All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast with Nazca Fontes

I've Been an Egg Donor and a Surrogate. Here's What I Want Everyone to Know

Maddie Miller is a wife and mom of five from Salt Lake City, Utah, who recently completed her first surrogacy journey. After a friend experienced infertility, Maddie began helping others: first, becoming an egg donor, then becoming a surrogate. Maddie joins ConceiveAbilities founder and host of All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast Nazca Fontes to share her surrogacy journey from egg donor to surrogate.

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I’m a Doula and a Surrogate. This Is Why Doulas Make Great Surrogates.

Vanessa Stepan is a military wife, mom of three, and a doula. She empowers people to have positive birth experiences through education and support with her company Birth Well Colorado Springs. She is also a first time surrogate in the homestretch of her surrogacy journey. Vanessa joined our surrogacy podcast All Things Conceivable to share her surrogacy story and why being a doula inspired her to become a surrogate.

 

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Nursing Love: An IVF Nurse’s Journey to Becoming a Surrogate

Teale Kelley is a remarkable woman who is helping others navigate the complex world of fertility and surrogacy. With a unique perspective as an experienced egg donor and IVF nurse at Shady Grove Fertility in Denver, Teale has become a voice for others thinking about becoming a surrogate. Her passion for surrogacy and her desire to empower and educate others led her to become a TikTok surrogacy influencer.

Teale's background as an egg donor and IVF nurse gives her a comprehensive understanding of the physical and emotional aspects of the surrogacy process. She draws from her own experiences to offer invaluable advice, debunk myths, and address common concerns that intended parents and surrogates may have.

With a growing following of over 135,000 on TikTok, Teale uses her platform to share invaluable insights, personal stories, and guidance about her surrogacy journey. Her authentic and compassionate approach has resonated with people from all walks of life, providing them with a glimpse into the profound impact surrogacy can have on individuals and families. Teale joined All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast to share her goal of empowering individuals to pursue their dreams of parenthood or their desire to be a surrogate.

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Finding the Right Surrogacy Match

Finding the right surrogate match is essential to a surrogacy journey.

Surrogate, Emma, and Mom, Amber, share their surrogacy story, how they matched together and how they built their relationship.

 

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Is The Infant Formula Shortage Over?

Learn more about the baby formula shortage with Lindsay Groff, executive director of HMBANA.

Most shelves have infant formula, but is the baby formula shortage really over? Market research conducted in late October showed the shortage improved with 87% of store shelves having baby formula back in stock, almost 20% more than the low of 69% at the peak of the shortage.  Yet some families are still struggling to find formula.

 

Linsday Groff first learned about becoming a milk donor from a nurse while her baby daughter was in the NICU. Lindsay decided then she would donate her surplus of breastmilk for a year to help other babies like hers. Her full circle moment came years later when she took over the helm as Executive Director of The Human Milk Banking Association of North America that believes in a world where all infants have access to human milk through support of breastfeeding and use of pasteurized donor human milk. Lindsay joined Nazca Fontes on All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast to talk about the infant formula shortage.

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What is a Surrogate?

A surrogate is a woman who carries a child for someone who cannot. Listen and learn more about what a surrogate is and the surrogacy process with a panel of pregnancy and surrogacy experts, an experienced three time surrogate and an intended mother who used surrogacy to build her family.

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Becoming a TikTok Surrogacy Influencer with @wearedanandsam

Sam Mathews from @wearedanandsam shares her surrogacy journey and what it is like becoming a surrogate influencer.

When Sam and her husband Dan decided becoming a surrogate was the right journey for their family, they naturally shared everything from the beginning of the surrogacy process through delivery and fourth trimester recovery. Listen to Sam share what she learned throughout her surrogacy journey!

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National Infertility Awareness Week with Fertility Expert Dr. Joshua Stewart

In honor of ConceiveAbilities 25th anniversary and National Infertility Awareness Week, New York Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Joshua Stewart talks infertility, the future of third party reproduction and shares his own surrogacy journey.

 

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Why I Chose Surrogacy to Build My Family with Arsiak Vartenian

Entrepreneur and Intended Mother, Arsiak Vartenian shares her surrogacy journey with Nazca Fontes. From choosing surrogacy to finding the right surrogate partner to finding the right agency, Arsiak gives an intimate look into her and her husband's surrogacy journey.

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Understanding Surrogacy Rates With Dr. Brian Kaplan

According to the CDC, surrogacy has the highest rate of success of any fertility treatment. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported IVF with a donor egg has a success rate of 52%, which is the highest of any fertility treatment. Higher still is the rate of success with a surrogate. IVF clinics in the US have a surrogacy success rate of about 75%, and that number can increase as high as 95% for a birth once the gestational carrier is pregnant.

 

Dr. Brian Kaplan with Fertility Centers of Illinois has been passionately leading the way in infertility for nearly three decades in IVF, egg donation, gestational surrogacy and more. Dr. Kaplan joined our All Things Conceivable: A Podcast with Nazca Fontes to  explain what this statistic means for intended parents and surrogates embarking on a surrogacy journey.

 

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