071 – Evie Jeang – Surrogacy and Purpose

Why a family lawyer froze her eggs, then founded a one stop for all things surrogacy, why it is empowering for women, the legal and moral implications, and living her purpose…

Evie Jeang, Founder of Surrogacy Concierges, LLC (California’s premier and exclusive one stop shop to your surrogacy and fertility needs), and managing Partner of Ideal Legal Group, LLC (specialized in family law, special education, labor, and worker’s compensation), joins Julie Chan in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. This is one of several episodes on the topic of pregnancy.In this episode:
Why Jeang flew to NYC for this interview
Surrogacy and why Jeang never thought she wanted a family
Why Jeang froze eggs when she was  30, and the Wall Street Journal did a story, in which Jeang says they thought she was crazy (so did other people)
People’s reaction
How should you define family?
How Evie feels she changed the definition of family
Don’t have to be a mom to get married or have your own family
Worst choice people make is when they are in fear
Why Evie froze her eggs twice
Not an issue of being connected to a child for Evie
Genetic testing can find out a lot about likely attributes of a future child
How she chose her surrogate
Why some people don’t want contact with the surrogate
Jeang as a lawyer, understanding of legal side of surrogacy
Surrogacy is still a perception, judgment issue
Not every state has legalized surrogacy, not legal in NYC, viewed as human trafficking
A lot of people come to California for surrogacy, very liberal about it there
Range of prices for surrogacy
Wanting to feel an unconditional love for another human being, feel every feeling every person can feel
How surrogacy teaches one to be a better daughter
What Surrogacy Concierges does, and lessons have taken away
The desire to control everything the surrogate is doing when they are a part of this big life event
Surrogates have to go through a psych evaluation to be sure of their stability and intentions
Surrogacy Concierges also has an egg donor bank
Why so much focus on Asia (prior one child policy)
Why Surrogacy Concierges has an Asian egg donor bank

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