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Redefining Support for Intended Parents
At Surrogacy Is we know deciding to pursue a surrogacy journey is a big decision and it can often feel overwhelming and uncertain. Imagining ourselves in your shoes is what drives us in our commitment to make sure we’re doing what’s right to take care of you. To us, that means offering comprehensive IP (intended parent) perks that just make sense. See first-hand how much heart we put into every journey!
What You Can Expect Working With Us:
No Deposit Until Match
We don’t believe in up-front costs for intended parents. In our eyes, your surrogate match is the essential first step in starting your journey with us and we’ll never ask you to pay anything until we’ve found her—and even then we break our deposit into two installments. (The second installment is after she is medically cleared).
There can be a lot of uncertainty in surrogacy, so we want to make things as easy and affordable for you to make sure you’re with the right surrogate to move forward with.
90-Day Match Guarantee
At Surrogacy Is, it pains us to hear how long IPs sit on wait lists wishing for the chance to start their journey. We made a vow as an agency to never feed hopeful parents false promises and to do whatever we can to start them on their journey to parenthood faster. That’s why we’ll never have a waitlist.
Since starting our surrogacy advocacy support group, we’ve talked to and educated 80+ potential surrogates on average every month. Because of this sheer value of new passionate surrogates, we’re confident we can find your perfect match in 90 days—or less. In fact, our match time is usually less than 21 days for intended parents (Seriously!)
Thorough Screening of Surrogates
By the time you see a surrogate’s profile, she’s been thoroughly vetted through our pre-screening process.
This includes…
- A full profile review
- Collection of medical records
- OB clearance
- Virtual home visit
- Insurance review with ART Risk
- Criminal backgrounds
- Psychological clearance.
Low Case Loads for Every Journey Coordinator
We’ve worked hard to build a team that puts their hearts into every journey. That’s why we have specific teams for every stage and limit each Journey Coordinator to 25 cases. This allows our team to be fully equipped to give every family the time and attention they deserve, including 24-hour support for whenever a question or concern comes up.
IVF Concierge for Your Surrogate
We know IVF clinics are extremely busy. We offer additional support to every surrogate through our IVF concierge, which includes teaching your surrogate how to take her medicine from our RN team and community of experienced surrogates. With the whole Surrogacy Is team on your side, you’ll never have to worry about whether your surrogate is taking her medication correctly.
Mental Health Support for BOTH IPs and Surrogate
Surrogacy can be an emotional process. If both sides have the opportunity to discuss their emotions with a professional psychologist, it creates a solid foundation for a beautiful, less stressful journey and relationship. We’ve partnered with a mental health specialist who’s a Dad through surrogacy himself, so he can relate and offer first-hand advice throughout the process.
Birth Order Help
It’s our goal once your baby is born that you can fully bask in the new joy of parenthood. That’s why we’ll work closely with the hospital so they know about the surrogacy arrangement and the birth clerk has all the necessary legal paperwork in place before you and your surrogate even walk through the door.
Postpartum Assistance
Even after your baby is born, our support doesn’t end. We’ll be here to help with any postpartum assistance you may need. If you need help setting up lodging in your surrogate’s city, figuring out arrangements to travel back home with your newborn, or even advice on how to bond with your new little one, we’ll be there.
Your Dream of Becoming a Parent is Closer Than You Think!
At Surrogacy Is our intended parent timeline makes parenthood more attainable. See the steps you can expect to complete on your journey.
Surrogacy Timeline
For Intended Parents
Meet the Team
To get started, you’ll meet with our IP Relations Manager to discuss all your hopes for a surrogacy journey and how our agency can help. If you decide you want to work with us, we’ll immediately start prepping you for the next step.
Profile Creation
Our IP Relations Manager will meet with you again to share her best tips on creating a thoughtful profile that shows your family’s unique personality so we can later share it with our pre-screened surrogates.
Matching
Next, you’ll work with our Matching Coordinator to find your perfect surrogate match. As soon as she gets your profile she diligently looks through all our surrogate profiles to find the most compatible match based on each side’s preferences. Usually, she will have a profile for you to review within 24 hours. Before a match call is even set up, we allow the IPs to review a surrogate’s profile first, if they like her then we share their profile with the surrogate. If the surrogate agrees that she likes the IPs too, we send her medical records to be reviewed by the IP’s fertility clinic. We do this just in case they see anything that would prevent moving forward with her. This saves time and potential heartbreak later. If the clinic says the surrogate meets their specific protocol, we set up a match call over Zoom. After the call, each side gets to decide if they want to move forward. If all agree, a match is made—and that’s when we ask you to pay the first installment or your agency fee.
