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From selflessness to shocking surrogate expectations
I came to surrogacy thinking surrogates were caring and compassionate souls interested in helping to make families. In my mind their primary motivation was selflessness and bein...

4 Most Important Surrogacy Matching Points for a Stress-free Journey
If you have an upcoming meeting with a potential surrogate you may be wondering what surrogacy matching points you should discuss. This day may be a long time coming – waiting m...

Is your surrogate someone that you know?
When we talk to people about our surrogacy journey one of the questions that we get asked so often is if our surrogate was someone that we knew. We get this question both from ...

My friend offered to be my surrogate, now what?
Congratulations, your friend wants to be your surrogate; now what? First, let’s recognize how much courage and trust it takes to decide to use a surrogate. It’s not easy having ...

7 ways to prepare before searching for a surrogate
You’re planning on using a surrogate to grow your dream family. Congratulations! Searching for a surrogate is a big deal and moves you closer to the baby of your dreams. Every s...

How to Avoid Common Surrogacy Scams and Fraud
It didn’t take long for me to start hearing about scams when I joined the surrogacy community. I would spend a lot of time in matching groups reading stories. I wasn’t nearly re...

How to Ask Someone to Be Your Surrogate
Staring down a surrogacy journey can be quite daunting, especially when you start adding up all of the costs involved. Let’s face it, surrogacy is expensive and can feel unaffor...

7 Reasons why surrogacy waitlists are so long
Just like you, we needed a surrogate to help grow our family. At first, we were really motivated to find a surrogate and navigate the journey ourselves – independent surrogacy. ...

JUNIE x DreamWeaver: A New Partnership Bringing More Surrogates to BloomBridge
We’re excited to announce a new partnership between JUNIE and DreamWeaver Surrogacy—focused on bringing more trusted, compassionate surrogates onto the BloomBridge platform to h...
