Category Archives: Press Coverage

AFA Responds to Vatican’s Dignitas Personae

Ken Mosesian, the executive director of the American Fertility Association and a practicing Catholic and an openly gay man in a committed relationship has commented about the Vatican’s Dignitas Personae, which was released on December 8, 2008, and is the Vatican’s newest “Instruction on Bioethics,” which includes IVF, surrogacy and egg donation.
While the Vatican [...]

Surrogacy Tourism Down in India

The title of the article says it all: “Baby Dreams Take a Beating.” The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai have dramatically affected the booming surrogacy business in India. All centers in the country have reported significant cancellations or postponements of the IVF procedures for international couples. Many countries have issued travel advisories, including the U.S. [...]

Lifetime TV Looking for Individuals and Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatments

The producer of this special has contacted Extraordinary Conceptions about this program for Lifetime TV. They are looking for individuals or couples undergoing treatment who are willing to share their experiences with the world in the hopes of providing support, education, and guidance about a subject that many people still know very little about: ­ [...]

Ricky Martin Shows Off His Twin Boys

People magazine got the exclusive and showed the first pictures of his four-month old twin boys, born via surrogacy this past August http://tinyurl.com/66e43e. Both Ricky and his babies look happy and healthy, but what really impressed me was that he is caring for his boys without the help of a nanny! I know how hard [...]

Extraordinary Conceptions Announces Over 1,000 Egg Donors

Extraordinary Conceptions now has over 1,000 Egg Donors to choose from! Successful matches are made because of our commitment to build the most comprehensive database of Donors.  With such a wide variety of  physical and psychological characteristics, we are able to match Intended Parents with the specific traits and backgrounds that they desire in an [...]

Women Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Likely to Have Fertility Problems

Women who are exposed to secondhand smoke either as children or as adults are 68 percent more likely to have fertility problems, including miscarriages. I’m astounded by that figure. I know from speaking to embryologists that they can tell from looking at an embryo if the intended mother or egg donor smoked, but I had [...]

Extraordinary Conceptions launches low-income program Altruistic Angels

Extraordinary Conceptions, LLC is thrilled to announce the launch of their low-income program, Altruistic Angels (www.altruisticangels.com). We recognized that there was a need in the community to help couples and individuals who needed a surrogate or a donor to help create their family, but simply could not afford one. We have partnered with the finest [...]

Stephanie Caballero on NPR!

Listen to our own surrogacy lawyer Stephanie Caballero discuss and defend surrogacy among military wives on National Public Radio, the current controversial hot topic!