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Episode 5: Being A Surrogate Is Great. But First, Love Your Body!

Originally Aired August 6, 2013

Few gifts are greater than being a surrogate mother. Assisting others create their own family via surrogacy is an amazing act, one that surrogate mothers tend to do repeatedly, usually for the benefit of different recipient parents, but sometimes for the same one. Yet repeated pregnancies, combined with multiple C-Sections, eventually yields life-threatening risks for both surrogate mother and the baby she carries.

In this episode, Dawn discusses why surrogate mothers should limit the number of surrogacy journeys they take, and not compete with one another to see who can carry for the most number of recipients. While being a surrogate mother is noble, making sure your body is not placed in undue stress -- which can happen unexpectedly during any subsequent pregnancy and result in serious bodily injury to both surrogate mother and the baby she carries -- requires former surrogate mothers to serious assess the number of pregnancies and C-Sections she has had prior to embarking on any surrogacy journey. Without these considerations, your goal of giving birth to a healthy surrogate baby may be completely thwarted, and the end result could be fatal to both you and the reciient parent's baby you are carrying.

Stages of Labor: Overview and Stage 1

Renea Capozzi Cotto is a Bradley Doula, a childbirth and parent educator, and the resident Doula at Los Angeles Surrogacy Center. In the first of a brand new series Renea is going to talk about the four stages of labor in detail, providing you with some valuable information you may not have known.

*Correction: AAHCC not AAHC

Episode 37: Exploring International Surrogacy Options

With multiple options available for recipient parents considering a surrogacy journey, deciding which country is best for one's unique circumstances is often challenging. On today's ABCs Of Surrogacy, Eloise Drane, of Family Inceptions International, will be discussing the international surrogacy option available to recipient parents. International surrogacy has a much more reasonable overall cost than domestic surrogacy, and that factor has compelled many recipient parents to embark on their surrogacy journey in another country. Eloise will be discussing the numerous advantages of an international surrogacy journey. Don't miss this very informative episode of ABCs of Surrogacy!

Listen to the live broadcast Wednesday, May 21st at 7pm PST on BlogTalkRadio.com.

About Eloise Drane

Eloise Drane
Family Inceptions International 1911 Grayson Highway, Ste 8-156
Grayson, GA 30017
Ph: 678-473-4865
Email: eloise@familyinceptions.com 
http://www.familyinceptions.com

When Family Inceptions International was formed, our goal was simple, help people create families. We love what we do and believe that it shows in our work. We bring together “big agency” skills with “small agency” flexibility. We have built a reputation for efficiently and effectively delivering inspired solutions to our clients with full transparency.

Family Inceptions is unique as it is the only agency that offers surrogacy and egg donation services domestically and egg donation and client facilitator for surrogacy and IVF abroad cases internationally – India, Thailand, Mexico, Barbados, South Africa and Czech Republic.
Since 1999, Eloise Drane has been involved in egg donor and surrogacy in one way or another. She first experienced the incredible joy and fulfillment that accompanies helping others by donating eggs, then by being a gestational surrogate – three times. It was a life-changing experience. In addition, she worked with a surrogacy agency and developed their egg donation program before deciding to establish her own agency.

Eloise holds an MBA, which aligns with her expertise and years of direct experience in assisted third- party reproduction. She loves helping clients increase their knowledge and understanding of the family building journey, and shares the joy that comes from their success.
Family Inceptions International is a member of ASRM, SART, registered by the FDA, and holds a NY Tissue Bank license.

Resources

http://fertility.treatmentabroad.com
http://globalivf.com
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB120338119629575619



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Episode 36: The Benefits of Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy

Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy can yield amazing results to infants and babies who are suffering from a variety of issues, including excessive crying, difficulty sleeping, irritability, and unusual fussiness. On this week's ABCs of Surrogacy, we are very pleased to welcome Jesse Tischler, a Los Angeles-based Pediatric Craniosacral Therapist. He will be explaining what this therapy involves, including its use for physical therapy and rehabilitation for newborns and infants. He will also describe how he envisions this therapy evolving in the world of western medicine. Don't miss this very interesting episode of ABCs of Surrogacy!

May 13th

We are currently in the process of updating individual episode pages for the past few episodes of The ABC's of Surrogacy so you can enjoy them on demand. Also, during our break we will be uploading and archiving episodes from season one of the ABC's for your listening pleasure.

Please be sure to tune in tomorrow night where we will be discussing the topic of pediatric craniosacral therapy! Should be an interesting topic and we hope you tune in at 7pm PST!

Episode 35: "Our Journey": One Couple's Guide To US Surrogacy - Author Richard Westoby

Richard Westoby and his partner, Steven, chose to build their family using surrogacy in the United States. That entire journey forms the basis for his book, "Our Journey: One Couple's Guide to U.S. Surrogacy", which chronicles their quest to parenthood via gestational surrogacy from the recipient parent perspective. They had a twin birth via surrogacy here in the United States. The book focuses on the multiple components of surrogacy, and provides an in-depth look at the behind the scenes aspects such as IVF, escrow accounts, choosing an agency, and how to plan for each stage of the surrogacy. Although written for an international recipeint parent, each chapter ends with a list of appropriate and timely questions a recipient parent should ask during each phase of the surrogacy. On this episode of "The ABCs of Surrogacy," Richard will be discussing his book, and his journey to parenthood as an international recipient who chose to build his family using surrogacy in the United States. Don't miss what is sure to be a very enlightening episode!