I am sharing books, podcasts, online summits, websites, apps and other resources that I personally used during my journey. My goal is to create a clearinghouse of information so you don’t have to make it up as you go along.

Podcasts

Surrogacy:

  • I Want to Put a Baby In You

  • The Georgian Surrogacy Podcast

Parenting:

  • Boob to Food

  • Securely Attached

  • The Aware Parenting Podcast

  • Aware Parenting Stories Podcast

  • The Go Diaper Free Podcast

  • The Thriving Mamas Podcast

  • Cosleepy

  • The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

  • The Nurturing Parent

Websites

  • All Paths Family Building - free support groups on many topics related to egg donation, surrogacy, alternative family building

books

Children’s books about surrogacy and egg donation by Kimberly Kluger-Bell

Spirit Babies: How to Communicate with the Child You are Meant to Have by Walter Makichen

The Secret Life of the Unborn Child by Thomas Verny MD

Healthy Kids Happy Kids by Elisa Song

Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore by Kent Hoffman

Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting by Janet Lansbury

The Emotional Life of Babies: Find Closeness, Presence and Sleep for You and Your Baby with this Compassionate Approach to Crying by Marion Rose

Attachment Play: How to Solve Children’s Behavior Problems with Play, Laughter, and Connection by Aletha Solter

The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health Through the Art of Nurtured Parenting by Greer Kirshenbaum

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman

Hunt Gather Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about the Lost Art of Raising Happy Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff

In addition, many of the above websites and podcasts have books associated with them

APPs

  • Pregnancy Plus - 3D models to track your baby’s development in utero

  • Peanut - online community of mothers

  • Environmental Working Group - look up items (food, personal care products, baby items) to see safety and toxicity levels

  • Be Ceremonial - free ceremony templates

Hope is a thing with feathers

That perches in the Soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all.

~ Emily Dickinson