When you’re trying to get pregnant and start your family, and it’s taking longer than you had hoped, you can feel frustrated, disappointed and angry. Why does pregnancy come so easily to others? How many more Instagram posts of baby announcements do you need to see? If you’re having challenges conceiving naturally, you may have […]
Category: Egg Donation – For Intended Parents
Fertility, IVF, and Using Donor Eggs
Debunking Egg Donation Myths
Do you know what a “known egg donor” is? It’s a subject that comes up when our teams discuss egg donation at our San Francisco Bay Area, NYC, and Boston offices with women who are thinking about becoming egg donors. The answer sometimes surprises people because, at Circle Surrogacy, a known egg donor isn’t someone […]
Egg Donor Appreciation at Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation
At Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation, we have so much to be grateful for. From Boston to San Francisco and around the world, we have the world’s best intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors. We do our best to show appreciation for all of the members of our Circle family throughout the year but want […]
Estate Planning 101 for Intended Parents
Estate planning is more than just dividing your assets when you pass away. A comprehensive estate plan should protect your family and assets, in the event that you die or become incapacitated. The basic estate plan should consist of a will, a power of an attorney, and a health care proxy. Selecting the appropriate fiduciaries or […]
Surrogacy Terms Decoded: 17 Definitions to Know
Although rewarding, the surrogacy process and its associated vocabulary can be new and confusing at times. Not to worry! This blog defines and explains some of the common terms you’ll come across during your journey. Carrier/Surrogate/Surrogate Mother: We use these terms interchangeably. However, a general surrogate definition is a woman carrying a child for intended […]
Why I Became An Egg Donor: My Egg Donation Story
When I did my first egg donation, I was in my early twenties and my best friends had just found out they could not have children of their own. I offered to donate my eggs to them, but they went a different route. They now have beautiful sibling girls that they adopted. Now with that […]
4 Do’s and Don’ts of Egg Donation – For Intended Parents
If you’re one of the many pursuing egg donation as a means to grow your family, we’ve got some useful tips! Whether you’re looking to do egg donation only, or finding an egg donor for a surrogacy journey, we want to steer you in the right direction to make your experience a positive and rewarding […]
Join Circle Surrogacy for Egg Donor Reddit AMA!
We’re hosting another Reddit AMA! Join us on October 16th from 11AM to 2PM EST for our Egg Donation Reddit AMA. We’re often asked about what it is like being an egg donor, and there is no one better to answer your questions than a four time egg donor herself! Gina-Marie Madow Gina-Marie received a Bachelor of […]
Struggling with Infertility? It May Be Time to Explore Egg Donation
Your road to parenthood can be on it’s own schedule – and it’s frustrating and devastating when you have no control of when it’s going to happen for you. One in eight people experience infertility; and chances are, you know someone who is going through IVF or experiencing delays in getting pregnant naturally. Or, perhaps […]
Using an Egg Donor Database
Many intended parents (IPs) will start their search for an egg donor through an egg donor database. Full-service surrogacy and egg donation agencies, such as Circle Surrogacy, have a comprehensive egg donor database filled with bright, generous women who have already been pre-screened and formally accepted into the egg donor program. How to find an […]