In-Person Medical Screening
Once your match is official, you’ll be introduced to your Journey Coordinator and she will work with your surrogate and IVF clinic to schedule her medical screening. Your reproductive endocrinologist will perform several tests to evaluate your surrogate’s reproductive health. This is sometimes the perfect time for a surrogate and intended parents to meet for the first time in person! After she passes her medical screening at the clinic, you’ll pay the rest of your agency fee.
Legal
Our team will help with recommendations for separate representation for both you and your surrogate to navigate one of the most important aspects of your surrogacy journey—the legal contract! The legal professionals we turn to all have 5+ years of experience in surrogacy law and have drafted several surrogacy contracts. During the legal process, our team will help maintain a happy relationship between you and your surrogate by acting as the liaison to help facilitate communication about legal matters.
Additional Insurance Set-Up (If Needed)
When your surrogate is screened with us our team will have her current insurance policy (if she has one) reviewed with ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Risk insurance professionals. When you review her profile you’ll know what her insurance situation looks like and if she will be needing additional coverage. If there is a need for additional coverage, ART Risk will help compare options, costs, and exclusions. You will need to have the insurance plan set up and funded in your trust account before your surrogate starts her IVF medications.
Fully Funding Your Escrow
After matching, our team will help you set up your escrow account with a trusted third-party escrow company, but after your legal contracts are finalized, we ask that you fully fund your account for your whole journey. Having your account fully funded (with some buffer for just-in-case instances) means we’ll never have to come back and ask you for additional money throughout your journey. Throughout your journey, we’ll manage all the reimbursement requests while keeping you in the loop at all times—so you can avoid the awkwardness of discussing finances with your surrogate.
IVF Med Calendar
Your surrogate will start taking her IVF medication to prep for the big transfer day. Our team offers 1:1 IVF guidance to make sure she understands her med calendar, knows exactly how to take all her medication and how to store it, plus we’ll share our seasoned tricks to make taking shots easier and less scary for her.
Transfer
You’re one big step closer to meeting your baby! We’ll help make this emotionally charged day easier by coordinating the lodging and travel arrangements for your surrogate. We’ll also be there to give guidance and support to both you and your surrogate—while sending all the sticky, positive vibes from our whole Surrogacy Is team.
Pregnancy—Providing Support for Both IPs & Surrogate
To ensure the best care, we’ll help you find the right healthcare professionals with surrogacy experience. We’ll actively help coordinate appointments and facilitate communication between both parties so the bond can continue to grow. Besides medical support, we also provide ongoing emotional support for both sides from caring mental health professionals.
Delivery
OH-MY-GOSH…the big day is here! Before your due date even approaches we work behind the scenes to ensure your hospital is aware of the surrogacy arrangement and they’re prepared for this unique scenario, including having the legal paperwork ready for the birth order. We can also help you with finding a place to stay in your surrogate’s city.
Parenthood
Your new baby is here! As you settle into life as parents, we’ll continue to be that friend who is here and willing to help with anything and everything you might need. Do you need help organizing a plan to get back home with your new baby? Or do you need to figure out how to ship breastmilk? Maybe you even need some tips on doing something special for your surrogate. Whatever it is, we want you to ask us so we can take whatever off your plate so you focus more time on snuggling and loving on your new baby.
Meet The Team
Your new baby is here! As you settle into life as parents, we’ll continue to be that friend who is here and willing to help with anything and everything you might need. Do you need help organizing a plan to get back home with your new baby? Or do you need to figure out how to ship breastmilk? Maybe you even need some tips on doing something special for your surrogate. Whatever it is, we want you to ask us so we can take whatever off your plate so you focus more time on snuggling and loving on your new baby.
Profile Creation
Our IP Relations Manager will meet with you again to share her best tips on creating a thoughtful profile that shows your family’s unique personality so we can later share it with our pre-screened surrogates.
Matching
Next, you’ll work with our Matching Coordinator to find your perfect surrogate match. As soon as she gets your profile she diligently looks through all our surrogate profiles to find the most compatible match based on each side’s preferences. Usually, she will have a profile for you to review within 24 hours. Before a match call is even set up, we allow the IPs to review a surrogate’s profile first, if they like her then we share their profile with the surrogate. If the surrogate agrees that she likes the IPs too, we send her medical records to be reviewed by the IP’s fertility clinic. We do this just in case they see anything that would prevent moving forward with her. This saves time and potential heartbreak later. If the clinic says the surrogate meets their specific protocol, we set up a match call over Zoom. After the call, each side gets to decide if they want to move forward. If all agree, a match is made—and that’s when we ask you to pay the first installment or your agency fee (only $10,000).
