On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Alease Barnes, B.S. Embryologist. Alease explores the process of IVF from the lab side, how to ensure success with innnovative research, ethics, and technology, and her own personal journey through creating educational content about her expertise.

Find Alease on Instagram @alease_the_embryologist
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Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's special holiday episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Sunny, surrogate coordinatior at Patriot Conceptions, and currently on her 3rd journey as a surrogate. Sunny shares her journey, how her family played an intrical part in her ability to be a surrogate, and how helping others build their families has impacted her life.

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's episode, we sit down with Janna Annest, Attorney at Lirhus Keckemet Annest PLLC in Seattle. Janna explores her personal connection to Adoption and Assisted Reproduction law practice, what to look for in surrogacy contracts, and what are the most important parts of a surrogacy contract.

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's episode, we sit down with Yuna Luo, Customer Success Manager at Patriot Conceptions. Yuna talks about her role working with intended parents, what to expect when beginning a surrogacy journey, and dives deep into the matching process.

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Lisa Schuman, licensed therapist and Founding Director of The Center for Family Building. Lisa is an expert in family building, and has helped people around the world build their families.

Resources mentioned:

Lisa's podcast, "Building Your Family": https://familybuilding.net/podcast/
PAI Episode mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFwVVgBslk
Lisa's book, "Building Your Family, The Complete Guide to Donor Conception": https://familybuilding.net/building-your-family-the-complete-guide-to-donor-conception/
Building Your Family Community Membership: https://familybuilding.net/building-your-family-community/

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Dr. Don Royster and Nurse Egypt Fitz of Southern California Center for Reproductive Medicine. We dive into each of their unique journey's to the fertility industry, how their past jobs aid their work today, and how they both see the field of reproductive medicine evolve.

Resources mentioned:

Learn more about the Southern California Center for Reproductive Medicine at: https://www.socalfertility.com/

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Dr. Lisa Becht, Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and OBGYN and fertility doctor at HRC Fertility in Orange County California. We dive deep into Dr. Becht's career journey, why being double board certified is so important to her, and how her career as a researcher is impacting her patient work every day.

Resources mentioned:

American Society for Reproductive Medicine: https://www.asrm.org/

Connect with Dr. Becht on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabechtmd/

Learn more about HRC Fertility at: https://www.havingbabies.com/

To redeem your free consultation with Dr. Becht, call 866-HRC-4IVF or 866-472-4483 to schedule, and be sure to mention “The Surrogacy Scoop” podcast!

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com

On today’s episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Rachel Goldberg, Licensed Marriage & Family, and Perinatal Mental Health Certified Therapist. Rachel explores all the unexpected factors that come with surrogacy from the intented parents side, surrogate, and agency perspective, and gives real examples of how she navigated unique surrogacy related challenges.

Patriot Conceptions is a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support. For more information, please visit patriotconceptions.com