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Nurse Pratitioner Christie Olsen is photographed laughing in her office.

Application process to become a gestational carrier

Gestational carrier applicants contact surrogacy agencies when they want to learn more about the experience. Sometimes they are ready to match and get started ASAP! Whether you are learning more ...
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Amy talks to other gestational carriers over brunch in early 2020.

What motivates a woman to be a gestational carrier?

Amy is among the Forward Fertility gestational carriers who are strongly motivated to help others. Photo taken at a surrogate meet up before the coronavirus outbreak. The most common reasons ...
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Support and Community – What sets Forward Fertility apart

Being a gestational carrier is not like your own pregnancies. There are medications, IVF clinics, legal documents, psychological evaluations, as well as excited, nervous, and curious parents-to-be! It's an experience ...
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Gestational Carrier Delivery Day Checklist

Hospital bags should include everything you need for a safe and comfortable delivery day. Packing your hospital bag for a delivery as a gestational carrier is similar to when you ...
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Travel tips for parents-to-be

You can complete your surrogacy journey during a global pandemic and get home safely with your precious cargo and this advice from other parents. Forward Fertility works with domestic parents-to-be. ...
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Amy Osgood

Meet Amy Osgood – Coordinator at Forward Fertility

Amy Osgood has been working as a coordinator at Forward Fertility since September 2018.  Her warm smile, kind eyes, knowledge of the health care system, desire to help others, and ...
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Preeclampsia: what you need to know 

Know what preeclampsia symptoms to look for and keep in touch with your health care provider and Forward Fertility. May is preeclampsia awareness month. Being aware and alert to the ...
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Photo of Jessica who is pregnant, smiling and ready for delivery day.

Advice from carriers in the COVID-19 era – part two

Gestational carriers like Jessica have advice for delivery day in a COVID-19 era. We talked to Stephanie and Jessica, two Forward Fertility gestational carriers, about their experience delivering a baby ...
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Photo of a mother and gestational carrier holding a baby and smiling.

Advice from carriers in the COVID-19 era – part one

Gestational carriers like Stephanie have advice for delivery day in a COVID-19 era. We talked to Stephanie and Jessica, two Forward Fertility gestational carriers, about their experience delivering a baby ...
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A couple meet with a gestational carrier in a coffee shop

Matched but Not Pregnant: How to maintain your match in a COVID-19 world.

Many gestational carriers and parents-to-be began 2020 ready to embark on a project that would result in a healthy baby being born to excited parents. At Forward Fertility, pre-COVID, typically ...
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