by AllPaths Family Building | Dec 3, 2024 | Donor Conception, Family Building Story, Infertility, Podcast, Surrogacy
A born and raised New Yorker, social worker Jen Rachman shares her family’s story from an ovarian cancer diagnosis that sadly left her infertile in her 20s, to the decision that surrogacy was the best route for her and her husband to grow their family. With the help...
by AllPaths Family Building | Nov 12, 2024 | Donor Conception, Family Building Story, Podcast, Surrogacy
CEO and Founder of Family Source Consultants (FSC), Staci Swiderski shares her personal journey as an intended parent, welcoming a son via gestational surrogacy in 2005 and her experience as a known egg donor. Her own fertility challenges led her to found FSC in 2007...
by AllPaths Family Building | Aug 21, 2024 | Surrogacy
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 2 By Lisa Schuman Embarking on the surrogacy journey is an extraordinary and significant decision. It involves a complex, emotionally charged, and often lengthy process. As an intended parent, you may feel the urge to...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jan 18, 2024 | Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Surrogacy
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2023 Volume 3 By C.C. It was just a day after my emergency hysterectomy. My husband came into my hospital room, leaned over to give me a kiss and asked how I was feeling since the surgery. After hearing about how I was doing post-op, he...
by AllPaths Family Building | Aug 14, 2023 | Adoption, ART, Family Building Story, Infertility, Support, Surrogacy
Guest Post By Megan Scherer, Mom to Elliott and Co-Founder of Worth the Wait Charity When my husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer three years into our marriage, I knew life was going to change but never expected these twists and turns and the happy conclusion...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jun 7, 2023 | Donor Conception, Fertility Treatment, LGBTQ+, Surrogacy
Join Dr. Mark Leondires, medical director of IllumeFertility and founder of GayParentsToBe for this overview of biological family building options for LGBTQ+ people. This discussion covers clinical options for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people that are seeking...