Dear Prospective Surrogate,

A Circle surrogate carrying boy-girl twins for a gay couple from Texas

Hello, and welcome! Or perhaps we should say congratulations! You are taking the first steps in a journey that may be among the most profound experiences in your lifetime. Being a surrogate mother is the greatest gift you can give to a childless couple, and one for which you will be remembered as a valuable member of that family for generations to come.

Circle Surrogacy was founded in 1995 by John Weltman, father of two children by surrogacy, and has on its staff several people who have children by surrogates or have been surrogate mothers themselves. At Circle Surrogacy, every step of your surrogacy journey, from your first questions through the fertility process, pregnancy, delivery and two months post-delivery, will be carefully guided and coordinated by experienced and caring people who want you to remember this as one of the best times of your life.

New: Surrogate Support

Circle also has an affiliate community and a program dedicated to the emotional, psychological and relational aspects of surrogacy. In affiliation with Circle Surrogacy, Surrogate Support provides a variety of services to enhance the experience of surrogacy, helping to make it as stress free and joyful as possible. Among the features of this program are:

• An online journal / blog following the journey of Matt and Brett, a couple from the UK, and their American surrogate Norma, as they move through the stages of surrogacy toward parenthood.
• A community forum accessible by registration only to Circle's carriers
• Periodic conference calls with Circle's surrogates nation-wide (soon also available as a podcast)

Website Resources

Feel free to take a look around the site, including the new articles and personal stories about the surrogacy experience. Allow us also to recommend in particular the pages about the screening and matching process, our detailed answers to frequently (and not-so-frequently) asked questions you or your partner may have, the surrogates update page (with recent births, pregnancies and cycles), and the interview with John below. When you are ready, we hope that like many of us before, you will decide to take the next step and fill out the surrogate inquiry form.

Cheers,
Rachel, Bridget, Barbara, Nancy, Jennifer, Katherine and Minette
Circle's surrogate support team