Baby Steps: The True Cost of Surrogacy Ft. Brian Kelly (The Points Guy)

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Relationships, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jordana returns for another episode of Baby Steps, and this week she’s joined by The Points Guy himself, Brian Kelly, to talk all about becoming a single father through surrogacy. Brian walks us through the entire process of having a child of your own as a single gay man in America, starting with picking the right fertility doctor and surrogacy service – you might be surprised which one he thinks you should find first. He also shares some of the pitfalls of the process, including why he ended up choosing a different surrogate than the one he was first paired with. They talk all about the options for picking an egg donor, how much control you really have, and what it was like to help deliver his own child. Plus, Brian gets real about what it actually costs to go the surrogacy route when you add everything up. Thanks again to our presenting sponsor, BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/BABYSTEPS today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	on baby steps presented by Better Help.
0:07.0	I'm your host Donna Abraham and on baby steps we're exploring the various paths to
0:10.6	parenthood that lay ahead when starting a family doesn't come easy.
0:14.2	With the help of weekly guests, I'm taking you on my own fertility journey and asking the questions
0:17.9	that need to be asked.
0:19.8	Trying to have a baby, especially when you experience obstacles obstacles can be a huge emotional and
0:23.6	mental challenge and that's why I invited better help to join us as the presenting
0:27.5	sponsor of baby steps. If you're thinking of starting therapy I recommend giving
0:31.3	better help a try.'s entirely online convenient and
0:34.2	suited to your schedule just go to better help dot com slash baby steps today to get
0:38.5	10% off your first month that's better help h ehel-L-P.com slash baby steps.
0:44.0	Therapy can give you the tools to navigate the difficult transitions in life and the path to
0:48.2	parenthood is definitely one of them.
0:50.5	My guest today is Brian Kelly, also known as the points guy himself, who is here to talk about becoming a single father through egg donation and surrogacy.
0:58.0	But before we get to Brian, as always, here's my sister, Dr. Naomi Bernstein. Welcome, Naomi.
1:03.4	So happy to be here.
1:05.1	Yeah, I mean, I think you're gonna love this episode.
1:08.2	I loved talking to Brian,
1:09.7	because we talk a lot on over sharing about you know how like limiting beliefs maybe
1:15.5	hold you back and I think especially for someone like Brian who's you know a
1:20.0	single gay man there's not a lot of things in society that you see a single
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