Personal Accounts
These are personal narratives from people who have gone through IVF, surrogacy, and modern family-building. Not advice. Not case studies. Accounts of what actually happened.
Mar 4, 2026 · 9 min · Pedro Andrade
Brazilian journalist Pedro Andrade became a father at 46 through surrogacy. His HBO Max documentary explores LGBTQ family building, the ethics of surrogacy, and what it means to show up for a child.
Mar 2, 2026 · 7 min · Julio Gaggia & Richard Westenra
A conversation about misaligned timelines, energy vs biology, frozen embryos, and why the conversation is the work. Not advice. Just honesty.
Feb 19, 2026 · 7 min · Bernardo Hernández
Bernardo became a father at 47 through surrogacy in Wichita, then moved his daughter to Madrid to grow up near family. Years later, he and his surrogate Sarah share a table, and the conversation has nothing to do with ideology.
Feb 19, 2026 · 6 min · Matt Brown
Matt knew he wanted children since he was a teenager. At 40, alone, he stopped waiting. What followed was not extraordinary. It was a sequence of decisions made with clarity.
Jan 3, 2026 · 5 min · Julio Gaggia
A family navigated restrictive surrogacy rules, repeated loss, and emotional fatigue until a Christmas Eve moment brought unexpected good news. Resilience without toxic positivity.
Feb 19, 2026 · 8 min · Analysis
Solo fatherhood, when pursued cross-border and without a co-parent, requires governance structures equivalent to an institutional framework. This is what that architecture looks like in practice.
Mar 12, 2026 · 4 min · Emotional Intelligence
People often mean well. But infertility and miscarriage expose how uncomfortable society is with reproductive loss. This guide documents what helps and what does not.
Accounts are edited for clarity and length. No medical or legal claims are made. These are personal narratives, not professional guidance.
