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I Wasn’t Infertile, But I Chose Surrogacy—And It’s Anything But the “Easy Way Out”
After life-altering UC and J-Pouch surgeries, one mother exposes the medical and legal realities of choosing surrogacy over physical risk.

Jennifer Maas
Mar 171 min read


Logistics for Intended Parents: Part Two Preparing what to Pack to for the Journey to/from your Baby's Surrogacy Birth, and Bringing them Home
Logistics for Intended Parents - Part Two of a two part series to help parents plan for the birth of their baby via gestational surrogacy. This part explores what to purchase and pack to prepare for the baby.

Jennifer Maas
Feb 105 min read


Logistics for Intended Parents: Part One Preparing for Travel and the Journey Home after a Surrogacy Birth
Part 1 of this 2-part blog post should hopefully help you to navigate the scary logistical time of preparing for travel and the journey home with your baby born via gestational surrogacy. Travel tips on how to take the baby home and when to travel there and back.

Jennifer Maas
Feb 105 min read


Crafting Legal Donation Agreements
Important considerations for respectful and complete embryo, egg and sperm donation agreements that protect parties now and into the future.

Jennifer Maas
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Featured Partner: Wellhatched
A featured partner, Holly Singh, of Wellhatched, discusses how her ow fertility journey led her to create a business helping others.

Jennifer Maas
Jul 26, 20222 min read


It's Greek to Me! Common Fertility Terms Explained
Common fertility, infertility and assisted reproduction terms and acronyms explained in everyday layman's terms to help IVF patients.

Jennifer Maas
Jul 12, 20211 min read


The LGBTQ Parent Dilemma: Why A Birth Certificate Is Not Enough
The LGBTQ Parent Dilemma: Why A Birth Certificate Is Not Enough. Learn about the importance of secured parentage.

Jennifer Maas
May 7, 20217 min read


Hang In There Mom: The Emotional Side of Surrogacy
The emotional side of surrogacy - what it's really like to be an intended but non-gestating mother on delivery day. Hang in there mom!

Jennifer Maas
May 5, 20213 min read


What to do with Frozen Embryos???
After going through rounds of IVF just to create them, or going through a donation process to make or obtain them, no one wants to think...

Jennifer Maas
Apr 6, 20212 min read


NY Surrogacy Law and How to Protect Yourself and Baby
Watch a new video interview of New York fertility attorney Jennifer Maas by Connecting Rainbows founder, Genevieve Shingle Jaffe, on...

Jennifer Maas
Mar 29, 20211 min read


Star of the show? The kiddo!
For those in the LGBTQ+ community, there’s a lot more to starting a family than most people realize. It can be overwhelming, exhausting,...

Jennifer Maas
Mar 22, 20213 min read


New York Surrogacy in a Nutshell
Help! The decision’s been made… I’m going the surrogacy route to have kids in New York. Now what? Explore the path of a big apple...

Jennifer Maas
Mar 2, 20211 min read


It Takes a Village
2? 3? 5? 10? How many people did it take to conceive and have your kids? For many, it can take a whole team to help get the job...

Jennifer Maas
Mar 2, 20211 min read


Exciting New Options in New York Family Formation
Like countless other New Yorkers, I went to school, found my match, got married and then set down to the task of starting a family. ...

Jennifer Maas
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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