In-Person Medical Screening
Once your match is official, you’ll be introduced to your Journey Coordinator and she will work with your surrogate and IVF clinic to schedule her medical screening. Your reproductive endocrinologist will perform several tests to evaluate your surrogate’s reproductive health. This is sometimes the perfect time for a surrogate and intended parents to meet for the first time in person! After she passes her medical screening at the clinic, you’ll pay the rest of your agency fee.
Legal
Our team will help with recommendations for separate representation for both you and your surrogate to navigate one of the most important aspects of your surrogacy journey—the legal contract! The legal professionals we turn to all have 5+ years of experience in surrogacy law and have drafted several surrogacy contracts. During the legal process, our team will help maintain a happy relationship between you and your surrogate by acting as the liaison to help facilitate communication about legal matters.
Additional Insurance Set-Up (If Needed)
When your surrogate is screened with us our team will have her current insurance policy (if she has one) reviewed with ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Risk insurance professionals. When you review her profile you’ll know what her insurance situation looks like and if she will be needing additional coverage. If there is a need for additional coverage, ART Risk will help compare options, costs, and exclusions. You will need to have the insurance plan set up and funded in your trust account before your surrogate starts her IVF medications.
Fully Funding Your Escrow
After matching, our team will help you set up your escrow account with a trusted third-party escrow company but after your legal contracts are finalized, we ask that you fully fund your account for your whole journey. Having your account fully funded (with some buffer for just-in-case instances) means we’ll never have to come back and ask you for additional money throughout your journey. Throughout your journey, we’ll manage all the reimbursement requests while keeping you in the loop at all times—so you can avoid the awkwardness of discussing finances with your surrogate.
IVF Med Calendar
Your surrogate will start taking her IVF medication to prep for the big transfer day. Our team offers 1:1 IVF guidance to make sure she understands her med calendar, knows exactly how to take all her medication and how to store it, plus we’ll share our seasoned tricks to make taking shots easier and less scary for her.
Transfer
You’re one big step closer to meeting your baby! We’ll help make this emotionally charged day easier by coordinating the lodging and travel arrangements for your surrogate. We’ll also be there to give guidance and support to both you and your surrogate—while sending all the sticky, positive vibes from our whole Surrogacy Is team.
Pregnancy—Providing Support for Both IPs & Surrogate
To ensure the best care, we’ll help you find the right healthcare professionals with surrogacy experience. We’ll actively help coordinate appointments and facilitate communication between both parties so the bond can continue to grow. Besides medical support, we also provide ongoing emotional support for both sides from caring mental health professionals.
Delivery
OH-MY-GOSH…the big day is here! Before your due date even approaches we work behind the scenes to ensure your hospital is aware of the surrogacy arrangement and they’re prepared for this unique scenario, including having the legal paperwork ready for the birth order. We can also help you with finding a place to stay in your surrogate’s city.
Parenthood
Your new baby is here! As you settle into life as parents, we’ll continue to be that friend who is here and willing to help with anything and everything you might need. Do you need help organizing a plan to get back home with your new baby? Or do you need to figure out how to ship breastmilk? Maybe you even need some tips on doing something special for your surrogate. Whatever it is, we want you to ask us so we can take whatever off your plate so you focus more time on snuggling and loving on your new baby.
Transparent Surrogacy Pricing
We know becoming a parent is priceless, but we also recognize and sympathize with the financial burden surrogacy can put on families. That’s why we’ve worked hard to offer comprehensive benefits for a fair price.
Overall Costs for Intended Parents:
Your costs will be broken down into five parts, your surrogate’s base compensation, our agency fee, service fees, allowances/bonus for your surrogate, and preparation for just-in-case instances.
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Surrogate Compensation
Between $45,000 – $65,000 (For first time surrogates)
Paid as $ per month as long as the Surrogate is pregnant, with the first payment due on the 1st day of the month following confirmation of pregnancy by fetal heartbeat and the balance paid within two weeks (14 days) after birth. (subject to various conditions)
Agency Fee
$45,000
Paid in two (2) installments:
Initial Payment: $10,000 due within five (5) business days of an official match.
Second Payment: $35,000 due within five (5) business days upon issuance of medical clearance from the Intended Parents’ (IPs) IVF clinic.
Our agency fee Includes:
đź—¸ Criminal Background Checks for All
đź—¸ Ongoing Psych Support for IPs
đź—¸ IVF Concierge/Injection Support
Multiples Fee
$10,000
Paid as $1,000 per additional fetus per month as long as the Surrogate is pregnant, with the first payment due on the 1st day of the month following the 16th week after the embryo transfer and the balance paid within two weeks (14 days) after birth subject to the terms above.
