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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