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Creating Families – Kathryn, Jimmy, Alice and Naomi

Letter of Gratitude

I am writing to express our gratitude for CSP and to share some thoughts on our surrogacy journey that I hope other families might find helpful. When we realized that surrogacy was the best option to grow our family, Jimmy and I were intimidated. We knew of only one other family, some of my parents’

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Creating Families – Erik, Mark, Wesley and Wyatt

We began working with CSP about six years ago so that we could achieve our dreams of creating a family together. Now we have two, beautiful boys, who bring love, laughter and heartwarming joy and pride with every moment.

We are reminded daily of how precious life is and that being present for each other is the greatest gift.

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Elton John and David Furnish Create Their Family

A Happy CSP Family!

CSP is proud to have helped David Furnish and Elton John for the second time become the proud parents of a baby boy, Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, was born on January 11, 2013. Big brother, Zachary Jackson Levon, was born on Christmas Day, 2011 with the help of the same surrogate mom.

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Brooke Landau’s CSP Surrogacy Journey

TV Weather Broadcaster, Brooke Landau’s CSP Surrogacy

San Diego’s Channel 6 Weather Broadcaster Brook Landau, and her husband, Tony Maturani, came to The Center for Surrogate Parenting, Inc. when they realized they needed the help of a surrogate mother. Their baby boy is expected on Janurary 19th, 2013 and they couldn’t be happier!

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A Big Congratulations to Elizabeth Banks!

Elizabeth Banks welcomes second son, Magnus, via a CSP surrogate.

Magnus Mitchell Handelman joins big brother Felix, who Banks and Handelman welcomed in March 2011.

The “Hunger Games” and “Pitch Perfect” star Banks, 38, shared the happy news on her website this morning (Nov. 14).

“Like Felix, Magnus was born via gestational surrogate,”

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Tagg and Jen Romney have Twins!

Mitt Romney’s eldest son, Tagg, made a surprise announcement today: He and his wife, Jen, are the new parents of twin boys delivered by a surrogate.

“Happy 2 announce birth of twin boys David Mitt and William Ryder. Big thanks to our surrogate. Life is a miracle,” Tagg Romney said via Twitter at 3:17 p.m.

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Deidre Hall Conceive Through A Surrogate Mother

When soap star Deidre Hall couldn’t conceive, after half a lifetime of desperately trying, a loving surrogate provided the happy ending

IDEA FOR A SOAP OPERA STORY LINE:
For 20 years the beautiful blond TV star tries desperately to have a child. Two marriages dissolve, partly because of her inability to conceive,

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Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance Become Parents

Actress Angela Bassett and her husband, Courtney B. Vance, are celebrating after becoming first-time parents. The couple became parents of twins — a boy and a girl — who were born through a surrogate in January 2006.

Angela and Courtney’s story is a true love story. They have written a book about their lives and how they came to become a couple and their journey towards parenting.

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Kelsey Grammer & Wife Become Parents Through A Surrogate Mother

Kelsey Grammer is a television star who can have just about anything he wants, but like thousands of other couples around the world, he and his wife Camille, were unable to conceive a child together. Camille suffers from a form of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which could present serious health risks if she attempted to give birth.

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Joan Lunden Has Twins Through Surrogate

Former ‘Good Morning America’ host on her priorities

For seventeen years Joan Lunden appeared daily as a co-host on “Good Morning America.” After saying goodbye to early morning television in 1999, Lunden developed a series with A&E, called “Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden” and has penned several books about parenting.

She also made headlines with her decision to have a child at age 54.

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Kendra’s Surrogacy Story: The Middle

Well we have made it through all the medical testing and contracts were signed, which means only one thing, now we can get pregnant! We started the medication about a month before we had the transfer. Needles are definitely a phobia of mine but I knew I would have to do it and it would only be for a short time.

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Keturah’s Story: How Surrogacy Defined Me

How do we define ourselves? Is it what we do, the mistakes we have made, who we are, or what we have to offer? For me, it is what I can leave behind. I’ve lost count of the many accolades of praise I have received from others for my selfless giving. Humbling definitely! I find it quite amusing when the looks of awe turn stunned and dumbfounded when they hear that I have been a surrogate three times and given birth to nine babies.

