I Want to Put a Baby in You‪!‬ I Want To Put A Baby In You

Sarah Paige has been a professional in the ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) insurance field since 2010. As Chief Operating Officer of ART Risk Financial and Insurance Solutions, Inc., and a licensed insurance agent, she remains current on all insurance issues pertinent to the ART field and works to find the best solutions for the ART Risk Solutions clients embarking on surrogacy journeys. With her extensive breadth of knowledge and expertise in the ART community, Sarah is a frequently sought after speaker. One of Ms. Paige’s professional accomplishments was serving as an expert witness for Nevada State Assembly Bill AB472 alongside its Author, Kimberly Surratt, in the 2019 legislature with Nevada accepting and placing into law inclusive insurance language for surrogacy coverage. She has written/co-written several articles for the quarterly SEEDS newsletter, served as the SEEDS Co-Chair for Membership 2020-2021, and currently serves on the Men Having Babies Advisory Circle. Sarah’s focus is always to offer clients the knowledge to help them better understand their liability exposures and the best available financial risk management solutions with her emphasis in enabling the ART community to make the soundest insurance choices for a surrogacy journey
Listen as Sarah discusses with Ellen and Jenn:
Who loves insurance the most – Sarah or Jenn?!What liens are, how terrible they are, and how they vary between states.  Consequences of limited choices, such as loss of established care providers.Lack of equal access to insurance coverage, not just related to liens, but across the board with fertility care. Helping start a non-profit to fight for better, and more fair, insurance access. Playing a critical party changing the law in Nevada. 
Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.
Learn more about the Insurance Access and Equity Alliance: https://www.iaealliance.org/
Learn more about ART Risk Financial & Insurance Solutions: https://artrisksolutions.com/
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ 
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ 
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch 
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/ 

Tirza Jova, the founder of Milk by Mom in Phoenix, AZ, empowers breastfeeding mothers through her innovative breast milk freeze drying service available nationwide. With an MBA and 17 years in international business, she’s modernizing breastfeeding practices. Tirza's mission extends beyond local borders, educating nationwide on the advantages of freeze dried breast milk and the freedom and flexibility freeze-drying provides while maintaining the benefits and security of breast milk. 
Listen as Tirza discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

Her background working in corporate American with medical device companies.Starting her family and navigating the obstacles of breastfeeding and pumping while traveling. Learning about this technology – freeze drying breast milk – a true gamechanger.  Digging into the science and research, including the superior nutritional benefits over traditional freezing. Starting Milk by Mom and enjoying bringing this innovation to other moms. The logistics of Milk by Mom’s convenient shipping process, and customers receiving back a shelf-stable powdered form of mom’s breast milk. Other benefits, including improved taste for high lipase breast milk and lasting for three years! 

Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.

Learn more about Milk by Mom: https://www.milkbymom.com/
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ 
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ 
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch 
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/ 

Rachel is the owner of Adi Shakti Yoga; Therapy located in Longmont, Colorado. She has been practicing psychotherapy since 2014 and has 10 years of experience offering compassionate supportive counseling. She is a registered yoga & meditation teacher and has led women's groups and retreats.
Having been a single parent, as well as raised children in a blended family, she is now the mother of a young son born in the country of Georgia thanks to a surrogate mother and an egg donor. Through her psychotherapy practice called Nurture Yourself, Nurture Your Child, she is available to work with mothers, intended mothers, aspiring mothers, grandmothers, and any woman wishing to heal their inner child. She uses somatic practices, parenting approaches, attachment theory, and many other tools to help you find perspective on the broad spectrum of parenting possibilities as you learn to heal your own childhood and nurture yourself, your children, your relationships, and your work in the world. She is especially interested in helping other intended parents on the challenging and exciting journey of surrogacy.
Listen as Rachel discusses with Ellen and Jenn:
Entering a second marriage in her mid-40s and very much wanting a child together.Struggling with monthly disappointments.Receiving an inheritance that allowed for the discussion of surrogacy.Having reconnected with a half-sister, exploring the possibility of her donating her eggs.Her husband having a long-time interest in Georgia, they were intrigued to learn thatsurrogacy was legal and supported in the country.Facing fears related to war in the region; but increasing her resolve after connecting andraising money for a non-profit.Enduring the ups and downs of an international surrogacy journey.
Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.
Check out Rachel’s Substack: https://rachelrwilson.substack.com/
Learn more about Kundalini Yoga for Recovery: https://www.ky12step.com/nurture
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/

