While we have always named specific people who have exhibited behavior with which we have grave concerns, it could still be possible that someone could read our blog and believe that we are against international surrogacy, and that it should be shut down. This is not true. Despite Johnny's death and what has transpired subsequently, without international surrogacy we would not have the delight that is our daughter. However, we are disappointed by the sheer number of people in the international surrogacy community who seem committed to behaving in unprofessional and/or questionable ways.
The most recent example of this:
Last night, I received this Facebook message from
Catherine Moscarello, of IP Conceptions.
To put it (very) briefly, Ms Moscarello started out as a
Planet Hospital employee. Catherine and her husband seem to be the only ones to who materially benefited from its implosion. While the rest of us lost thousands of dollars, Catherine Moscarello awalked away with a set of embryos and the entire Planet Hospital client file. Catherine then launched
IP Conceptions, her own surrogacy facilitation business in Mexico. In the beginning, Catherine consulted frequently with us as to our opinions on best practices, transparency, etc. We wanted to believe that she had good intentions. However, when she began make decisions that appeared to put her interests above those of IPs who had lost tens of thousands of dollars to
Planet Hospital, we spoke up. On good days, she ignored the concerns we and others shared with her. On other days, we and several other former Planet Hospital clients were viciously attacked.
Ultimately, we decided there was no point continuing to engage with her, so we severed contact with her and considered the matter closed.
Putting aside the hubris that makes her think that we are required to publish any comment she were to write, let me point out that we have not "attacked" Megan Sainsbury. While we have expressed disappointment at Meg's behavior towards friends of ours, we haven't made any posts that address her or her business. I have no idea what comment Catherine is going on about. Please keep this in mind as you read the conversation between Catherine and I.
The following is the screencap she linked me to:
And now these are my screencaps of the rest of our conversation:
Ms. Moscarello is correct that we have put things out there publicly. If she would like to refute those things or address them, it's my understanding she has her own social media accounts that she can use to do so. My wife has blocked Catherine on her telephone, on email, on Facebook, has put her on ignore on BabyCenter and has repeatedly asked her to not contact us. Despite that, Ms. Moscarello appears to believe she has the right to continue a barrage of unwanted and harassing contact. This does not seem like professional behavior.
