The Real Cost of Building a Queer Family (Money, Grief & What Actually Helps) | Proud Love Ep. 2

A surrogacy journey in the US can run a quarter of a million dollars for one child. And that's only the cost you can put on a spreadsheet.This week's guest is Sam Leeson, founder of babyREADY, host of the Becoming Baby Ready podcast (now in its fifth season), and a birth worker and educator who has supported queer families for nearly three decades, from the very beginning of their journey through their first years of parenting.In this episode you'll hear:The real financial numbers behind queer family creation, and why they've climbed so dramatically over the last twenty years. The “anxiety cost” that doesn't show up on any invoice the what-ifs about paperwork, donors, and outcomes that live in the body long after a decision is made. How legal and political realities shape what's even possible, depending on where you live. What “implications counseling” is, and why finding the right person for it matters so much. And why having one consistent person who truly understands your whole story can be, in Sam's words, game changing and life saving.This is episode two of our Proud Love series, where every June we center two-spirit and LGBTQIA+ voices, stories, and truths. If this conversation lands for you, share it with someone walking this road right now. 🚀 Go deeper inside The Relationship Revolution Community... The space where powerful women (and the partners who love them) learn to lead love differently -- with truth, courage, and support.🔗 Learn more and join here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for all Catalyst Conversations:    / @powerfulove  For answers to questions you didn't even know you had, visit babyREADY.infowww.babyREADY.infoListen to Sam's podcast, becoming babyREADY:https://www.babyready.info/podcast