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Sometimes it takes a village to make a daddy. Welcome to IVFDADDIES, where we blow the lid off IVF, surrogacy, same sex step-parent modern family‑making.
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103) GRINDR’S $300K FAMILY-BUILDING BENEFIT (opens the original)
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Grindr is offering eligible employees up to $300,000 in family-building support for fertility treatment, IVF, surrogacy and adoption. Yes. Grindr. In this first IVFDADDIES SHOUTOUT, Julio Gaggia looks at what started with a video from Grindr’s Brian Lucksinger talking about wanting to become a father, and turned into a much bigger question about gay parenting, surrogacy and community. Grindr CEO George Arison is himself a father through surrogacy. In 2026, he and U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper a
102) FINANCING IVF OR YOUR MONEY BACK WITH SUNFISH CEO ANGELA RASTEGAR (opens the original)
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How much does IVF really cost, and what happens when treatment fails but the money is already gone? Before founding Sunfish, Angela Rastegar watched intended parents sell their 401(k)s and struggle to finance fertility treatment without knowing the final cost. Then she experienced it herself. Angela paid for four egg retrievals out of pocket. Two produced no healthy embryos. Eggs she had frozen years earlier eventually gave her another opportunity to continue building her family. In this episode
101) CAN SCIENTISTS MAKE A 42-YEAR-OLD EGG WORK LIKE IT’S 22? (opens the original)
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What if scientists could target one of the main reasons IVF becomes less successful with age? As eggs get older, the biological “glue” holding their chromosomes together begins to deteriorate. Chromosomes can separate incorrectly, leaving an egg with the wrong number. This can prevent an embryo from developing or reduce the chance of a successful pregnancy. Dr Jordan Abdi joins Richard to explain how U-Ploid Biotechnologies is attempting to intervene in this process and help older eggs behave mo
100) What If Your Surrogate Changes Her Mind? (opens the original)
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It is the question every gay intended parent is afraid to ask: What happens if your surrogate changes her mind? At 20 weeks, one surrogacy journey became the nightmare nobody believed would happen. The contracts were signed. The difficult decisions had been discussed. Everyone appeared to agree—until they didn’t. In this episode, Richard and Julio move past the headlines and ask what same-sex couples actually need to know before trusting another person to carry their baby. Can a contract really
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