women and couples seeking alternatives and assistance getting pregnant.
At the time of writing, she was probably right. Fortunately, a lot has changed since Cindy (who is also the Celebrity Spokesperson for RESOLVE) decided to write her book. And I am hopeful that public perception will change even more as women like Cindy bravely share their struggles with infertility …read more




