Forces keeping us quiet
I’ve often wondered why it’s been so hard to find surrogate kids like me. There are communities built around those who were adopted and those who were born through donor…
Category: Surrogacy
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 AGM:
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 phrase…
Surrogacy Conference Session
Originally posted on AGM:
Over the weekend, I was traveling and listening to podcasts when one by Radio Lab caught my attention: Birthstory. It’s about an Israeli couple and the…
