becoming babyREADY with Sam Leeson Podcast
1) ✨ becoming babyREADY: A year of stories. A world of families. ✨
In this special reflective episode of becoming babyREADY, Sam looks back on the conversations that shaped 2025 — a year defined by courage, complexity, and connection.This season brought together Quee...Show More
2) A Love That Found Its Way: Honouring Bret Shuford
There are many ways to build a family with the support of a surrogate. Some people work with agencies; others move forward independently. Some are supported by gestational carriers or egg donors they ...Show More
3) Finding Love, Family, and Home — Jess Walker’s Story on the becoming babyREADY podcast
When you move thousands of miles away, start over in a new city, and finally find friends who feel like home, life starts to click into place. For Jess Walker, that journey took an unexpected and beau...Show More
Finding Love, Family, and Home — Jess Walker’s Story on the becoming babyREADY podcast
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4) Parenting by Three: A Queer Co-Parenting Story with Dr. Markus Harwood-Jones on the becoming babyREADY podcast
What happens when three adults choose to build and raise a family together—under one roof, sharing every joy, challenge, and decision equally?This week, we’re joined by Dr. Markus Harwood-Jones, who c...Show More
5) Many things in life can be true at once - Logan Blackburn-Issitt chats with becoming babyREADY
Many things in life can be true at the same time.You can have a uterus and know you never want to use it to give birth.You can know deep in your soul that you were meant to be a parent.You can also kn...Show More
6) Building Families in Ireland: Seamus’ Journey to Parenthood and Advocacy
🎙️ After Seamus and his husband got married, they set out on a journey familiar to so many queer couples — figuring out how to build their family.What began as a hopeful research project quickly beca...Show More
7) Reproductive Law, Rights, and Reform with Sara Cohen on the becoming babyREADY podcast
When it comes to family creation, the legal side can feel overwhelming — but Toronto-based fertility lawyer Sara Cohen has made it her mission to change that.Sara works with intended parents, donors, ...Show More
8) Stef Vachon of "Together Moving Forward" chats with becoming babyREADY
A Divine Future — Stef Vachon’s Journey to Fatherhood✨ Sometimes, you hold onto the dream of becoming a parent… until the years pass and you gently let that dream go. That was true for Stef Vachon and...Show More
9) Jameel Mayers of Fathernetics chats with becoming babyREADY
Meet Jameel—a dad, podcaster, author, and all-around powerhouse. He and his husband Nicholas have been together for 22 years, and eight years ago, they began their foster-to-adopt journey, welcoming t...Show More
10) Rowan & Dani of Understory Cafe chat with becoming babyREADY
✨ Chances are Rowan Jette Knox + Dani Gaede have already touched your Queer life — through their words, their work, or their fierce advocacy.I had the honour of sitting down with them to talk life, lo...Show More