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Your surrogate

Matching, the relationship, boundaries and the delivery room.

17 articles

Gay Dads' Guide to Being in the Delivery Room with Your Surrogate

Due date is coming closer, and if you're about to join your surrogate in the delivery room, you’re probably feeling a mix of excitement and

Surrogate Health Insurance in 2026 – What Changed in the Market and What You Must Check Today

Surrogacy exclusions, rising prices and one critical enrollment window – the 2026 insurance update, and three questions demanding written answers.

Vaccinations – During Pregnancy and for Your Newborn in the U.S.: What Differs From Israel and What to Agree in Advance

What a newborn gets at a U.S. hospital by default, how the vaccine schedules differ, and what to put in the birth plan.

Your Surrogate Asks for Something Not in the Contract – Between Generosity and Boundaries

"I hate to ask, but..." – the message that arrives in almost every journey. When to say yes, how to say no, and why it all goes through escrow.

When Your Surrogate Fails Screening – The Restart You Didn't Plan For

The match is cancelled because she didn't pass medical screening? One of the most common scenarios nobody prepares you for – and what to do next.

The Match Meeting – The Questions, the Mistakes, and What You're Really Looking For

"You have a match! Video call on Tuesday" – cue the panic. Why it's more first date than job interview, and what you're actually checking for.

Texas Meets Tel Aviv – Cultural Gaps With Your Surrogate and How They Become an Advantage

She's from Texas, you're from Tel Aviv – and now two years of the most intimate partnership there is. Navigating religion, politics, humor and Israeli directness.

Who Posts What? Social Media Boundaries in a Surrogacy Journey

Scrolling Facebook and seeing your baby's ultrasound in a public post? The 20-minute conversation that prevents one of the most common crises.

Why Matching With a Surrogate Takes So Long – and What Actually Shortens the Wait

"We signed with the agency eight months ago and still no match. Is that normal?" – if I had a dollar for every time I've been asked this... So let's talk honestly about the most frustrating wait of the journey: the wait for a surrogate.

Almost everything you wanted to know about medical insurance for the surrogate

Pumping milk from the surrogate or infant formula after the birth

Gifts for your surrogate and egg donor — what to send, when, and how much

Your relationship with your surrogate is going to be long and meaningful, and it will stretch across every holiday and occasion in the year.

A surrogate who is also the egg donor

An egg donor and a surrogate - why both and what are the differences?

A friend as your surrogate or egg donor — is it a good idea?

This is one of the questions I get most often, in two versions: "we have a friend willing to donate an egg", and "we have a friend who wants to be our surrogate".