Posts by Angela Truppe
Time to Get Pregnant – There & Back Again: A Surrogate’s Tale
I’m going to carry a child for people I didn’t even know existed 10 days ago. Cool. Wrapping my head around the fact that I’ve never actually met them and have only video chatted twice wasn’t hard at all actually. When you click with people, you just click. You agreed to carry for them, now…
Read MoreSurrogacy – an Intended Parents perspective on why agencies provide an important service.
Surrogacy wasn’t the plan. Then the surrogacy didn’t go as planned. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Surrogacy wasn’t even on the radar for us. When it became a reality, I still hoped that each step of the way, somehow my fate would change and that by some miracle I wouldn’t need to go…
Read MoreThere & Back Again – An Intended Mom’s Tale
The Beginning Written by one of our Intended Mothers Never in my life did I think I wouldn’t carry my own child, especially not after the fight I was giving infertility. To say my uterus was inhospitable is an understatement! I have had the pleasure of dealing with a myriad of issues, a perfect storm…
Read MoreThere And Back Again – A Surrogate’s Tale
The Beginning – Matching Phase Written by Chantale Chevalier When I decided to become a surrogate, I had so many questions. This was all so new to me. One of my biggest concerns was not being able to match with a couple that was in my area. It was important to me to find someone…
Read MoreMindful Body & Soul – Part 2
Today, the world of food looks very different than it did even one generation ago. Grocery stores are stocked full of cheap, processed foods. It’s easier for people to buy things pre-made or pre-cooked because we are a society always in a rush. Both parents are often working outside the home. Mealtime has become a…
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