✨ Use code BFP20 for 20% off your first order at https://needed.sjv.io/aOmr1o✨ Share your own story: https://bit.ly/shareyourbfpstoryAnupriya shares her journey from leukemia and a bone marrow transplant to surrogacy, using a donor egg, and navigating stigma in the South Asian communityIn this episode of Before the BFP, Hafsa talks with Anupriya, a family medicine physician, cancer survivor, and mom, about her remarkable journey to parenthood through surrogacy.Anupriya opens up about:Being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in her 20sHow cancer treatment and a bone marrow transplant ended her ability to carry a pregnancyFacing the emotional grief of losing fertility optionsChoosing surrogacy and working with an agency during the pandemicThe high financial, legal, and emotional costs of surrogacyUsing a donor egg, and the lack of South Asian donorsStarting the South Asian Women Infertility Warriors group on Facebook (now 300+ members)Navigating stigma, secrecy, and cultural shame around infertility and donor conceptionHow her surrogate’s gift brought her son into the world, and the mixed emotions of goodbyeThe importance of therapy, compassion, and presence in healingResources & Mentions:Resolve – infertility support and advocacyAmerican Cancer Society – cancer resources and patient supportFacebook group: South Asian Women Infertility Warriors (founded by Anupriya)

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