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A sibling for a family in China
A first-time surrogate carried a sibling for a family in China who already had a daughter and could not have a second child. "He will be two in February. We still get pictures."
A PLS surrogate
Stories
Stories from PLS surrogates and parents
Real people, named where they have agreed to be. Each story is told in their own words.
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My journey from egg donor to surrogate
Natalie was an egg donor three times in her twenties before she carried a baby boy for a couple who had waited years. On delivery day the midwife asked the intended mother to gown up and deliver her own son.
Natalie Gaudio-Fricano
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The night two things happened
One night the after-hours team rebooked a stranded surrogate's hotel, car and flight while, across the country, another PLS surrogate delivered twins.
Private Label Surrogacy team
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A message of reassurance and transparency
Nancy Block's December 2025 letter after an agency shut down and left families and surrogates without access to their funds: PLS never holds client escrow in house.
Nancy Block, RN
Coming, consent pending
Three surrogates whose agencies failed
How PLS took on three stranded surrogates pro bono in 2025 and 2026 and finished their journeys.
Written with Nancy
Coming, consent pending
Jenni's two journeys
A case manager who carried twice, in 2019 and 2021.
Jenni Symons
Coming, consent pending
Jo Ann: the patient who became the operator
From fertility patient to Director of Operations.
Jo Ann Levitan
Coming, consent pending
Working with Nancy, from the clinic side
Dr. Susanna Park, San Diego Fertility Center.
Dr. Susanna Park