This sample budget will give you an overview of the line items associated with conceiving through egg donation.
Surrogacy Cost Breakdown
This sample budget will give you an overview of the line items associated with conceiving through surrogacy.
13 Questions to Ask a Prospective Surrogacy Attorney
Choosing the right ART attorney to assist you through the surrogacy process will take time and research. As you consider attorneys, ask these questions to help you make your decision.
Introduction to Embryo Donation
Embryo donation allows parents to carry a pregnancy and give birth to a child who will be theirs, though genetically unrelated. Here’s what you should know.
Introduction to Surrogacy
Intended parents share in a gestational carrier’s pregnancy closely, and may be able to have a child genetically related to both parents.
Families Share: “Why We Chose Assisted Reproductive Technology”
Moms and dads explain why they chose various forms of assisted reproductive technology to become parents.
Building Your Family with Assisted Reproduction
As infertility treatment technology advances, more Americans are turning to assisted reproduction. Here, we look at some of the choices families are making.
Ask AF: How Does Stepparent Adoption Work?
I recently remarried, and my husband would like to adopt my son. Is this possible?
When Love Has a Price
“Good-hearted, ethical people find themselves turning a blind eye to red flags, not because they are desperate for a baby, but because they know they will provide a good home to a child who needs one.”
Ask AF: Adoption Assistance Program
What is an adoption assistance program?
“My Decision to Adopt Transracially”
I thought. I researched. I talked. But in the end, it took a leap of faith to adopt across racial lines.
Ask AF: Adoption Visa Clarification
We finalized our daughter’s international adoption a few years ago, but haven’t gone through the naturalization process yet.
How to Adopt from Foster Care
Thousands of children in the U.S. foster system are waiting for adoptive families. Here, learn how to adopt and get answers to common questions about adopting from foster care.
Ask AF: Defining Special Needs
Are all children from foster care considered “special needs,” and, therefore, eligible for the full adoption tax credit?
“Dear Infertility Patient”
From a woman who finally became an adoptive mother after a decade of trying, here are a few things I wish someone had told me years ago.
Adopting a Baby: The Truth About Domestic Infant Adoption
Adopting a baby in the United States has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. When will popular perceptions catch up with the new, healthier reality? Here, an adoptive mother dispels common myths about adopting a newborn.
“Instant Mom”
Nia Vardalos describes her first meeting with the preschooler she adopted from U.S. foster care.
Domestic Adoption Travel 101
Tips for — and from — domestic adoptive parents on preparing for the emotional journey to meet your child.
How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits
For working people who want to adopt, the need to take time off without pay may put adoption beyond your financial means.
“From Foster to Adoptive Parent”
As foster parents, you open your hearts and home to a child even as you’re preparing to reunite her with her birth mother.