249: The Beauty, Hardships, and Wonder of Surrogacy with Mallory K. Goldman

In this episode, I sit down with fashion creator Mallory K. Goldman to talk about her surrogacy journey and provide an honest look at how a surrogacy process works from start to finish. Mallory shares the challenge of keeping her surrogacy private and why it’s so thrilling to get it all out in the open, how she has lived with an autoimmune disease since she was fourteen years old, and what led to her finally exploring surrogacy. She describes how the surrogacy process progressed, from the embryo selection to matching with their surrogate, why it was important to incorporate normalcy throughout the process, and what she and her husband were looking for in a surrogate match. She also shares why her surrogacy experience is unique, why the embryo transfer was the hardest part of the process, what she is most excited about when it comes to parenting, and more.

Key Takeaway / Points

On the challenge of keeping her surrogacy private and the thrill of finally getting it out in the open
Mallory’s health and fertility journey and how she came to the possibility of surrogacy
How Mallory’s surrogacy process went, from the embryo selection to matching with their surrogate
On trying to incorporate normalcy in the process
What Mallory and her husband were looking for in a surrogate match
Why Mallory and her husband’s surrogacy experience was unique
On why the embryo transfer was the hardest part of the process
On society’s judgments on pregnant and postpartum women’s bodies
How Mallory handles telling people she’s having a baby via surrogacy
What Mallory is most excited about when it comes to parenting
On my son’s personality and having Gemini babies
On the thrill of knowing your heart is going to expand with parenting
What Mallory is most nervous about with parenting

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