All About Surrogacy in Santa Ana: For Prospective Surrogates
Santa Ana is a city in Orange County, California right in between Disneyland and Huntington Beach. You really get the best of both worlds here, and that’s why many people choose to settle down here.
If you want more information on how to become a surrogate in Santa Ana, we’re glad you’re here.
Where To Begin
The first step in becoming a surrogate in Santa Ana is to get all of the specific details on the timeline, what is required of you, and what you receive in exchange for compensation. To get this information, fill out the quick form at LosAngelesSurrogacy.com/Steps-To-Become-A-Surrogate so we can get back to you!
Once we’re able to contact you, we give you a better understanding of what lies ahead, answer all of your questions, and get a feel for if we would make a good pairing.
Next, the potential surrogate completes her surrogate profile with Los Angeles Surrogacy. This process starts with filling out an application form, and ends with completing details on an online roster. You detail out certain aspects such as:
- Basic personal information
- Ways to best contact you
- Diet habits
- Exercise routine
- Other lifestyle choices, including drug and alcohol use
- Place of residence and support system
- Main source of income
- Current applicable medical information, including physical and mental health
- Past applicable medical conditions or complications
- Any preferences you have for your surrogacy journey
Matching
Once your profile is complete, you are eligible to match with intended parents! We use the information in your profile, including your preferences, to match you up with parents who meet your wants and needs, and vice versa!
Intended parents and surrogate get to meet before any final decisions are made. Los Angeles Surrogacy understands that this relationship is sacred, and we want all parties to feel comfortable and excited to work together.
Once you both finalize the pairing, you (as a team) are assigned a case manager. She is your point of contact at Los Angeles Surrogacy for any and all things throughout your entire time with us.
You then sign the legal paperwork, and the journey officially begins!
To prepare for IVF, you as the surrogate undergo both physical and wellness examinations to ensure you are able to carry a child in your womb and withstand the hormonal and other bodily changes your body will go through during your pregnancy.
Then, you are educated on how to inject yourself with hormones in your own home. This process goes on for about two weeks to properly prepare your body for pregnancy.
The embryo transfer procedure is next up. This surgery transfers the fertilized egg into your uterus so it can grow into a beautiful baby! The embryo is a combination of an egg and a sperm from either the intended parents themselves, or donors. With Los Angeles Surrogacy, a surrogate never uses her own egg, so she never has a genetic link to the child. There is no biological relation ever between child and surrogate.
About two weeks after this procedure, you take a pregnancy test. If you are not pregnant, you and your intended parent partners have the option to try the procedure again. This is the most common option and is often successful on the second try!
If you are pregnant, then your nine months of pregnancy, support, check-ups, and meet-ups begins.
Your Los Angeles Surrogacy case manager coordinates with you and your soon-to-be parent partners to schedule all celebratory meet-ups, like at the onset of a new trimester, and check-ups, like post-transfer and OB appointments. She makes appointments and schedules meetings so you don’t need to worry about it.
As delivery day nears, you and your parent partners sign the Pre-Birth Order. This paperwork declares the intended parents as the legal parents, allowing them to make all medical decisions for the baby once born, and making it easy for them to take their child home once he or she is cleared by medical personnel.
The last step of the process is the delivery of the baby! Your Los Angeles Surrogacy case manager is there with you in the hospital to ensure all of your needs are met.
The journey officially ends when you are paid your final compensation installment. But it is rarely ever goodbye at the hospital for parent-surrogate partnerships. Many of our past pairings became lifelong friends, sending each other yearly Christmas cards and keeping in touch for many years.
Pre-Qualifications to Become a Surrogate in Santa Ana
To become a surrogate with Los Angeles Surrogacy, you need to:
- Be between 20 and 39 years old.
- Have a BMI of 33 or less, unless otherwise noted by a doctor.
- Have already been pregnant and successfully delivered a baby with minimal complications.
- Live with and care for at least one of your own children.
- Reside in the United States legally, whether through citizenship, green card, or some other legal way.
- Not be using any drugs. This includes antidepressants, nicotine, and marijuana.
- Consent to and pass a background check.
These requirements are set in place to keep both surrogate and baby happy and healthy.
How Much Do Surrogates Get Paid in Santa Ana?
The base compensation for surrogates that partner with Los Angeles Surrogacy in California is $30,000.
You are eligible for a higher base pay if you:
- Have successful experience as a surrogate
- Carry multiples (twins, triplets, etc.)
You will also receive more payment if you require a C-section, for your recovery time.
You are reimbursed for:
- Maternity expenses that are agreed upon beforehand, including pumps, vitamins, maternity clothes, and more if requested.
- Lost income if you are told by a doctor to rest at the end of your pregnancy and must cease work.
- Any travel expenses, including gas to and from appointments.
If you have any questions about payment, please don’t hesitate to ask us in your initial interview or before you sign your contract. Once the contract is signed, it is legally binding.
Why Partner with Los Angeles Surrogacy?
Los Angeles Surrogacy is one of the most experienced surrogacy agencies in California. Our staff is experienced, passionate, and ready to fight for you.
We offer competitive compensation and are transparent about it. When you see other agencies marketing $200,000 of payment, please read into it further to see how it is false. Though your reimbursements and things you receive for free, such as medical appointments and insurance, may add up to that amount, you never actually see that amount in your bank account.
We coordinate, schedule, and plan for you so you never have to worry about finding common times with your intended parent partners. All you have to do is show up – we’ll even remind you.
Ready to begin your journey with surrogacy? Please fill out the quick and easy form at LosAngelesSurrogacy.com/Steps-To-Become-A-Surrogate and we will get back to you ASAP!