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When the Second Time Isn’t Easier: A Queer Family’s Birth Story
Episode 128
At first glance, it looked like a postcard moment: two moms cuddled up on the couch, a newborn wrapped in blankets, love absolutely everywhere. And t…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Queer Fertility, PCOS, and Holding Hope: Michelle & Lisa’s Family-Building Journey
Episode 127
Content Note / Trigger Warning:
This episode includes discussion of fertility challenges, medical complications, pregnancy loss, and barriers to famil…
7 months ago
International Surrogacy, Pregnancy Loss, and Becoming Gay Dads: Heitor & Wayne’s Story
Episode 126
Sometimes family begins with timing, courage, and a leap into the unknown.
Nearly 15 years ago, fate brought Heitor and Wayne together when Heitor rel…
7 months, 1 week ago
Ethical Egg Donation and the Right to Know: Why Identity-Affirming Family Creation Matters
Episode 125
Today on the podcast, we’re joined once again by Christina Alicea — a familiar and deeply valued voice in conversations around fertility, donation, a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
✨ becoming babyREADY: A year of stories. A world of families. ✨
Episode 124
In this special reflective episode of becoming babyREADY, Sam looks back on the conversations that shaped 2025 — a year defined by courage, complexit…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A Love That Found Its Way: Honouring Bret Shuford
There are many ways to build a family with the support of a surrogate. Some people work with agencies; others move forward independently. Some are su…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Finding Love, Family, and Home — Jess Walker’s Story on the becoming babyREADY podcast
Season 3 Episode 50
When you move thousands of miles away, start over in a new city, and finally find friends who feel like home, life starts to click into place. For Je…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Parenting by Three: A Queer Co-Parenting Story with Dr. Markus Harwood-Jones on the becoming babyREADY podcast
Season 3 Episode 49
What happens when three adults choose to build and raise a family together—under one roof, sharing every joy, challenge, and decision equally?
This we…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Many things in life can be true at once - Logan Blackburn-Issitt chats with becoming babyREADY
Season 3 Episode 48
Many things in life can be true at the same time.
You can have a uterus and know you never want to use it to give birth.
You can know deep in your soul…
9 months, 1 week ago
Building Families in Ireland: Seamus’ Journey to Parenthood and Advocacy
Season 3 Episode 47
🎙️ After Seamus and his husband got married, they set out on a journey familiar to so many queer couples — figuring out how to build their family.
Wha…
9 months, 2 weeks ago