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Kendra’s Surrogacy Journey: The Beginning

Being a surrogate is something I have always held close to my heart. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time. I just wasn’t sure how my husband would feel about it, where to begin, and if the rest of my family would support me and my husband through this journey?

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Surrogates: Like Mother, Like Daughter

Mom’s provide support and love for their children; they also inspire and motivate them and young girls often dream of growing up and being ‘just like Mommy’. After almost 40 years of creating families through surrogacy, it seemed inevitable that CSP would eventually work with women whose moms had also been surrogates. We recently had the pleasure of talking with Kenedi,

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The Ultimate Gift: CSP Surrogate Fulfills Dreams

Heidi Worthington, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, is a pharmacist and a mother of two boys, but she has spent a lot of time pregnant. “He knows, when mommy’s tummy gets big, that those aren’t my babies. Those aren’t our babies,” she said.

Since 2016, Worthington has carried three babies as a surrogate mother for two couples,

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Sisters and CSP Surrogates

CSP receives hundreds of applications a year from women hoping to be a surrogate. It takes a special person to consider carrying a child for someone else and we are extremely grateful to all who apply. Only around 20% of those who apply meet the requirements to complete our rigorous screening process. Given this, it seems against the odds that two members of the same family are currently carrying children for CSP intended parents.

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CSP Surrogate Case Manager, Carole Jackson Shares Her Story

Surrogacy is something that seems to stay with, and have a profound effect on, many of those that are involved in it. Luckily for CSP, one of those people is two-time surrogate mother and Surrogate Mother Case Manager, Carole Jackson.

Carole first started looking into surrogacy in the mid-nineties. Her own children were growing up,

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Surrogate Denise – A CSP Dream Maker

Hi, my name is Denise and I wanted to share the story of how I became a surrogate mother and helped create a family. Becoming a surrogate was a longtime dream of mine that started to become a reality when I reached out to the Center for Surrogate Parenting (CSP). When I first called CSP I didn’t know what the outcome would be;

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CSP Surrogate Mom Ashley Shares Her Story

I live in the charming town of Annapolis, in Maryland, with my husband Derek and our three daughters.

The girls are the light of our lives and we are really enjoying watching their personalities blossom. Stella, seven, is shy and the most creative little old soul. She has recently taken up knitting and made a blanket on her first try.

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How Infertility Led Me to Become a Surrogate

CSP works with surrogate mothers throughout the United States; each has a unique story about their desire to help Intended Parents (IPs) achieve their dreams of having a family. Holly, a first-time Maryland surrogate, was drawn to the idea following the emotional and diverse journey she and her husband took creating their own family.

How Holly’s Journey through Infertility Brought Her to Surrogacy

“The road that lead me to surrogacy was a long one.

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Alex Betts – Surrogate Mother, Single Mom, Survivor

Alexandra (“Alex”) Betts, age 23, is a woman who everyone describes as “kind and caring”; it is simply who she is. She was inspired to investigate surrogacy after watching her close friend struggle to conceive a child. Alex’s young friend suffered agonizing pregnancy loss after pregnancy loss, and it was heart-wrenching for Alex to watch her go through so much pain.

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Interview With CSP Surrogate – Ashley

CSP Second-Time Surrogate Tips
Second-time CSP surrogate mother Ashley just entered the third trimester of her current surrogate pregnancy. She was kind enough to share some of her experiences and advice with us in a recent interview.

Do you have any tips you can offer to anyone who might want to be a surrogate?

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CSP Surrogate Pays It Forward

Laura Gold: A Very Special Surrogate
Laura Gold learned about CSP from another surrogate. Laura, in turn, has paid it forward by referring three women to become CSP surrogates.

Laura was not married when she first learned about surrogacy from her friend Alison Voiles. At the time, she thought Alison’s journey was very special.

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With offices in California and Maryland, CSP is a world-renowned agency specializing in creating families through surrogacy for more than four decades. Working with the very best fertility doctors, attorneys and mental health professionals, CSP has welcomed more than 2,600 babies and helps couples and individuals worldwide realize their dream of being parents. Our surrogate mothers are all U.S. citizens, and all CSP babies are born in the United States. However, our intended parents come to us not just from the United States, but from around the world. For more than 40 years, our international intended parents have enjoyed a seamless process, traveling to the United States for their babies’ birth, receiving an American passport for their children, and are able to return home with their babies on average 14 days after birth.

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