Insurance Review
$300 Average
If the Surrogate has an existing insurance policy, then an insurance professional will review it to make sure it is surrogacy-friendly.
Life Insurance Policy
$300 Average
If the Surrogate has an existing insurance policy, then an insurance professional will review it to make sure it is surrogacy-friendly.
Surrogate Psych Evaluation
$1,000 Average
Psychological Assessment includes session with Surrogate and their partner/spouse and Personality Assessment Inventory or Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory psychological testing.
Additional Service Fees
Amount may vary and will be discussed
đź—¸ Ongoing Psych Support for Surrogate
đź—¸ Legal Fees
đź—¸ Medical Billing Management
đź—¸ Travel Coordination
Allowances/Bonus to Your Surrogate
Amount may vary and will be discussed
đź—¸ Legal Clearance Bonus to Surrogate
đź—¸ Med Start Bonus to Surrogate
đź—¸ Embryo Transfer Allowance
đź—¸ Housekeeping Allowance
đź—¸ Monthly Allowance
đź—¸ Relaxation Sessions
đź—¸ Maternity Clothing Allowance
Plan for Just In-Case
Amount may vary and will be discussed
đź—¸ Dropped Cyle Fee
đź—¸ Mock Cycle/ERA
đź—¸ Hysteroscopy
đź—¸ Lost Wages
🗸 Loss of Reproductive Organs
đź—¸ Bedrest Childcare + Housekeeping
đź—¸ Invasive Procedures
đź—¸ Late-Term Termination
đź—¸ C-Section
đź—¸ Hold Fee
đź—¸ Breastmilk Pumping
Intended parents should expect to pay between $135,000-$195,000 for their surrogacy journey if using a first-time surrogate. Some journeys may be more based on a surrogate’s experience, location, or other factors.
What Kind of Parents Do We Work With? All of Them!
Inclusive support for all families
To us, love is love—and having love in your heart for a new baby is the most important factor for a great parent. As an agency, we uphold the values of inclusivity and celebrate the stories and conversations from everyone in the surrogacy community. We believe that families aren’t aren’t a one-size-fits-all picture. From beginning to end, we’ll be there to help make your unique path to parenthood as memorable and special as possible.
Surrogacy stories from
Real-Life Intended Parents
Scroll & click to view our real intended parent stories.
Want to join our community of happy parents? Start your journey with us today!
Because of some amazing surrogates, these Dads are now proud parents. 🥹🥹🥹
Without surrogacy, these incredible Dads wouldn’t be able to experience the joy of having children of their own. To have the child they’ve always dreamed of and wished for. To experience the immeasurable love of being a Dad.
The whole thing is just so beautiful, and we’re so honored to be part of stories like this every day. 💙🩵🩷💜
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsLove #SurrogacyJourney #SurrogacyAgency #Surrogacy #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacySupport #SurrogateStories #SurrogacyCommunity #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #Families #IPs #IFs #GayDads
Because of some amazing surrogates, these Dads are now proud parents. 🥹🥹🥹
Without surrogacy, these incredible Dads wouldn’t be able to experience the joy of having children of their own. To have the child they’ve always dreamed of and wished for. To experience the immeasurable love of being a Dad.
The whole thing is just so beautiful, and we’re so honored to be part of stories like this every day. 💙🩵🩷💜
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsLove #SurrogacyJourney #SurrogacyAgency #Surrogacy #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacySupport #SurrogateStories #SurrogacyCommunity #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #Families #IPs #IFs #GayDads
Independent Journey vs. An Agency-Supported Journey — Which do you recommend? ⚖️
We always recommend an agency-supported journey because managing a surrogacy journey can be a full-time job…literally! So much goes into everything, from arranging screening appointments to ensuring all the necessary paperwork is completed for everything to be legal.
Also, it can be awkward for surrogates and intended parents to talk about finances one-on-one. đź¤
Most surrogates and intended parents have families and careers outside of their journey, and adding all these tasks to their plate can be a lot. Not to mention, super easy to miss an important step.
If you’re looking for an agency to help you throughout your journey, let’s connect!
Surrogates: surrogacy.is/life-changing-quiz
Intended Parents: surrogacy.is/for-intended-parents
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsLove #SurrogacyIsAgency #Surrogacy #SurrogacyJourney #SurrogacyAgency #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates #SurrogacySupport #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #IPSupport
Independent Journey vs. An Agency-Supported Journey — Which do you recommend? ⚖️
We always recommend an agency-supported journey because managing a surrogacy journey can be a full-time job…literally! So much goes into everything, from arranging screening appointments to ensuring all the necessary paperwork is completed for everything to be legal.
