Adrienne Black is passionate about surrogacy and helping grow families in a heart-based, ethical, and exceptional way. Adrienne has been involved in surrogacy for over 20 years. Besides her original profession as a midwife, she has also been a surrogate (four times for three families, resulting in six babies!), a legal assistant in a surrogacy law firm, and the last 11 years as an agency owner. Adrienne founded and runs the largest online group for surrogacy professionals in the world, and is actively involved in the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, and other local family-building organizations. Adrienne says her whole heart is with surrogacy. Listen to Adrienne discuss with Ellen and Jenn: • How Adrienne became interested in surrogacy. • Traditional surrogacy (and her preference not to use the term “genetic surrogacy”) versus gestational surrogacy. • Her experiences as a gestational surrogate. • Working as a legal assistant and starting her own surrogacy agency. • Her agency’s support for both traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy. • Focusing on protecting the surrogate and intended parents throughout the process. • Offering education for surrogates to make an informed decision on what type of journey they want. • The preference of some international families for traditional surrogacy. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903. 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/ Learn more about Heart To Hands Surrogacy: www.hthsurrogacy.com