Sharon LaMothe's blog

I am thrilled to announce that my book, Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!, is available on Amazon.com for those living and working in the world of surrogacy. This heartwarming story is written for the children of surrogate mothers who want to explain to them just how and why they are carrying a baby for another family.

So as news trickles in and I read more information on the now well known Theresa Erickson 'baby selling ring' I see that theories give way to the facts. Reading the LA Times tonight gives us all the perfect insight to how Erickson and others targeted surrogates as well as couples. It was not exactly as I imagined but in some ways worse! (read about this entire report here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baby-ring-20110814,0,3021399.sto...)

"Chatting with women on websites for surrogate mothers, Melissa Todd stumbled upon an unusual opportunity.

After struggling for years to get pregnant, Alex and Lindsey Boggan were finally blessed with a beautiful baby girl. They named their little miracle Katherine Elizabeth. She had 10 fingers and 10 toes and seemed absolutely perfect in every way. But less than a year after her birth, Kate’s family received devastating news. After 8 months of testing, 10 month old Kate was diagnosed with a very rare form of bone marrow failure. A bone marrow transplant is her only option for a second chance at life.

There are many reasons why you might be looking for an alternative way to create your family and Infertility Answers is designed to assist you in that very personal decision. If you are considering Gestational Surrogacy, Traditional Surrogacy, using an Egg or Sperm Donor or even Embryo Donation then we welcome you! We even have a section dedicated to pregnancy issues! As you read through this site you will find information that addresses these topics and so much more.

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I wanted to send out a brief shout out to the Donor Sibling Registry. Below is information from the front page of the DSR website:

The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) was created in September 2000 by Wendy Kramer and her son Ryan. Certain that other donor offspring would have the same curiosity as Ryan about his genetic origins - yet also knowing that sadly, no public outlet existed for mutual consent contact between people born from anonymous sperm donation, this site was started as the logical next step to making those connections.