Also, it can be awkward for surrogates and intended parents to talk about finances one-on-one. đź¤
Most surrogates and intended parents have families and careers outside of their journey, and adding all these tasks to their plate can be a lot. Not to mention, super easy to miss an important step.
If you’re looking for an agency to help you throughout your journey, let’s connect!
Surrogates: surrogacy.is/life-changing-quiz
Intended Parents: surrogacy.is/for-intended-parents
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsLove #SurrogacyIsAgency #Surrogacy #SurrogacyJourney #SurrogacyAgency #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates #SurrogacySupport #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #IPSupport
HAPPY Friday, everyone! We’re in a great mood over here at Surrogacy Is because we get to drop one of our all-time favorite kinds of posts… BABY ANNOUNCEMENTS! 🥳🎉
đź’śđź’śđź’ś We`re happy to share we had THREE beautiful babies born in March. đź’śđź’śđź’ś
Our team is collectively shouting 📣“YOU DID IT, GIRL!” to all three incredible surrogates who completed such wonderful journeys. We are so proud and happy for you all!
And to the three sets of new parents, our team is sending you so much love. đź’ž We hope these weeks of snuggles and newborn bliss have been absolutely dreamy.
To recap these journeys…
✨Journey 1 ✨Surrogate Brittney’s total journey was 1 year, 1 month, 8 days.
Her IP’s total journey was 1 year, 1 month, 6 days.
✨Journey 2 ✨The surrogate’s total journey was 1 year, 4 months, 15 days.
The IPs were 1 year, 2 months, 11 days.
✨Journey 3 ✨Surrogate Aleshia’s total journey was also 1 year, 4 months, 15 days.
And her IP’s were 1 year, 4 months, 17 days.
‼️ (These are all from INTAKE TO BIRTH) ‼️
When we see numbers like this, it reminds us how hard our team works to make such big dreams a reality. We are so honored and thankful to be a part of it! 🫶
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsBabies #SurrogacyJourneys #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacyIsLove #Surrogacy #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates
HAPPY Friday, everyone! We’re in a great mood over here at Surrogacy Is because we get to drop one of our all-time favorite kinds of posts… BABY ANNOUNCEMENTS! 🥳🎉
đź’śđź’śđź’ś We`re happy to share we had THREE beautiful babies born in March. đź’śđź’śđź’ś
Our team is collectively shouting 📣“YOU DID IT, GIRL!” to all three incredible surrogates who completed such wonderful journeys. We are so proud and happy for you all!
And to the three sets of new parents, our team is sending you so much love. đź’ž We hope these weeks of snuggles and newborn bliss have been absolutely dreamy.
To recap these journeys…
✨Journey 1 ✨Surrogate Brittney’s total journey was 1 year, 1 month, 8 days.
Her IP’s total journey was 1 year, 1 month, 6 days.
✨Journey 2 ✨The surrogate’s total journey was 1 year, 4 months, 15 days.
The IPs were 1 year, 2 months, 11 days.
✨Journey 3 ✨Surrogate Aleshia’s total journey was also 1 year, 4 months, 15 days.
And her IP’s were 1 year, 4 months, 17 days.
‼️ (These are all from INTAKE TO BIRTH) ‼️
When we see numbers like this, it reminds us how hard our team works to make such big dreams a reality. We are so honored and thankful to be a part of it! 🫶
#SurrogacyIs #SurrogacyIsBabies #SurrogacyJourneys #SurrogacyIsAgency #SurrogacyIsLove #Surrogacy #SurrogacyIsForIntendedParents #SurrogacyIsForSurrogates
Hearing the gratitude and heartfelt messages from intended parents to surrogates will always make us grab the tissues. 🥲🤧
It’s one of the biggest reasons why we do what we do. To help parents like them have their dreams come true.
If you’ve ever considered helping make someone’s dream of becoming a parent a reality, take our short qualifying quiz today at surrogacy.is/life-changing-quiz
✨ After the quiz, we’ll share our FREE surrogacy guide to help you understand and guide you through the process! ✨
Hearing the gratitude and heartfelt messages from intended parents to surrogates will always make us grab the tissues. 🥲🤧
It’s one of the biggest reasons why we do what we do. To help parents like them have their dreams come true.
If you’ve ever considered helping make someone’s dream of becoming a parent a reality, take our short qualifying quiz today at surrogacy.is/life-changing-quiz
✨ After the quiz, we’ll share our FREE surrogacy guide to help you understand and guide you through the process! ✨
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