Intended Parents Questions

Trust and communication are the foundation of this process. We conduct rigorous screening to ensure our surrogates meet our high standards, and we only present qualified, reliable candidates.

We follow your doctor’s guidance. Typically, a second transfer is recommended. Per your contract, you are entitled to one medical rematch if advised by your doctor (usually after two failed transfers). If a rematch is needed, we will secure a new surrogate as quickly as possible. While there are additional screening fees, they are significantly lower than starting over.

The initial meeting with our surrogate program staff is designed to distinguish your particular needs and create a scenario that best fits your circumstances and desires as a part of our surrogate program. This introductory consultation, usually lasting 60 minutes, can take place via Zoom or telephone, or at one of our office locations. The information gleaned from this meeting is essential to the matching process and finding the best gestational surrogate for you.

Every surrogacy case is unique and involves factors that can impact the overall costs and price. The average cost of surrogacy for intended parents can range from $190,000 to $240,000 depending on the individual arrangements. Our team will walk you through the cost breakdown and review your financial options.

Provided the surrogate’s health insurance policy clearly and specifically states coverage for a surrogate pregnancy, you may utilize the surrogate’s personal health insurance plan with her consent. Our insurance specialist will review the policy to investigate what coverage is available. This information will be provided to your attorney for review.

Our initial contact with a potential surrogate is a phone interview. If she meets all of the criteria she then completes an extensive application, as well as multiple staff interviews, that allow us to assess her motivation and willingness to participate in our program. We will review her medical records from previous pregnancies and forward these records to your IVF physician. We do a city, county and statewide criminal background investigation on the surrogate candidate and her spouse, as well as a quasi criminal history search that includes domestic violence writs, juvenile in need of supervision and personal restraining orders filed. Babies Sprouts Surrogacy Agency follows the guidelines set by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine for psychological testing and screening. The surrogate will not only undergo psychological testing, she and her spouse will also be interviewed extensively by one of the licensed mental health professionals that work with us, exploring her background, motivation and suitability. Finally, your IVF physician will screen both the surrogate and her spouse/partner for infectious diseases and will evaluate your surrogate’s ability to conceive and carry a pregnancy.

The surrogate matching process can take a matter of weeks or it may take several months to be matched with a surrogate. It is our priority to match parents with surrogates based on their needs and desires, rather than matching you with whomever may be available. You will always be kept informed of any new surrogates who join our program and have access to their profiles.

During your journey to parenthood through surrogacy, you may encounter many obstacles and experience many joys. Your surrogate will experience these emotions with you. Your relationship will develop and unfold as you share in the experience together. We believe that all surrogates need to know that they have made a difference in your life and that your dream of being a parent has been fulfilled. By staying in touch with her after the birth of your baby and sending her photos from time to time, she can see that she did, indeed, achieve her goal.

Please fill out this Intended Parents application form to start. After reviewing your needs and situation, we go to work to find a well-suited gestational surrogate (also known as surrogate mother) for you. Once we have a gestational surrogate candidate, we send you information about her to review. If you feel she is a qualified candidate, we arrange a meeting with you (either in person or by Zoom), the surrogate and her spouse, and a case manager of BabiesSprouts. If the parties agree to work together, the surrogacy process begins and medical evaluations are scheduled.