Surrogacy Is a Podcast

In this powerful and deeply affirming episode, we’re joined by Regina Townsend, a leading voice in fertility advocacy for Black women and families. She’s also the founder of The Broken Brown Egg, author of Make IF Make Sense, and creator of the ShellShocked support group. 🖤✨After nearly a decade navigating infertility, Regina and her husband welcomed their son, Judah, through IVF. Her personal journey sparked a movement — one that boldly challenges silence, stigma, and the lack of visible Black stories in fertility spaces. As a librarian and writer, Regina uses storytelling as both resistance and restoration, creating space for honest conversations that many have long felt excluded from. Listen to hear: 🧡 Regina’s personal infertility journey and what led her to create The Broken Brown Egg 📣 Why representation in fertility spaces truly matters 🧱 The harmful stereotypes Black women still face in reproductive health 📖 What Regina hopes readers gain from her book Make IF Make Sense ✍🏽 How storytelling helps people reclaim power in their fertility journeys 💬 Encouraging words for anyone feeling alone in their struggle ✨ Regina’s vision for the future of fertility advocacy and community growthThis episode is for anyone who has ever felt like they were walking the infertility journey alone—and how, together as a community, we should always support one another. Please subscribe, rate, and review our Podcast!

In a surrogacy journey, how much say does a surrogate have? Does she have any legal rights during her journey? In this episode of our Misconception Series, Sunshine and Casey tackle one of the most emotionally charged myths in surrogacy—and why surrogates should absolutely feel empowered and protected within their journeys.🎧Listen as we unpack: 📃What legal protections actually look like and ways to stay informed 🗣️How autonomy and consent are safeguarded every step of the way✨Answers to common concerns (like, “Can IPs change their minds?” “What if something happens to them?” “Can they decide if I get an epidural?”).And more! This episode is a must-listen for anyone who’s heard “but what if you decide you want to keep the baby?” or “don’t you have to do whatever the IPs say?” and wants to set the record straight. 💪✨

Surrogacy requirements are something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. 🙅‍♀️And in this Surrogacy Diaries episode, we’re talking to the ladies who know the requirements in and out— our incredible Outreach Team (Haleigh, Cherish, and Christine). 💜Together, we have a casual yet impactful conversation about…✨Their own personal surrogacy experiences ✨The different qualifications of being a surrogate, including the ones you may be able to control and the ones you simply can’t✨The important reasons why BMI, income, and age can be such a factor for a surrogacy journey ✨Why hearing “no” can be hard, and the things to consider if you find yourself in that spot✨Why the Surrogacy Is team feels like “Your Big Surro Sister” and why they always have a woman’s best interest at heart (compared to what some agencies do to cut corners)✨The words in the surrogacy industry that have started to lose their meaning (these might surprise you!) ✨And lots more!This episode is a must-listen for anyone considering surrogacy or who is part of our surrogacy community 🎧Please make sure to subscribe, rate, and review our Podcast!#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacyIsAPodcast #SurrogacyIsLove #SurrogacyIsTeam #SurrogacyOutreach #SurrogacyPodcast #SurrogacyRequirements

Do surrogates do surrogacy just for the money? 💵No. Not just. But it does help! 🤗In this misconception episode, Sunshine and Casey break down the common assumption that all surrogates do surrogacy just for the money—and how polarizing it can be to make surrogates feel guilty about their compensation.  🎧Listen as …✨Sunshine shares the raw and truthful motivation for why she first looked into surrogacy—and how the compensation absolutely changed her life.✨How surrogacy helped both Casey and Sunshine feel a greater sense of self-worth, and whether or not the compensation factored into that feeling. ✨They outline the compensation or agency promises you want to be mindful of—especially around compensation and how they might not have your best interest at heart.✨The truth about altruistic surrogacy journeys, and the things you might not have even realized about them. ✨Plus so much more!This episode might get you thinking about surrogacy compensation in a new light. 💡 We encourage you to find us on social media and let us know your thoughts! 

If you’re a Mark Surrogacy Surrogate, we want to help you on your healing journey. Along with Joey Guzman-Kuffel, LMFT, from Counseling with Joey & Associates, Surrogacy Is is sponsoring up to 3 counseling sessions for any incredible women who were affected by this unethical agency and now need a safe space to express and process their feelings so they can move forward towards healing.In these sessions, you will be met exactly where you’re at, so you can get exactly what you need out of your healing sessions. Whether that’s identifying your complex feelings over the situation, wanting to regain control of your surrogacy story, or rebuilding your sense of trust.  These confidential sessions are a judgment-free zone offered at no cost to provide comfort and loving community to those who didn’t deserve to have Mark Surrogacy taint their surrogacy experience in this way. If you are interested in our sponsored sessions, please fill out an interest form here:​​ https://surrogacyis.typeform.com/surrosupport  ***If you know a surrogate who would benefit from these sessions, please share this information with them. #SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacySupport #MarkSurrogacy #MarkSurrogacyScandal #MarkSurrogacySurrogates #SurrogateCoumseling