Ina, Kapatid, Anak is a Philippine television drama directed by Don M. Cuaresma and Jojo A. Saguin. The series premiered on October 8, 2012 on ABS-CBN in the Philippines as part of network's Primetime Bida programming block, and internationally on October 9 on TFC . The drama follows the lives of Celyn, Margaux, Liam and Ethan and their struggles for power, acceptance, family and love. The show was extended due to success in viewership ratings, the second season premiered on January 14, 2013 with the episode featuring the grand revelation of Celyn being the daughter of Julio and Beatriz. The third and final season premiered on March 7, 2013 with the drama opened a new chapter with a time skip focusing on the characters' young-adult stage and business rivalry.
Ji-Young (Lee In-Hye) has a bright personality. Due to a difficult situation, she becomes a surrogate mother. With her bright personality, she gets through hardships and struggles to obtain happiness.
The New Normal is a comedy sitcom that follows the lives of a gay couple, David and Bryan, who decide to have a baby through a surrogate mother. They hire Goldie, a single mother with a daughter, to carry their child. The show explores the challenges and humorous situations that arise as they navigate the process of surrogacy and the complexities of modern family dynamics. Along the way, they encounter various characters, including David's quirky assistant Rocky, Goldie's outspoken grandmother Jane, and Bryan's conservative mother.
A Part of Me follows the lives of a close-knit family as they navigate the ups and downs of relationships, personal growth, and the importance of staying true to oneself. With a focus on love, family values, and relatable characters, this TV show will take you on an emotional journey filled with heartwarming moments and life lessons.
When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway – vowing to overcome public opinion, the law of the land, and her loved one's objections.
Sasha makes her living as a professional surrogate mother. Contrary to the usual practice, she moves in with her new customers until the baby is born. She finds herself in a different world — in the house of rich government official Vadim and his wife Marina. For them, Sasha is merely a “container” – their new toy. But what was intended as a safe way of caring for the future child turns out to be a test for everyone involved. Behind the luxurious facade of the elite hides unsightly secrets. And Sasha has a secret of her own. Container was selected by 2021 MIP Drama Awards, the annual premium drama showcase offering international buyers an exclusive first-look at a curated selection of the most anticipated series in production around the world.
Mimi is an American woman who becomes a surrogate mother for a couple in a small town. The movie revolves around the journey of Mimi through the complexities of surrogacy and childbirth, creating a dramedy filled with humorous and heartfelt moments.
Damian returns to Taiwan, opens a restaurant, and starts a family with Jerry via surrogacy, navigating parenthood and societal pressures while raising their son.
Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English woman 48 years old who can no longer have children. To make sure everything goes well and keep an eye on her future child, Emily decides to welcome Melody into her home and stay by her side throughout the pregnancy. Although they first appear to come from completely different worlds, the two women end up adopting each other: Melody finds in Emily the mother she never had, and Emily sees in Melody the daughter she always wanted to have. Evidently, the bonds that emerge during this double maternity create all sorts of doubts and questions.
Mieko and Makio's youthful friendship with Eiji evolves into love, parenthood, and reunions, painting a bittersweet portrait of growing up.
When the Bough Breaks is a thriller movie about a married couple who hires a surrogate mother to carry their baby. However, the surrogate mother becomes dangerously obsessed with the husband, leading to a series of twisted events and betrayals. As the couple tries to protect themselves and their unborn child, they find themselves in a deadly battle against a mentally unstable woman.
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke is a comedy-drama film about a couple who hires a prostitute to become a surrogate mother for them. However, their plan takes an unexpected turn when they start developing feelings for each other. The movie explores themes of love, family relationships, and the complexities of marriage.
Patty Nowakowski already has three children, but decides to be a surrogate mother. Fully confident of being able to give up her baby, she is nonetheless stunned when she discovers that she is expecting twins, and the couple for whom she is pregnant will only accept one child, provided it is female.
In 'The Surrogate,' a web designer in Brooklyn, New York City, faces a moral dilemma when she agrees to become a surrogate for her best friend, a gay couple. As she goes through the process of pregnancy, she must navigate the complexities of her own emotions and relationships, including her friendship with the father-to-be and her own romantic involvement with a friend-with-benefits. Along the way, she also grapples with the challenges and prejudices surrounding LGBTQ+ families and individuals with Down syndrome, as the surrogate baby is a child with Down syndrome.
Diane doesn't hesitate for a moment when her best friends, Thomas and Jacques, ask her to be their surrogate mother. It is in these hardly ideal circumstances that she becomes infatuated with Fabrizio.
Grayson Perry explores the landmark events in all of our lives—Birth, Coming of Age, Marriage and Death. He works alongside people who are going through those universal experiences with the aim to try and reinvent these rites of passage so he can mark and celebrate them for modern secular Britain.
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious university hospital to a financially troubled hospital, but there he meets a capable and cool-headed chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him the reality of the medical world. The pure Kengo must face various obstacles and challenges as he tears off the “masks” of respected professionals – doctors, nurses, and educators – and uncovers their true natures.
A year after the death of their beloved Lily, Beau and Caden learn that she froze some of her eggs and they must decide whether they are ready to take the next step in their relationship and become parents.
Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by Danny's well-meaning but extremely meddlesome mother.
When Alice loses her baby in an act of violence, she learns she cannot have children on her own. She and her husband are overjoyed when they find a surrogate to give them the baby they've always wanted. But Alice's happiness soon turns to jealousy and a deadly rage, causing her to stop at nothing to get her baby.