Facts, insights and opinions about egg donors, surrogates, and intended parents.
Sanford Benardo has an editorial in the Albany Times Union about NY's new surrogacy legislation.
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Surrogacy-law-does-little-for-would-be-parents-15447174.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
The Child-Parent Security Act has passed in New York, but the regulations for a New York surrogacy are so onerous, I suspect most New York residents will work out of state anyway. The law pertains if the the embryo transfer and/ or birth takes place in New York state (if all the medical work as ...
Everything is pretty much suspended for now. I explain in this week's video.
Please watch this video before applying to be a surrogate (gestational carrier). If you meet the basic requirements it is easy to submit our on line application.
In this video I explain the minimum and maximum ages for egg donors.
Pennsylvania women can serve as gestational carriers no matter where in the state they live: surrogates stay with the OB/GYN practice where they had their own children and their everyday schedule stays pretty much the same. Minimal travel is required.
With the Northeast Assisted Fertility Group, surrogates choose the intended family that is the ...
In this week's video I describe why the surrogacy bill did not pass last year and suggest strategies for its success in 2020.
In this video I explain that a donor is either eligible to donate or not; it is very rare for a donor and her recipient to be a carrier for the same genetic condition. Blood type does not present a conflict either.
Former NAFG client Laura Watson writes about her experience using an egg donor in this article in https://livingthesecondact.com.
https://livingthesecondact.com/2019/11/12/my-journey-from-infertility-to-motherhood/
You can donate outside your hometown: the travel is all expenses paid in advance. I describe the requirements in detail in this week's video.
