Thankful Paula, Felipe & Matilde share their journey to becoming a family A Thanksgiving, we often reflect on what we are thankful for; some families may even go around the dinner table and share. Paula and Felipe have much to be thankful for, as they now have...
Siendo todavía muy niña, a la edad de los 18 años me enteré que no podía tener hijos, debido a una agenesia uterina por el síndrome de Rokitansky Kuster Hauser. Desde ese momento supe que mi camino para convertirme en mama iba a ser diferente...
As a young lady at the age of 18, I found out that I couldn’t have children because of a vaginal agenesis due to Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. Since that moment, I knew that my journey to become a mother was going to be different from...
In 2017, as I was approaching 41 and not ready for a baby yet, I decided to undergo IVF with donor sperm to ensure I can start a family when the time comes. Shortly after I discovered that I had Breast Cancer, which surprised me...
I will never have a baby without a gestational carrier. “You’re meant to be a mother; it just takes time.” “Just take care of yourself and your health and you’ll get pregnant when the time is right.” “Try not to stress out about it and it’ll...
Our Surrogacy Journey My husband and I have always known we need to go through surrogacy to have a child. I have a history of critical illness that started when I was 16 years old, and although I beat it, it has left me unable to...
The year was 1986 and I was 3 months in utero, being carried in the womb of my mother in Eastern Europe. On April 26th, the Chernobyl disaster happened in what is now Kyiv (next door neighbor of Romania, the country I was born in)...
After 6 years of failed IVF, my husband and I were near the end and almost had given up hope. We decided to give it one last attempt and do as much as we could to increase our chances of having a family. We only...
Dear Teresa and Leila, I want to thank you both for giving me an amazing opportunity to become a surrogate. My experience as a surrogate was more than I can ever imagine. When I was pregnant the baby’s parents and I developed an incredible bond. After...
“Ser madre es un maravilloso regalo de la vida, gracias infinitas a Family Formers por ser parte de nuestro sueño de formar una familia y poder ser padres. Espero que muchas parejas tengan la oportunidad de lograr sus sueños con ustedes de la mano. ¡Dios...