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If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be writing a surrogacy guide — let alone six of them — I never would have believed you!
Back then, I was just a hopeful intended parent, sitting at the kitchen table at midnight, drowning in research, and desperately searching for clear, honest information about surrogacy.
Like many of you, I wanted answers — but what I really needed was truth, clarity, and reassurance.
That need became the reason I founded The Surrogacy Father — not as a business idea, but as a promise: to help others find confidence and calm in the world of surrogacy.
And now, that promise has become reality through something I’m incredibly proud of:
The 12-Part Essential Surrogacy Guide, along with five new companion guides that go further than anything else available for intended parents today.
Surrogacy is more than a legal or medical process — it’s a deeply personal journey in every sense.
When you’re beginning your surrogacy journey, you want facts — but what you really need is perspective. You need to understand not just how surrogacy works, but why certain choices matter.
That’s what The 12-Part Essential Surrogacy Guide delivers. It covers every stage:
Written in plain English — from one parent to another — it combines expert surrogacy insight with the honesty and empathy only experience can bring.
The 12-Part Guide gives you the map.
The five Deep-Dive Guides show you the terrain.
Each explores a different region: Europe, North & South America, Africa, and Asia — plus a fifth, very special title: Beyond Basics.
Beyond Basics goes deeper than geography. It tackles the real-life questions and considerations that don’t always make it into brochures:
It’s practical, emotional, and deeply human — the “everything else” guide every parent needs.
Most surrogacy information online is produced by agencies, clinics, or lawyers — each with their own agenda.
The Surrogacy Father is different.
We’re independent, transparent, and parent-led.
We don’t sell surrogacy programmes or sales pitches.
We don’t overly promote one country or company over another.
We simply give you honest, impartial surrogacy guidance — so you can make the right choice for your family.
Because there’s no single “best country” or “perfect programme.”
There’s only the right path for you.
Every intended parent remembers that first magical moment — the heartbeat scan, the message saying “everything looks good,” or the first photo of your baby.
These guides exist to help you reach that moment — informed, supported, and ready.
They are about cutting through the noise, providing truth where it’s often missing, and giving every parent the confidence to say: “I can do this. I understand this. I’m ready.”
Because surrogacy isn’t about paperwork or programmes. It’s about love, family, and possibility.
For me, publishing these guides isn’t just an achievement — it’s the result of a newfound lifelong passion to help others find their path, without bias.
It’s something I wish my partner and I had when we started: a trusted hand saying, “Here’s what’s real, here’s what to expect, and here’s how to keep your heart intact.”
That’s what The Surrogacy Father stands for — honesty, community, and the belief that every intended parent deserves clarity.
Over the coming months, each Deep-Dive Guide will be released — one continent at a time — creating the most complete, accessible, and ethical surrogacy resource in the world.
Because intended parents everywhere deserve better than vague promises and glossy marketing.
They deserve truth, transparency, and compassion.
Whether you’re still researching or already holding your baby — these guides are for you.
They’re written with love, lived experience, and one clear belief: everyone deserves a safe, ethical, and supported path to parenthood.
Here’s to every dreamer, doer, and waiting heart.
Your story is still being written — and now, you have a guide to help you write it.
— Shaun Thomas
Founder & Surrogacy Consultant, The Surrogacy Father
