Surrogacy Blog: Resources for Surrogates & Future Parents
Finding a Gestational Surrogate in Kansas City: How long will it take?
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By February 11, 2015Planning to use a gestational surrogate to build and grow your family is a wonderful opportunity for those that do not have the option of carrying or delivering a baby. Making the final decision and being ready can take quite some time so when you are ready, waiting to find the right surrogate can feel like an eternity. If you…
Intended Parents Using Egg Donation in Kansas City: Coping With The Stress Of The Process
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By February 3, 2015For most intended parents that use an egg donor to help increase their chances of success in building and growing their family, it comes at the end of a very long road of disappointment and past failed attempts to conceive. After years of trying and failing, many intended parents are stressed and have a hard time being hopeful that an…
The Two Biggest Obstacles For Intended Parents in KC
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By January 28, 2015When you decide to build and grow your family using donor eggs, the search process can take some time. It is best to devote as much time and energy to growing your family as you would any other big event in your life. It is important to understand that the time devoted to the process can help make it smoother…
How to Become a Gestational Surrogate In Kansas City
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By January 14, 2015Here are a few considerations for becoming a gestational surrogate: Are you healthy? As much as you might want to help others in such a special way, if you are not in good health you will likely not be approved by a clinic. Are you a mother? To be considered as a candidate, you must have had an uncomplicated…
Egg Donation in Kansas City: Inadvertent Consanguinity
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By January 7, 2015There are many considerations intended parents must make when choosing to use an egg donor to build and grow their family. One that is not talked about often, but is a consideration nonetheless is inadvertent consanguinity. The definition of consanguinity is: of the same blood or origin; specifically: descended from the same ancestor. The real life concern for intended parents…