If you are an intended parent and live in the great state of Texas you’re quite fortunate! Texas laws on surrogacy make it quite attractive to undergo the process. For instance, Texas law says that once a surrogate agreement has been validated by the state, the child that the gestational surrogate carries is the biological child of the intended parents. No need for an adoption after the child is born.

But if you live in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Nebraska, Washington and Washington D.C. your chances of using surrogacy to grow your family are zero. Those states make surrogacy illegal or find the surrogacy agreements unenforceable.

Other states either allow the use of a surrogate or courts have had favorable decisions in surrogacy cases. Some states don’t have any laws regarding surrogacy and typically allow surrogacy.

If you’re considering surrogacy, check your state’s laws on the use of a surrogate and know that the state law governing your surrogate process will be based on the surrogate mother’s resident.

If you’re in Texas, you’re already ahead of the game.

David Letterman has one, so do most magazines and gossip shows. What is it? Top ten lists! And since the New Year is upon us and many will watch the ball drop in Times Square, we thought we’d countdown the top ten reasons women should consider being a surrogate.

So in pure David Letterman fashion, here’s our top ten list!

• Number 10: Your last pregnancies were a breeze!
• Number 9: You want to turn intended parents into parents.
• Number 8: Changing foul diapers and countless sleepless nights should be experienced by all!
• Number 7: Your personality tests overwhelming classify you as a giver.
• Number 6: Being a surrogate pays you to give the gift of life.
• Number 5: Being pregnant justifies your secret love for pickles and ice cream.
• Number 4: You think modern medicine is way cool.
• Number 3: You really hate infertility and the hurt and pain it causes.
• Number 2: Maternity fashion is hot right now.
• And the number one reason to consider being a surrogate: Babies are an absolute blessing to those who can’t have them on their own.

We hope you enjoyed our fun list of reasons to become a surrogate. We know the reasons to become a surrogate are personal, varied and numerous. But one thing is for certain, the joy you’ll bring to an intended family if you decide to be a surrogate mother will validate whatever your reasons may be.

Wishing you all a Wonderful and Joyous New Year. Contact Shared Conception.

Surrogacy in some form has been around for ages.

You can even see early forms of it in some religious texts.

In Jewish and Christian writings you have:

• Sarah’s servant acting as a kind of surrogate; and
• The growth of Jacob’s family through the use of surrogates.

In each of these instances, the sperm of the father and the egg of the surrogate produced the heir(s).

Thankfully, surrogacy in this century looks completely different due to the advances in the medical field.

Now, an embryo created from the intended parents can be transferred into a surrogate mother who will then carry the baby to term. The baby has no biological connection to the surrogate mother and is a genetically connected offspring of both the intended parents.

For women who are unable to produce eggs, donated eggs and the father’s sperm can create the embryo and that embryo transferred to the surrogate mother.

Today, parents who want to have children have a wide range of options to create the family they desire.

Surrogacy allows intended parents to create their families using their own egg and sperm or donated matter. It’s all possible thanks to surrogate mothers who are willing to give the gift of life to loving and caring intended parents.