Pathways To Parenthood: An Egg Donor & Surrogacy Agency Celebrates Eight Years!
Wow! It has been an amazing eight years! Helping others build their families
through surrogacy and egg donation has been full of joy and awe. Joy for the
happy ending for dreams coming true for our intended parents and surrogates.
Awe for the incredible people we have had a chance to work with. We have
witnessed strength and resilience, perseverance and commitment in the face of
what can seem like insurmountable hurdles. Being a part of each and every
journey has been a privilege and an honor!
When we started our surrogacy agency and egg donor agency, we did not fully
realize the challenges families faced when utilizing a surrogate and/or egg donor
to grow their family. Although we were prepared, knowledgeable, and of course
very excited to embark upon our journey to help others through surrogacy and
egg donation, we have learned so much more from our experiences these past
eight years. We are so grateful to all the intended parents, surrogates, and egg
donors that have trusted us to be a part of something so unique and special.
We understand now more than ever how important our job is and we take it very
seriously. We continue to strive daily to provide exceptional service and care.
We are here to help make your dreams come true. If you have dreamed
of helping a family become parents by becoming a surrogate or egg
donor, contact Pathways To Parenthood today and get started. If
having a baby through surrogacy and/or egg donation is an option you
are considering to make your dreams of becoming a parent come true,
take the first step and contact Pathways To Parenthood today! We have
helped surrogates and intended parents come together in Kansas,
Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, and Arkansas. If you live in
the Midwest, we are the surrogacy agency for you! You can contact us
at 913-469-5500 or at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.
Considering Surrogacy? Independent Surrogacy Process or Surrogacy Agency?
Deciding to embark upon surrogacy to build your family is a really big decision! The surrogacy process that comes after making that decision will vary depending in part whether you decide to do an independent surrogacy process, or work with a surrogacy agency.
What is Independent Surrogacy?
Independent surrogacy means surrogates and intended parents find and screen each other as well as handle all other aspects of the surrogacy process without the assistance of a surrogacy agency. These aspects include the medical processes, the legal process for the surrogacy legal agreement and parentage, the financial costs of the surrogacy process. And everything in between and thereafter!
The independent surrogacy process can take place between intended parents and surrogate that did not know each other previously. Sometimes it occurs between intended parents and surrogate that have some type of personal relationship or connection. They may be relatives, or good friends. They may be friends of friends, or friends of relatives. This type of independent surrogacy process may be a little less stressful than working with what is initially a complete stranger. However, they can also add layers of stress that are not part of the surrogacy process that involves intended parents and surrogates that have no personal connection.
Surrogacy Agency
Working with a surrogacy agency is the other option for building your family through surrogacy. Most people know what a surrogacy agency is, but many don’t realize all that a surrogacy agency does. A full-service surrogacy agency provides services related to all aspects of the surrogacy process. This begins with continuous screening of potential surrogate candidates. This is very time consuming as most women that apply to become surrogates do not complete the screening process for one reason or another. A surrogacy agency will manage the matching process bringing together intended parents and surrogates that are a good fit with respect to each parties’ requirements and special wishes. A surrogacy agency will provide case management for all steps in the surrogacy process after matching. The medical evaluation of your surrogate candidate, the treatment process, the legal process, preparation for the birth of the baby, and post-birth related processes. All of the steps related to each of these categories are too numerous to mention here! However, they are all managed by a full-service surrogacy agency.
Most intended parents and surrogates that decide to work with a surrogacy agency rather than going the independent surrogacy route decide to do so for a variety of reasons. The top reasons given by intended parents and women who decide to become a surrogate are: risk reduction, quicker process, and accessing expertise in a highly specialized type of family building.
If you are in the beginning stages of building your family through surrogacy, or becoming a surrogate, do your research and consult with a surrogacy agency. It doesn’t cost anything to gather information from a surrogacy agency, so at the very least you can consider it part of your research. What you very likely may find is that working with a surrogacy agency is the right fit for you!
If it is in your heart to help a family become parents by becoming a surrogate, contact Pathways To Parenthood today and get started. If having a baby through surrogacy is an option you are considering, take the first step and contact Pathways To Parenthood today! They have helped surrogates and intended parents come together in Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, and Arkansas. If you live in the Midwest, they are the surrogacy agency for you! You can reach them at 913-469-5500 or at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com
Pathways To Parenthood: An Egg Donor & Surrogacy Agency Celebrating Women’s History Month
At Pathways To Parenthood, we celebrate amazing women everyday! The
amazing women that survive the trials and tribulations of infertility; the amazing
women that are willing to help other women (and men too!) become moms (and
dads too!); and the amazing women that tirelessly work at Pathways To
Parenthood to help make others’ dreams come true. March offers all of us an
opportunity to collectively honor the impact women have made in history, and
the groundbreaking history we continue to make every day.
