CONTACT:
moussemacphee@att.net
AUTHOR QUOTE:
"Giving up a baby was the most fulfilling moment of my life."
NEWS & STORY IDEAS
Mother's Day: May 9th
"Why would a mother be thrilled to give up a baby?"
Father's Day: June 20th
"A woman helps make her cousin a father on Father's Day for the first time."
ENDORSEMENTS
"Informative, and inspiring. Delivering Hope opens a window into the joy-filled, deeply satisfying, albeit vulnerable experience of being a surrogate mother. Readers walk the curious journey of surrogacy gaining insight and inspiration from each step. A “must read” for women desiring to be surrogates, couples needing the help of a surrogate mother, or friends and families’ wanting to understand the mystery motivating women that carry and bear babies for those women who can’t."
Karen Chernekoff, MA, MFT,
Third-Party Reproduction Consultant
Laguna Niguel, CA
"DELIVERING HOPE is a great resource and tool for educating surrogate mothers.........which many surrogate mothers find extremely helpful as they begin their own journey."
Carole Jackson,
Surrogate Mother Coordinator,
Center for Surrogate Parenting, Inc.
REVIEWS
"A unique story of a modern day miracle.....A very touching and informative read......DELiVERiNG HOPE is a must."
The Midwest Book Review
"Wow, Wow, Wow. What a fantastic book. Your sense of humor is fantastic, writing is enthralling and I couldn't put it down waiting for baby Hope to be born."
Barbara, Reader
"For The Media" Kit
Published June 2009 by HeartSet, Inc.
Memoir: 10 chapters, 213 pages, photos
$16.95
ISBN: 978-0-615-28205-3
Delivering Hope is a memoir of my personal experience as a gestational surrogate for my cousin and his wife, who suffered from cervical cancer-related infertility. It is a story of family, of giving, of overcoming adversity. From the cancer diagnosis, to the offer, the embryo transfer, and the nine-month pregnancy to finally the delivery of a baby girl, the story reveals the joys and challenges of carrying a baby for someone else and the life lessons learned along the way. I delivered baby Hope in May of 2001, the day after Mother's Day.
About The Author, Pamela MacPhee
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, graduating from Stanford University in 1986 with a B.A. in Human Biology. I worked for eighteen years as a sponsorship consultant in the sports and entertainment marketing industry, while raising three children with my husband. We live in Encinitas, California where I enjoy hiking the coastal trails, swimming in the ocean waves, and attending a multitude of youth sporting events. Writing has always been my secret passion.
QUESTIONS TO ASK
MEDIA COVERAGE
The New York Times. CLICK HERE
All You Magazine (May 2010)
VG Sunday Magazine (Norway's National Newspaper)
KPBS San Diego CLICK HERE
San Diego 6 News (July 2009)
The Coast News, Encinitas, CA (June 2009)
The North County Times, San Diego,CA (July 2009)
Other Radio:
"Frankly Speaking About Cancer"
(The Wellness Community) CLICK HERE
"Who You Talking About" (Dec. 28, 2009)
"Family Focus" (March 25, 2010)
How did you make the offer of surrogacy to your cousin?
What motivated you to want to carry a baby for your cousin?
Did your surrogate pregnancy feel any different than your own?
What did you tell your kids when you were pregnant with Hope?
Did anybody criticize your decision to be a surrogate?
Did your husband support your decision to be a surrogate?
Was it difficult to carry a baby for someone else?
What was it like to share a pregnancy?
Were there any awkward moments?
Was it hard to give the baby up after the birth?
Do you have any regrets?
Do you feel like the baby’s mother?
Do you still stay in touch with her family? Are you close?
Does Hope know that you carried her pregnancy?
Would you be a surrogate again?
Do most surrogates do it for the money?
Why did you write the book?
What would you like people to take away from your story?
SURROGACY & INFERTILITY STATISTICS
More than 50,000 babies per year are born in the U.S. using assisted reproduction technology.
There are 7.1 million infertile women in the U.S.
There are 483 fertility clinics in the U.S. and 1.700 reproductive endocrinologists.
Approximately 15% of couples of childbearing age 20-44 in the U.S. are clinically infertile.
Women who use infertility services are more likely to be caucasian, 30 years or older, college educated, have higher incomes, and never given birth.
Approximately 1,000 babies are born via surrogate mothers each year.
If a woman has chemotherapy or radiation treatment to the pelvic area during her reproductive years, she has a 40% to 80% chance of losing her fertility.
The average cost of an IVF cycle in the U.S. is $12,500.
Women 35+ years old have a 5-7% chance of conceiving naturally.
Pamela MacPhee
