This past August, we were honoured to be a part of the Capital Pride festivities which take place in Ottawa each year. Canadian Fertility Consulting is a pro-LGBTQ organization, and many of our clients identify as such. CFC’s Diversity Liaison, Kimberly Mc-Arthur Jackson, was in attendance to share her experience…

Michael and Brendon are from Western Australia, where single people and same sex couples were banned from altruistic surrogacy agreements. According to the Surrogacy Act 2008, only those who are “…2 people of opposite sexes who are married or in a de facto relationship with each other” are eligible for…

One in six Canadian couples experience infertility, according to the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society. For many, infertility is a surprise and so they don’t have much time to find finances for fertility options. “If there are no funds from savings, the only alternative is to borrow,” says Kathryn Jankowski,…

When potential surrogates and intended parents come to CFC, they are often met by other surrogates and intended parents who appear to be speaking a different language. If this is you, we have put together an acronym and word guide to ensure that you don’t miss out on the terms…

Once you have decided to become a surrogate mother and have chosen your intended parents, there are a number of tests that you will go through, administered by the fertility clinic that your intended parents are working with. Everyone involved in the surrogacy: both intended parents, the surrogate mother and…