Personal Stories

A surrogate’s perspective on the Two Week Wait (2WW)

The two week wait or 2ww as you’ll find it on many web searches, is a pretty tricky time when going through a surrogacy journey.

I was a surrogate: here’s what people ask about having a baby for someone else

The Huffington Post has featured an interview with Brilliant Surrogate Lisa Charlwood-Green, who carried a baby for a same-sex couple in the UK.

Simon and James talk about their hopes to become parents

It’s a very strange feeling to have found a wonderful person, fallen in love, planned the wedding, bought the family home… and then not be able to have the children together that you so desperately want.

Our surrogates, why they do what they do

Surrogates are amazing women, we will be the first to tell you that!

Kim’s journey – Why I want to be a surrogate

Hi everyone, I am Kim from Portsmouth. Six months ago I heard some very sad news of a friend who, due to cervical cancer, couldn’t conceive her own child.

Huffington Post features Brilliant Beginnings dads through surrogacy

The Huffington Post has published a feature about three same-sex couples and their family-building journeys. It includes the story of Michael and Jerome, dads through UK surrogacy with Brilliant Beginnings, who shared their journey:

The waiting game

The answer will vary depending on who you ask but the general thought associated with that saying is a long duration.

The wonderful relationships of surrogacy (and how UK law should support them better)

We wanted to share this letter, which was sent by a US surrogate for her UK intended parents as a surprise for their final parental order hearing.

“Baby cupboard” Fran’s story so far

I hear that expression a lot when first telling people that I’m going to be a surrogate – and the reaction tends to be even stronger when they discover that I’m doing it for people that until last year I’d never met before!