Together, We Make Parenthood Possible
Circle is a full-service surrogacy agency with the highest success rates, led by a team that’s passionate about helping people build families.
What Is Surrogacy?
Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproduction where intended parents work with a gestational surrogate who will carry and care for their baby(ies) until birth. Intended parents use surrogacy to start or grow their families when they can't do so on their own.
Many of us have been where you are, and we’re ready to help.
99.4%
of our parents bring home a baby, and live in 73 countries around the world
3,400+
babies born and counting!
50%
of our surrogates are return carriers or referrals
44%
of our staff are experienced surrogates, parents or egg donors through the program, or have grown their family through IVF or adoption
Circle Surrogacy
Success and Passion You Can Count On
As a full-service surrogacy agency, Circle offers parents and surrogates the expertise, experience, and enthusiasm refined from helping families of all kinds grow for almost 30 years.
Surrogacy Definition
By definition, surrogacy is the process or arrangement of someone giving birth for someone else. Gestational surrogacy helps those who are unable to have children become parents.
How Does Surrogacy Work?
Surrogacy is a process that requires medical and legal expertise, as well as a strong support process throughout the journey. Those who explore surrogacy to have a child are often referred to as Intended Parents (IPs).
Through IVF, embryos are created in a lab at a fertility clinic. Sometimes the intended parents use their own genetic material. Sometimes, an egg donor is required. At the fertility clinic, 1-2 embryos are implanted into a gestational carrier, who carries the baby(ies) to term.
Who Uses Surrogacy to Build Their Families?
Surrogacy allows couples and individuals from a variety of backgrounds, ages and sexual orientations to build their families.
Intended parents who use surrogacy include:
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Heterosexual couples who have struggled with infertility
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Gay and Trans parents, as well as other members of the LGBTQIA+ community
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Intended mothers who are unable to carry a child
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Intended parents who have a genetic defect or health condition they don't want to pass onto the child
Each surrogacy journey is unique, and we are proud to have helped grow so many amazing families in the United States and around the world.
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Circle offers the personalized feel of a small agency, with the resources of a large agency.
Our team members are experienced surrogates and can expertly guide surrogates through the process
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Best-in-class surrogates and service.
Intended parents choose to work with Circle Surrogacy because we give them access to a full-service program with highly-screened surrogates, dedicated interdisciplinary experts and a long history of success.
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Most comprehensive surrogate benefits and support.
Surrogates select Circle Surrogacy as their agency because our program is created with surrogates in mind: competitive pay, guaranteed security and unbeatable support. Our team members are experienced surrogates and can expertly guide surrogates through the process.
Why Circle?
Circle Surrogacy has been successfully guiding surrogacy journeys for intended parents and surrogates for almost 30 years. We offer the most experienced support team who is emotionally invested in each and every journey.
Circle offers the personalized feel of a small agency, with the resources of a large agency.
Parents and surrogates will have a full team of support behind them every step of the journey. The experienced team is passionate about you, your hopes and your success.
Best-in-class surrogates and service.
Intended parents choose to work with Circle Surrogacy because we give them access to a full-service program with highly-screened surrogates, dedicated interdisciplinary experts and a long history of success.
Most comprehensive surrogate benefits and support.
Surrogates select Circle Surrogacy as their agency because our program is created with surrogates in mind: competitive pay, guaranteed security and unbeatable support. Our team members are experienced surrogates and can expertly guide surrogates through the process.
How We're Different
Our people and our programs make the difference.
We understand—firsthand, for many of us—that bringing a baby into the world through surrogacy is an exceptionally special, and complex, journey. That’s why our team includes social workers and lawyers, intake associates and accountants, program managers and coordinators, all working across specialized teams to help parents and surrogates navigate all aspects of the journey together.
More than that, as a leading agency made up of parents, former surrogates and egg donors, our personal expertise gives us the insight to create a variety of programs to fit the needs of as many families as possible, complete with unlimited matching, experience with diverse communities and long-term support plans.
Our experienced team carefully hand selects intended parents and surrogates whom we believe will make the greatest impact on each other’s lives. These meaningful matches are made using our proprietary MatchMade™ approach to ensure a healthy and genuine relationship with your surrogate.
Our matching specialists have successfully matched over 1,800 sets of intended parents and surrogates. They get to know each and every parent and surrogate and will recommend the right match by balancing the below criteria:
Personality
Preferences on the level of communication, number of embryos to transfer and views on termination
Legal and location information
Once a match is mutually agreed upon by all parties, Circle encourages intended parents and surrogates to be open to sharing themselves with each other to strengthen their bond throughout their journey together…and beyond.
Our Surrogate Matching Process
How Much Does a Surrogate Cost?
Surrogacy costs are based on a variety of factors but typically include agency and legal fees, screening costs, your surrogate’s expenses, and insurance. Most intended parents can expect to pay between $100,000 and $200,000 for their surrogacy journeys. Of those costs, $55,000 to $70,000 or more are surrogate expenses.