In today’s episode we have Chelsea Hernandez who shares the beginning stages of her gestational surrogacy journey.  Chelsea is a wife of 4 years to Pedro and mom to two boys Nicholas and Aramis.  She is a perinatal educator to low income families to ensure healthy pregnancy outcomes.  In this episode Chelsea shares how she has wanted to become a gestational surrogate before she had her own children, how her close family and friends who suffer from infertility have inspired her to do so.  She knew her last son Aramis was going to be her last so she decided to have a double salpingectomy in 2017 and help other mothers grow their families.  This episode is for you have considered becoming a gestational surrogate and the steps you need to take to prepare your body and mind for this pregnancy.

In today’s episode we have Dr. Vernette McKnight, a Cognition & Movement specialist, who shares her healing journey to becoming a gestational surrogate of twins.  In this episode Dr. Vernette shares an experience during her teenage years that inspired her to become a surrogate, how she knew the parents of the twins were the family for her, and how she plans to have a natural vaginal birth with the twins.  This episode is for you if you have ever considered becoming a gestational surrogate or are curious of the process of working with a surrogate.

In today’s episode we have Eloise Drane owner of Family Inceptions the first Black Owned Surrogacy Agency in the United States.  Eloise is a married mother of 5, she has donated her eggs 6 times and was a gestational surrogate for 4 babies.  Yes, you heard that right she was pregnant 8 times and once with twins as a gestational surrogate.  She felt the call as a gestational surrogate her to start her own egg donation and surrogacy agency and that is how Family Inceptions was born.  Family Inceptions was started back in 2008 and it is the agencies goal to provide intended parents, egg donors, and surrogates with a unique and comprehensive experience—from someone who has truly been in their shoes. In this interview Eloise shares her journey to motherood, donating a kidney to a family member, surrogacy journey, and how God’s purpose and call on our life is bigger that ourselves.  This episode is for you if you want to increase the understanding and knowledge of the family building journey because there are many paths to motherhood.