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FAQs
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About Surrogacy Screening Solutions
Surrogate Screening Solutions was created by experienced surrogates and industry professionals who understand the unique challenges of independent and agency-assisted journeys. We offer a supportive, structured process that gives you the freedom of an independent match with the security and guidance of expert oversight. Whether you’re a surrogate or intended parent, we handle all the behind-the-scenes screening and coordination—so you can focus on the relationship and the journey itself.
Think of us as the bridge between doing it all yourself and handing everything over to an agency. We’re here to make the process smoother, safer, and more personal.
• Intake with your surrogate to review medical and pregnancy history, discuss the surrogacy process, confirm compensation, journey expectations and termination views
• Request and review medical records and compare to clinic requirements to see if they would medically approve your surrogate
• Background check and drug screening of all adults over the age of 18 in the home
• Virtual home visit
• Psychological evaluation for your surrogate with our LCSW
• Group match meet with our LSCW
• Insurance review or assistance applying for a surrogate friendly policy
Get more detailed information on our screening.
Your first step is a complimentary consultation. Schedule a session.
Fill out the contact form on this site, or send an email to molly@surrogatescreeningsolutions.com, or call us at 475-273-6586.
Costs
Our surrogate screening package is $3,000 and our case management and support packages vary based upon need.
- The cost of a journey can vary widely depending on clinic costs, surrogate compensation, medical bills, legal fees and if there are any newborn or pregnancy complications. A good estimate is $150,000-$200,000.
Here is how it breaks down:
• Clinic Costs: $10,000 to $50,000+
• IVF Medication: $2,000 to $10,000+
• Legal Fees: $5000+
• Agency Fee: $0-$40,000+
• Compensation: $0-$75,000+
• Other Miscellaneous expenses or milestone payments: $0-$5,0000+
• Insurance: $0-$10,000+
• Copays, Coinsurance, Deductibles: $0-$10,000+
• Hospital Costs: $0-$500,000+
• Lost Wages: $0-$50,000+
• Childcare for Surrogate: $0-$5,000+
Sometimes! More and more employers are adding this benefit. Please check with your employer’s HR department. Carrot and Progyny are two programs some employers use.
Employers that offer surrogacy benefits include Adobe, American Express, Cisco, DoorDash, Ernst & Young, Facebook, Johnson and Johnson, Nate, Northwestern Mutual, Pendo, Pinterest, Rubrik, Salesforce, Starbucks, Unilever, Viacom, and Walt Disney Company.
Men Having Babies provides advocacy, education and financial assistance to gay men pursuing surrogacy.
BabyQuest Foundation is dedicated to helping couples and/or individuals build families through advanced fertility treatments such as IVF, egg and sperm donation, embryo donation, and gestational surrogacy.
The Cade Foundation is a nonprofit that serves the needs of families battling infertility through information and financial support.
Gift of Parenthood helps couples & individuals struggling with infertility achieve their dreams of becoming parents through fertility assistance grants.
Family Formation Charitable Trust is a financial grant program for family building in the amount of $500 to $2000.
Journey to Parenthood provides grants of up to $10,000 for family building.
- • HELOC
• Crowdfunding
• Cash out 401k
• Fertility Financing Loans (CapexMD, New Life Fertility Finance, Origin Financing, Prosper Healthcare Lending)
Escrow
We recommend SeedTrust, Ally Escrow Management, and Clarity Trust Services.
$1,700-$2,500
Legal
The total estimated legal cost ranges from $5,000 to $10,000.
Your first step is to make sure that you are working with a surrogate who lives in a state where you will be able to establish your parental rights. This is done by consulting with an attorney in her state.
You should have the wills drafted to ensure a guardian is in place if something were to happen prior to delivery.
You will complete a contract with your surrogate where she acknowledges that this is a surrogacy agreement and she will have no legal right to the baby after delivery.
During the pregnancy legal work is started with an attorney in the state where the baby will be born. Depending on the state this can be a pre-birth order, post-birth order, voluntary acknowledgement of parentage, judgement of paternity, custody order or adoption. There may be a court date for just your attorney or for you and your surrogate.
Surrogacy is legal in most states except Nebraska and Lousiana. There are some states that it may be more difficult for unmarried couples, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, or single parents.
General
Medical
A traditional surrogate uses her own eggs. This process can be done by either IUI or IVF.
A gestational surrogate will have an embryo transfer procedure where your embryos are implanted in her uterus. There is no genetic connection with a gestational surrogate.
Yes, you are always able to attend approintments at your fertility clinic. Also, the OB will be aware that it is a surrogacy from the beginning and will allow you to attend those visits.
Yes, your surrogate will sign a release when she starts care at her OB that will allow you to talk to the OB with any medical questions you may have on her care.
Your surrogate will have 1 to 3 ultrasounds from 6 to 10 weeks of pregnancy under the care of your fertility clinic.
Once released to her OB she will follow their schedule. Generally there is one at 12 weeks, an anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks and an ultrasound mid-way through the 3rd trimester to check on the baby’s position. There are sometimes more ultrasounds depending on your surrogates age or if the pregnancy has been deemed high risk or if she is pregnant with multiples.
Logistics
You can visit as often as you would like and as early on in the process that works for everyone. If you will need to spend an extended amount of time in the area your surrogate lives prior to traveling home, it is nice to acclimate yourself to the area ahead of time.
This will depend on how long it will take you to get to your surrogate if she lets you know she is in labor. Babies can come at anytime and sometimes unexpectedly. Some parents, especially if they are international, will come 3 weeks prior to the due date.
It can vary. If there are no complications after delivery your baby will be discharged in about 2 days. You medical team at the hospital will let you know if your baby needs to stay longer.
If you are driving, you can travel home after your baby is discharged from the hospital. You just need to take frequent breaks to take your baby out of the car seat if it is a longer distance than about 2 hours. If you are flying home and live in the US, you will need to follow your airlines guidelines for minimum age for air travel. If you are flying internationally, your baby will need a passport prior to flying home. This process can take at least 2-3 weeks.
This will vary by airline and international flights will require a passport.
Yes, your baby will be issued a US Passport and this will be needed to fly home.