Jen Atkin and Mike Rosenthal Share Their Surrogacy Story
Celebrity hairstylist and OUAI founder Jen Atkin and photographer Mike Rosenthal have built their family through surrogacy and have chosen to share parts of their experience publicly. Through posts about their path to parenthood, Jen has expressed gratitude for the people who supported them along the way and spoken about the importance of celebrating the many different ways families are created.
Sharing Their Surrogacy Story
In a two-part series shared on Instagram, Jen offered a glimpse into their experience and expressed gratitude for the people who supported them along the way.
Celebrating Different Paths to Parenthood
One of the most meaningful themes in Jen's posts was her celebration of the many ways families come together.
As an adoptee, Jen has spoken openly about viewing family through a broad and inclusive lens. In sharing her own experience with surrogacy, she encouraged greater understanding and acceptance of paths to parenthood that may look different from one family to another.
Her openness helped bring greater visibility to surrogacy and offered reassurance to others whose own path to becoming parents may look different than they once imagined.
By sharing their experience, Jen and Mike helped celebrate surrogacy as one of the many ways families are built and encouraged a more open and inclusive conversation about modern family building.
We are grateful to have been part of their story.
