All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast

Entrepreneur and Intended Mother, Arsiak Vartenian shares her surrogacy journey with Nazca Fontes. From choosing surrogacy to finding the right surrogate partner to finding the right agency, Arsiak gives an intimate look into her and her husband's surrogacy journey. Learn more about surrogacy: https://www.conceiveabilities.com/ Find out how you can become a surrogate and help people like Arsiak: h...

According to the CDC, surrogacy has the highest rate of success of any fertility treatment. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported IVF with a donor egg has a success rate of 52%, which is the highest of any fertility treatment. Higher still is the rate of success with a surrogate. IVF clinics in the US have a surrogacy success rate of about 75%, and that number can increase as...

Since the inception of ConceiveAbilities 25 years ago, there have been incredible advances in third party reproduction, especially in surrogacy. More and more families are turning to surrogacy to build their families and with good reason. Not only are people more open about how surrogacy has allowed them to fulfill their dream of building a family, more women are becoming surrogates.     Dr. Ashle...

If you have been or are planning on becoming pregnant, you know that how you eat is important for a happy and healthy pregnancy. Our All In Surrogate Care & Compensation Package includes partum care from the beginning all the way through your fourth trimester, including information on how you fuel your body. Nutrition is just as important for you, as it is for the baby you are carrying. Kendra Aro...

COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy: What Surrogates and Women Who Want to Be Pregnant Need to Know Now with Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron Pregnancy and the COVID-19 vaccination is a hot topic in our fertility world today. The US Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older. The CDC encourages all pregnant people or people wh...

Leading OB-Gyn doctor, Dr. Aasta Mehta , joined us to talk about the importance of the postpartum Fourth Trimester. Dr. Mehta co-authored an article titled the Fourth Trimester: 12 Weeks Is Not Enough . She’s the Medical Officer of Women's Health for the Philadelphia Department of Health, practicing OB/GYN in Philadelphia and holds a Masters in Public Policy.  Listen as she shares her passion for...

One of the most important relationships a woman has in her life is her relationship with her OB/Gyn doctor. We have hopeful and silly conversations as well as tough and scary conversations with our doctors. When a woman is deciding to become a surrogate, she looks to her trusted obstetrician for their guidance and expert advice. Dr. Heather Carlson with the Mankato clinic as cared for surrogates a...

Host Nazca Fontes sits down with sisters Jessie and Maggie, two women who have both chosen the extraordinary path of becoming gestational surrogates with ConceiveAbilities. Jessie shares lessons from completing two surrogacy journeys, while Maggie reflects on starting her first—covering motivations, timing, relationships with intended parents, and the unforgettable emotional moments of delivery. T...

Pioneering New York fertility expert Dr. James Grifo , director of NYU Langone Fertility Center joins the show to break down New York’s law legalizing compensated gestational surrogacy and what it means for intended parents, surrogates, clinics, and agencies. He also discusses the legal protections now in place, why this shift matters for family building, and how advances like single embryo transf...

Nazca Fontes talks with Joseph Tito ,, a Toronto-based director and founder of The Dad Diaries , about his journey from a globe-trotting professional to a single gay dad of twin girls through surrogacy. Joseph shares the highs and lows of five embryo transfers, a breakup, agency challenges, and the crucial support of his parents. He reflects on surrogacy lessons learned—choosing the right agency,...

Fertility Specialist Dr. Marie Werner from RMA New Jersey , one of the few IVF clinics anywhere in the country that never closed this year, breaks down a truly complete and thoughtful view of what you need to know about surrogacy in the time of COVID-19, and in the years to come.   Learn more about surrogacy at ConceiveAbilities

Andrea Syrtash, nationally recognized relationship expert, author and founder of infertility blog Pregnantish takes us on her emotional 10-year journey to become a parent, how infertility affected her marriage, and how the decision to use a surrogate changed her life. Learn more about surrogacy at ConceiveAbilities