Surrogacy Blog: Resources for Surrogates & Future Parents
Family Building With Egg Donation in Kansas City: Fresh vs. Frozen
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By May 10, 2014When deciding to use an egg donor to build and grow your family, now you have the choice of doing an in vitro fertilization cycle with an egg donor you have selected as your donor who cycles with you, or purchasing frozen eggs from an egg bank. The option of using frozen donor eggs only became available as an option…
An Open Letter On Egg Donation: An Excerpt from by Marna Gatlin
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By May 3, 2014An Open Letter To The Media Regarding Egg Donation Dear Media: As a mother via egg donation I am having an extraordinarily tough time understanding why you continue to attempt to sensationalize, dramatize, and over exaggerate the topic of egg donation. First of all, egg donation is just a different way of creating or adding to one’s family. The way the media depicts…
Egg Donation in Kansas City: What is the first step for intended parents?
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By April 26, 2014When a woman or couples first hear the recommendation from their physician that using an egg donor to build and grow their family is an option they should consider, knowing where to start is the first thought many people have. Although there are many important steps in the process, the first important step is allowing time to understand all of…
Pathways To Parenthood: National Infertility Awareness Week
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By April 19, 2014The 25th Resolve National Infertility Awareness week is April 20-26th. Pathways To Parenthood recognizes the tremendous effort the Resolve organization has made to bring the awareness of infertility to the forefront of our society. Their theme this year is “Resolve To Know More” which is a great reminder that the goal of increasing awareness and support for those that experience…
Kansas City Egg Donors Want To Know Cycle Outcomes
Posted on Pathways to Parenthood By April 12, 2014A question we hear often from our egg donors is “Can I know if my recipient family got pregnant?” According to research, most egg donors want to know if their gift of egg donation resulted in a pregnancy, which of course is the outcome everyone hopes for. We do inform our anonymous egg donors of the cycle outcome, if they…