Gestational Surrogate Moms: What is the First Step Toward Surrogacy?

Many parents worry that Surrogacy will be a difficult and complicated process. This may be due to fears or concerns raised as a result of their own experience in attempting to conceive. You may also have concerns about the legal issues regarding surrogacy which vary from state to state. These concerns are completely understandable and at centers like the GSM Center for Reproductive Choice, we are sensitive to those concerns and experienced in resolving seemingly complex issues.

From your very first contact, your GSM Surrogacy Coordinator has the experience and training to walk you through any fears or concerns you may have about the surrogacy process. Guided by the right information, getting started on your own surrogacy journey can be a matter of just a few simple steps:

Speak with a GSM Surrogacy Coordinator to create your own Intended Parent Plan (IPP), based on your specific needs and goals as well as the qualities that you would like to see in your surrogate.

If you are satisfied with your IPP, you may at this point enter into contract with the GSM Center for Reproductive Choice. This is typically a matter of mailing or faxing in a basic agreement of services along with a small a small deposit to secure those services.

Your GSM Surrogacy Coordinator is now free to begin the process of creating your personal surrogacy experience. Guided by your IPP, your GSM Surrogacy Coordinator will sort through hundreds of candidates to create a list of qualified surrogate profiles to satisfy your personal goals as well as the legal requirements for you situation.


You may choose one or all of the candidates to interview and your GSM Surrogacy Coordinator will arrange for a conference call with each of the candidates at your convenience.

At this point, you may select your surrogate from the group of candidates or you may request that your GSM Coordinator continue the search based on the same or possibly new criteria.

After selecting the surrogate that is right for you do you make arrangements for final medical and psychological clearances as well as putting together the contractual agreement between you and your surrogate.

Once the contract is signed and a copy is delivered to your IVF clinic, a date will be set for the embryo transfer and your surrogate will start medications. If you will be supplying your own fresh eggs for this transfer you will also start medications at this point.

After the transfer, there will be follow up blood work and ultrasounds to determine if the transfer was successful.

Congratulations! Hopefully you will now be expecting parents. If not, then your Coordinator will work with you, your surrogate, and your clinic to set up the next transfer date.

What is the First Step Toward Surrogacy?

Is Gestational Surrogacy Right For Me?

Surrogacy has been getting more media attention lately as celebrities like, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Jessica Parker and Elton John have talked publicly about their journeys through the surrogate process.

If having your biological child is important to you, or you would like to be involved as possible during the pregnancy of your child, then surrogacy may be a viable and cost-effective solution.

There are many possibilities that bring parents to consider surrogacy as an option to complete their family. The uniting factor is that you yearn for a child of your own but are unable to carry the child yourself. People from all walks of life are choosing surrogacy as an option to have a child. 

Unlike traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, is when a woman (Gestational Carrier, or Surrogate) agrees to carry a child that is unrelated to her. The embryo can be made from the egg and sperm of the Intended Parents, an egg donor and the sperm of the Intended Father, or an egg donor and a sperm donor. While surrogacy laws vary from state to state, the Gestational Surrogate is not biologically related to the child she is carrying. Depending on the laws in the state where the child is born, the Intended Parents have full rights to the child and in some states, the Intended Parents’ names can even be put on the birth certificate.

Is gestational surrogacy worth the cost? Depending upon the exact circumstances, Gestational Surrogacy can cost the Intended Parents up to $90,000 and occasionally more. In some cases, parents experiencing fertility problems can spend up to twice that amount in their attempts to conceive themselves. A Surrogacy Coordinator such as those at the Gestational Surrogate Moms Center for Reproductive Choice can help parents manage the cost of surrogacy.

With gestational surrogacy you can develop a wonderful friendship with your surrogate and be involved through every step from implantation of the fertilized eggs to the birth of your baby.

It is important to choose the right surrogate. You can establish similar goals for the pregnancy and you can relax, knowing that a caring woman is taking good care of your child, eating healthy and living a happy life during her pregnancy. With today’s technology Intended Parents can arrange for the baby to bond to their voices during the pregnancy! This involvement is all possible with surrogacy. So though while the cost may be a consideration the emotional involvement and bonding experience is priceless!

For more information on gestational surrogacy, or if you would like to get started with your own surrogacy journey, please contact Lisa, Surrogacy Coordinator and Director, at the GSM Center for Reproductive Choice, http://www.gestationalsurrogatemoms.com.

A new beginning

This is the first post of my new blog. And...
it is the first post about my new company, Gestational Surrogate Moms.

Gestational Surrogate Moms is for Intended Parents looking for a surrogate to carry a child for them. If you are a Single Intended Parent, an Intended Couple, a Same Sex Couple, or anyone else that may need a surrogate or gestational carrier to help you achieve parenthood; this blog is for you. If you are a surrogate or thinking about becoming a surrogate this blog is also for you.

Gestational Surrogate Moms is a place for information and discussion; it is a place to look for choices in your quest for parenthood or to help others become parents. http://www.gestationalsurrogatemoms.com

We will be posting about many interesting topics, including trends in the surrogate industry, legal developments, helpful tips for becoming a parent through surrogacy and other new choices for becoming a parent. We are here to help you find the best choices for you and your family, whatever your family may look like.

I look forward to many more posts on the subject. Feel free to email me with your suggestions and questions at gsmoms@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you.