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November 25, 2024 58 mins

In this episode, host Holly Cotton and London is the Reason founder, Kristin McQuaid talk surrogacy. Kristin shares her story of surrogacy from the other side. Losing a child as the parent of the child to be birthed is unfathomable and Kristin and Holly talk loss, and grief. Kristin shares what it was like to come home from the hospital empty handed and how to cope when you are aren’t the birth mother (gestational carrier).

Kristin is the founder of a nonprofit organization committed to providing support to surrogates, gestational carriers, and intended parents navigating loss and confusion. 



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