Building Families, Inc will observe National Infertility Awareness Week®, April 22 through April 28, joining millions of women and men fighting the disease of infertility, healthcare professionals, psychologists and other thought leaders to promote greater awareness about infertility.

This is the perfect time to let your lawmakers in Congress know that you support the Family Act to provide a federal tax credit to patients with out of pocket expenses related to IVF treatment.

Learn more about the Family Act Today!
http://www.resolve.org/get-involved/family-act-of-2011.html

http://www.buildingfamiliesinc.com/

http://www.resolve.org

http://www.asrm.org/

A special thank you to our former Surrogate Moms who referred their wonderful friends to become a part of our Surrogacy Family!   Today was a bonus payday as 4 checks went out!!!

Keep your referrals coming ladies!!!!!!

You know what we are looking for as you have been doing a stellar job in referring incredible women to our Program.  Thank you, also, for your continued support and confidence in Building Families.  Here is a reminder of the referral program:

Want to earn extra money? Just refer your friends, neighbors and anyone else you think would be a good Surrogate Mom candidate. Once they pass Dr. Rad’s evaluation, we will mail you a check. Your first referral will earn you $200. Your second referral pays more; $250. And, that’s right, the third referral is $300!!

We are always in need of qualified Surrogate Mothers and who better to help us then our own Surrogate Mothers, past & present.

Here is the link to the online inquiry form, just in case you want to help her (or them!) get started:

http://www.buildingfamiliesinc.com/en/i-want-to-be-a-surrogate-mother/

Tell your Surrogate Mom referral to reference your name on the online inquiry form by clicking on “A Friend Referred Me” and then list your name in the box. And be sure we have your current information so we can send you that check!

If you have any questions about someone’s eligibility, please e-mail me, Tracy or Breann anytime at:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Thanks!!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Carol Weathers, Director of Gestational Surrogacy Program Visiting Spain in July 2012

Lake Forest, California, United States – March 26, 2012

Carol Weathers, Program Director of Building Families, Inc., will be meeting with Couples interested in learning more about gestational surrogacy. These meetings will take place in July 2012 in various parts of Spain including Madrid, Barcelona & Valencia.

“We at Building Families are proud to have assisted hundreds of Couples achieve their dream of parenthood. It is unfortunate that many Couples must leave their home town or country to seek the assistance of a Surrogate Mother, so we are super sensitive to their great leap of faith in us. We are acutely aware that this process is costly, financially and emotionally, so we support the Couple and their Surrogate Mother with the highest level of attention throughout their entire surrogacy process,” stated Carol Weathers.

Building Families, Inc. celebrated 20 years of Surrogacy success last year, having helped over 400 babies reach the loving arms of their parents. In addition, Building Families, Inc., takes pride in acknowledging that their efforts to help build families has been well received in the Lesbian & Gay communities throughout the United States and Europe.

For more information about this trip and specific locations, please visit these links:
English: www.buildingfamiliesinc.com/spain-2012
Spanish: www.buildingfamiliesinc.com/espana-2012

Mission Statement:

Building Families, Inc. is a comprehensive Gestational Surrogacy Program based in Southern California. We offer the highest level of personal attention to the Intended Parents and the Surrogate Mothers.

Building Families, Inc. realizes that the relationship in every surrogacy arrangement is unique. Therefore, we have made it our mission to perfect the option of building families through surrogacy by promoting a comprehensive and integrated program for the Surrogate Mother and the Intended Parents. This is accomplished by the high level of personal attention given to each case by the Program Director and her experienced professional team throughout the entire legal, medical and emotional process.

Building Families, Inc. has never experienced any legal or psychological impediment from any Surrogacy Arrangement, domestically or internationally.

Contact Information:

Building Families, Inc., P.O. Box 1138, Lake Forest, CA 92609
[email protected]
001-949-588-6015

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LGTB Families 2nd European Meeting – April 28 to May 1, 2012

The Second European Conference on LGBT Families want to share the situation of legal rights and inequality suffered by children of LGBT families in different countries across Europe. We work together with other organizations and governments to make progress on the rights of citizenship.We are expecting between 700 and 800 people from different European countries to attend the Conference. It is our intention to spread the achievements of social rights regarding LGBT people in our country.

Click here to learn more.

Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden – Saturday 15th September – 10am – 5pm

The Alternative Parenting Show is a forum for same sex couples and single people to find out more about starting their family. The show boasts a host of world leading experts in their field helping people find the information they need at this most important time of their life.

Click here to learn more.

ASRM BULLETIN – Volume 14, Number 1 – January 4, 2012

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released a data brief on the increase of twin births over the last three decades. Among the key findings reported by the NCHS:

• In 2009, 1 in every 30 babies born in the United States was a twin, compared with 1 in every 53 babies in 1980.
• The twin birth rate rose 76 percent from 1980 through 2009, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births.
• If the rate of twin births had not changed since 1980, approximately 865,000 fewer twins would have been born in the United States over the last three decades.
• Over the three decades, twin birth rates rose by nearly 100 percent among women aged 35–39 and more than 200 percent among women aged 40 and over.
• The older age of women at childbirth in 2009 compared with three decades earlier accounts for only about one-third of the rise in twinning over the 30 years. The remaining increase is assumed to be from an increase in the use of infertility treatments.

The report highlights the impact that the rise in the rate of twins has had on perinatal health and rates of preterm birth and low birthweight.

To view the data brief, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db80.htm