Your guide to surrogacy & egg donation — demystified from the clinical, family, and surrogate perspective. From a veteran-founded agency.
Brought to you by Patriot Conceptions — helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support.
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Expert interviews and real family-building stories on surrogacy, egg donation, IVF, matching, contracts, insurance, pregnancy support, and parentage planning.
Welcome to The Surrogacy Scoop: Your Guide to Surrogacy and Egg Donation, a podcast brought to you by Patriot Conceptions, a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support, where we demystify the world of surrogacy from the clinical, family and surrogate perspective.
Episode guide
Each episode card includes enough context to choose the right conversation before you listen.
On today’s first episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Sobeida H. Aguilar, the Surrogate Admission Manager at Patriot Conceptions, who has also had three journeys as a surrogate mother. We break...
Open episode A short introduction to The Surrogacy Scoop podcast from Patriot Conceptions—what we cover, who we serve, and how each episode helps intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors navigate the journey with...
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On today's episode, we interview mother and daughter, Aaliyah and A’mira, about their different experiences with Aaliyah's surrogacy journeys. They share personal experiences, what it felt like being the...
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On today’s episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Rachel Goldberg, Licensed Marriage & Family, and Perinatal Mental Health Certified Therapist. Rachel explores all the unexpected factors that...
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On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Dr. Don Royster and Nurse Egypt Fitz of Southern California Center for Reproductive Medicine. We dive into each of their unique journey's to the...
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On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Noor Siddiqui, CEO of Orchid, a reproductive technology company working to give everyone the ability to have a healthy child by doing the...
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On today's episode, we sit down with Yuna Luo, Customer Success Manager at Patriot Conceptions. Yuna talks about her role working with intended parents, what to expect when beginning a surrogacy journey,...
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On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Daniel Potter, MD, FACOG of HRC Fertility Newport Beach and Fullerton. We explore Dr. Potter's history, dispell common myths, and offer guidence for future intended...
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On today's special holiday episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Sunny, surrogate coordinatior at Patriot Conceptions, and currently on her 3rd journey as a surrogate. Sunny shares her journey,...
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On today’s episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we interview Dr. Gad Lavy, Medical Director and Founder of New England Fertility, the first non-hospital-based outpatient in vitro fertilization center in the...
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In this episode, Sobeida and Anthony Aguilar share their journey through surrogacy as parents of two, discussing the unexpected challenges they faced, how their strong relationship helped them overcome...
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On today’s episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we interview Haotian Bai, founder and CEO of Patriot Conceptions, Veteran of the US Army, and Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. We...
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On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Dr. Lisa Becht, Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and OBGYN and fertility doctor at HRC Fertility in Orange County California. We dive...
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On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Alease Barnes, B.S. Embryologist. Alease explores the process of IVF from the lab side, how to ensure success with innnovative research, ethics,...
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On today's episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Lisa Schuman, licensed therapist and Founding Director of The Center for Family Building. Lisa is an expert in family building, and has helped...
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On today's episode, we sit down with Janna Annest, Attorney at Lirhus Keckemet Annest PLLC in Seattle. Janna explores her personal connection to Adoption and Assisted Reproduction law practice, what to look...
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In this episode of The Surrogacy Scoop, we sit down with Dr. Said Daneshmand, renowned fertility specialist, podcast host, and global advocate for family-building through surrogacy. Dr. D shares how a...
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If an episode made you consider becoming a surrogate, use the surrogate application before starting a full application. The rest of the podcast remains educational for all family-building audiences.
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