Episode 197 : Carried With Love – Ariel Taylor

Ariel is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and Psychotherapist who has been involved in the surrogacy and fertility community since 2015 and has guided countless couples and individuals on their journey to parenthood.  After her own complicated miscarriage as a surrogate in 2016, Ariel discovered that there was very little specialized counselling for her painful situation and realized a much larger need for mental health professionals that deeply understand the fertility world.  Ariel returned to school in 2018 and graduated from Western University in 2021. She opened Carried with Love (CWL) to provide 100% virtual support for those struggling with infertility, loss, pregnancy challenges or postpartum mood disorders. Since opening, CWL has continued to grow and now provides a wide range of therapeutic services and most recently has launched Canada’s first Independent Surrogacy Program.  Ariel has carried 5 babies as a gestational surrogate which resulted in 4 live births – the most recent in the summer of 2023. Although Ariel is now retired as a surrogate, she continues to be an active presence in the fertility community and leverages her strong social media following to normalize all roads to parenthood for women and couples around the world. Listen as Ariel shares with Ellen and Jenn:Being a lot of things: a fertility therapist, surrogacy educator, social worker, psychotherapist… and social media influencer!Growing up with a family committed to volunteer work, especially with children.Focusing her education on child development.Loving pregnancy, but knowing their family was complete. Impulsively Googling surrogacy and jumping in headfirst.Canadian surrogacy laws v. US law (Ariel is in Canada!). Her first surrogacy ending with a devastating miscarriage.Feeling immense sadness over the loss and not finding the support she needed.Seeing the need to a fill a gap, offering virtual fertility therapy for those experiencing loss with surrogacy and donor conception. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.Check out Carried with Love’s fertility and surrogacy support services: https://carriedwithlove.com/ Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ Learn more about our surrogacy agency: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/