Stop Judging People Who Use A Surrogate Ft. Carly Joseph

We Met At Acme

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Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Carly Joseph is a mom and a surrogacy concierge. We discuss her own journey to surrogacy, why there is such a stigma, what people don’t know about trying to conceive, and so much more.

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07:07 Journey to Parenthood: IVF and Surrogacy

22:19 Starting Fresh in LA: New Hopes and Challenges

24:54 Exploring Surrogacy: A New Path Forward

28:34 Navigating the Surrogacy Journey

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:17.6	Hey guys, welcome back to We met at Acme.
0:19.9	I'm very excited for this real and raw episode today with
0:24.3	Carly Joseph, who is literally just a normal person like you and I who has gone through a journey
0:33.0	of surrogacy. And I just feel like this topic is not nearly talked about enough. No one knows
0:41.2	anything about this topic. And I'm sure of that because I did a poll question on it. And really,
0:46.2	no one is well versed. And there's a ton of judgment surrounding it, which is really upsetting. And I'm not
0:53.3	going to lie, I've definitely been someone who's
0:55.7	judged surrogacy before without knowing why someone might have had one, being like, oh,
1:02.9	they did it, you know, to keep their body, this celebrity, that celebrity, blah, blah, blah.
1:07.4	And you just don't know. And so to hear from Carly about her journey is really
1:13.9	eye-opening. It's really necessary. It's a conversation starter for sure that needs to be started.
1:19.6	So I hope that you enjoy the episode. As a reminder, all of our episodes are on YouTube if you'd
1:24.4	rather watch them. And we have a substack. We met at Acme and we met at Baby if
1:30.2	you're interested in the parenting stuff. I'm so excited for you to hear this one. I hope you're
1:35.8	having a great July and I'm excited for you to hear the solo next week also and some other
1:41.9	really fun episodes coming up that I think you're going to just love.
1:46.2	So thanks for listening and hope that you can share your thoughts via DM afterwards or in a
1:53.8	five-star review. Enjoy.
1:56.3	Hey guys. Welcome back to Weemadatat Me. I'm so excited to be here with Carly Joseph.
2:00.6	Carly has a business where she helps people very kindly with the surrogacy process and to get matched with a surrogate, which is something that we need to talk more about and know more about.
2:16.5	So thank you so much for being here. Hi. Hi. Thanks for having me. I'm so happy to be here. So glad you're here. We always start with
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