During the height of Covid, Melissa had the opportunity to take care of a baby born through surrogacy to a Chinese Intended Father. What was supposed to be a five week role turned into a nearly six month adventure of a lifetime and led to a deeply meaningful relationship between two families across the globe. It's a beautiful story of how the gift of surrogacy makes THE most amazing families and changes (so many) lives for the better.
With over 20 years of experience in marketing & business development, across the US and internationally, Melissa began her professional journey in Assisted Reproductive Technology as Events & Operations Director for Men Having Babies, the international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing its members and prospective parents with education and financial support throughout their surrogacy journeys. While at MHB, she had the extraordinary honor to produce conferences all over the world, inviting thousands of intended parents and leading service providers in the field to gather for educational forums and community building, concentrated on surrogacy and ART opportunities.
Melissa has also served as Director of Marketing and Business Development for several international surrogacy programs, focusing on growing the outreach program for qualified surrogates and donors by developing broad-scale events and marketing programs, as well as building strong relationships with partnering fertility clinics and ART professionals around the world.
Four years ago, Melissa founded a full-service creative agency helping businesses develop and deliver their brand promises. [
https://compasscreativeconsultants.com/]
She feels so fortunate to work with many thriving small businesses, and in particular to collaborate with those in the ART space and is immensely grateful for the meaningful work she is privileged to do on behalf of building families and to be a part of this beautiful, collaborative community of professionals.

Cynthia has her Master's in Social Work and her MBA. She is an independent health and wellness coach, corporate presenter, and trainer. Her corporate presentations cover a variety of wellness topics including sleep strategies, the impact of alcohol on the body, menopause, meditation, stress management, healthy eating, resilience, and more. She also is certified in Infinite Possibilities and is a presenter and a coach. For the past four years she has worked at Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems delivering trainings on stress management, resilience, burn out, and other mental health topics faced by employees. Cynthia is an IVF Support Group Peer Leader. She has been a volunteer for the Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts for the past four years helping to set up presentation on employee wellness. Cynthia has two children born through infertility and her second child was brought into the world with the help of a Gestational Surrogate.

Listen as Cynthia discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

• After her first pregnancy through IVF, becoming pregnant naturally, but experiencing an emergency hysterectomy.
• While still in the hospital, her husband suggesting surrogacy. Not quite being ready for that conversation.
• Just shy of a year from the surgery, being ready and starting the search.
• Finding the perfect match!
• How her son feels about being carried by a surrogate
• Become active as an advocate for others suffering from infertility.
Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.

Learn more about Health Coaching: www.cynthiahealthcoach.com
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/

Justine Witzke is the founder and CEO of Aligneage Fertility. Justine is an experienced strategist and operator having served in a variety of roles, including as head of clinical operations, at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for Reproductive Medicine. She is particularly proud of her work developing their fertility preservation program, expanding services to LGBTQ communities, and managing the department’s COVID-19 response, all of which required creative pragmatism. An expert generalist, Justine is passionate about sharing knowledge and information; she cares deeply about educating patients, colleagues, and the public. With interests in medical ethics, patient satisfaction, program development, and risk management, Justine is well-equipped to contribute as an advocate and thought leader in fertility. Additionally, she is a co-founder and the President of CP Extension, a non-profit organization aimed at supporting families of individuals with cerebral palsy.

A graduate of the University of Florida, Justine received a Master’s in Public Health from Hunter College with a focus on Community Health Education and a PhD in Clinical and Translational Research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her dissertation was titled “Impact of Commercial Donor Sperm Preparation on Intrauterine Insemination Outcome.”

Listen as Justine discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

• How Justine found herself in the world of sperm and family building.
• The interesting answer to the question, “When does washing sperm make sense?”
• Is “facilitated known donation” the future of sperm donation?
• Can previously ineligible potential donors (such as someone who lived in England for more than three months) become eligible?
• What are donors paid?
Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.

Learn more about Aligneage Fertility: https://www.aligneagefertility.com/
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/