History is filled with stories of so many exceptional and outstanding women who
have accomplished so much that there are far too many to even begin to
mention. History is also filled with countless courageous, strong, and determined
women who lived their lives working hard and caring for others. They lived, and
are living, their lives as a shining example influencing the next generations,
making the world a better place because they were/are in it.
In the spirit of highlighting what amazing feats women have achieved, and
continue to achieve every day, Pathways To Parenthood celebrates women who
are surrogates and egg donors, past and present. These incredible women offer
themselves, literally, to help bring life into the world for someone else. These
women become surrogates and egg donors because they understand the need,
and they want to help others in a really special and unique way.
The gift of surrogacy and egg donation by the women who give of themselves,
brings joy and happiness that is unlike anything else. We all should celebrate any
woman that has been a surrogate or egg donor, or wants to become a surrogate
or egg donor, for they make the impossible possible.
If it is in your heart to help a family become parents by becoming a
surrogate or egg donor, contact Pathways To Parenthood today and get
started. If having a baby through surrogacy and/or egg donation is an
option you are considering, take the first step and contact Pathways To
Parenthood today! You can reach us at 913-469-5500 or at
www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.
Helping People Build Their Families Through Surrogacy & Egg Donation
I am the owner of Pathways To Parenthood. We are an egg donor and surrogacy
agency located in the Midwest. We have helped grow families all over the United
States. And some outside of the United States. Most of our intended parents,
surrogates and egg donors live in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Illinois and Colorado.
Someone recently asked me what the most challenging or difficult part of working
in the surrogacy agency/egg donor agency business is for me. I would like to
share my thoughts and feelings about this topic as they have given me a renewed
sense of commitment and joy for the work that I do to help others. I hope that it
can somehow benefit anyone that is considering becoming a surrogate or egg
donor, or considering becoming a parent through surrogacy and/or egg donation.
The most challenging and difficult part of my daily work is to hear people’s stories
of disappointment, loss, and ongoing struggles to grow their family. It is not the
stories that make it most difficult for me, even though it makes me sad to hear
them. It is my overwhelming desire to instantly give them what they need to help
them realize their dream to become parents. Even though I am able to offer them
the help they may need to realize their dreams to become parents, of course
there is nothing instantaneous about it! It is not that my intended parents expect
instant results, it is my admittingly impossible to accomplish desire to be able to
do that for them that makes it difficult for me.
Ironically, the most difficult aspect of the work that I do also offers me the
greatest satisfaction and joy. When intended parents reach out to a surrogacy
agency or egg donor agency like Pathways To Parenthood, they are in great need
of assistance in building and growing their family. Oftentimes, in addition to the
painful or difficult history they bring , they are also bringing hope that they can
find the help they need with us. And that is where the most difficult part of my
work intersects with the most wonderful parts of what I get to do every day.
Given I have worked as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in reproductive
health and infertility for twenty years, had personal struggles with infertility and
infertility treatments, and owned and operated a surrogacy agency and egg donor
agency for 8 years, I am able to offer those who reach out to us for help,
knowledge and information based in training, experience, and compassionate
care! No matter where someone is on their journey, I am able to meet them
where they are, and help them along with where they want to go. That is a
wonderful part of the work I do! Knowing that I have helped many along their
way to become parents, and that I have the opportunity every day to help others
in their present state, and in their future, is very important to me.
In addition, the fact that there are incredibly special women who are willing to
help others by being an egg donor or surrogate AND that have also decided to be
a part of Pathways To Parenthood’s programs, gives me the amazing opportunity
to help connect intended parents to them. It takes a lot of time and energy to
locate, screen and prepare women to become a surrogate or egg donor. But it is
time and energy well spent knowing what I am working for, and who I am working
for.
The path to parenthood for our intended parents is not an easy one. But at the
end of it all, the long dreamed for family becomes a reality. And I am privileged
and honored to be a part of that happy ending. I am grateful for the work that I
do, in spite of the challenges and difficulties that come along with it. Because in
the end, it is wonderful to see our parents’, surrogate’s and egg donor’s dreams
come true!
by Kerry Christifano
M.A., LCPC
If it is in your heart to help a family become parents by becoming a
surrogate or egg donor, contact Pathways To Parenthood today and get
started. If having a baby through surrogacy and/or egg donation is an
option you are considering, take the first step and contact Pathways To
Parenthood today! You can reach us at 913-469-5500 or at
www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.