What would be your ideal relationship with your birthmom?
Recently, I received an email from a parent with a child born through artificial reproductive technology seeking advice. As part of their email, they asked what they thought my ideal…
Author: Anne McCarthy
Thoughts on the right to have a child
While catching up with my mom yesterday, she mentioned reading an article recently that pointed to the selfishness involved in surrogacy. I refuse to link to the article because it…
How my family views surrogacy
Before I proceed, let me reclarify that when I say “mom” I am speaking of the woman who raised me and when I say “birthmom” I’m referring to the woman…
Looking in the mirror
I started writing this post in 2015 on a different blog and never published it. I likely was afraid to and that fear can be exhausting. I fight that fear…
The Wild West of Surrogacy
For most my life, I didn’t know traditional surrogacy was illegal in so many places. It’s not a topic of conversation that comes up unless I bring it up. For…
Would you ever be a surrogate?
From time to time, I get this question from folks. I have a hard enough time imagining having a child of my own that having a child for someone else…
The third checkbox
Finding the energy and ability to write about surrogacy has always been incredibly difficult. I often won’t think or write about it until I’m “ready” often choosing instead to distract…
Surrogacy & Handmaid’s Tale
Originally posted on Anne McCarthy:
I read Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood in high school. At the time, I don’t remember it affecting me too much. I remembered the Latin…
