The Surrogacy Blog

What Should You Pack in Your Surrogate Hospital Bag?

What Should You Pack in Your Surrogate Hospital Bag?

You’ve heard of the infamous “hospital bag” - the bag that pregnant women pack as they approach their due date (or long before). And because prior successful pregnancies are required to become a surrogate, you’ve likely packed this bag before. But is the hospital bag...

What Does a Surrogacy Agency Fee Cover?

What Does a Surrogacy Agency Fee Cover?

There are many different options for couples in 2024 to grow their families. If you are considering surrogacy, there are many choices you can make that will personalize your journey and ensure it is a good fit for you. In this article we'll discuss what is included in...

The Surrogate Screening Process

The Surrogate Screening Process

Becoming a surrogate is a rewarding adventure. Surrogates finish their respective journeys with new lifelong friends, full hearts, and big paychecks. Because a surrogate has big shoes to fill, there is an in-depth screening process that must occur before she is...

What do surrogates make?

What do surrogates make?

Have you ever wondered how much money surrogates make? After all, pregnancy is no joke. Surrogates get paid for their time and commitment. A pregnant person experiences fatigue, weight gain, and hormonal fluctuations throughout those nine months, and she has to pay...

The Surrogacy Matching Process

The Surrogacy Matching Process

When an individual or couple decides to embark on a surrogacy journey to have a child of their own, their journey can only begin when they find a surrogate match. This surrogate will be a like-minded individual who will carry and deliver their baby.  When a woman...

How Much Does Surrogacy Cost?

How Much Does Surrogacy Cost?

Understanding the Cost of Surrogacy If you are an intended parent considering surrogacy to have a child, you should understand all the costs involved before getting started. We broke down the surrogacy cost into segments to help you understand exactly what you are...

Surrogate Requirements and Qualifications

Surrogate Requirements and Qualifications

Surrogacy is considered a modern medical miracle by fertility doctors and IVF specialists, but surrogacy would not be possible without the kind-hearted surrogate mothers at the core of it all. These incredible women meet strict requirements to ensure they are...

What Is A Surrogate Mother?

What Is A Surrogate Mother?

There is no surrogacy without a surrogate mother. According to the Oxford English Language Dictionary, “surrogate mother” is even in the definition of surrogacy. Surrogacy is defined as “the process of giving birth as a surrogate mother or of arranging such a birth.”...

What is Surrogacy?

What is Surrogacy?

So you are ready to have children and are looking to pursue surrogacy as an intended parent. Or you have children of your own and are looking to become a surrogate to help others start their families. Or, you know a surrogate or someone about to start their...

Surrogacy in California

Surrogacy in California

  Thinking about going through with Surrogacy in California? Surrogacy is a process that begins with a great act of kindness and concludes with the miracle of life. With modern technology, an individual or a couple can have a biological child via surrogate....