Surrogacy Blog

Social media is a big part of daily life—but when surrogacy is involved, it can raise questions about privacy, boundaries, and respect. In this post, we explore how intended parents and surrogates can navigate what to share, what to keep private, and how to find balance while honoring everyone’s comfort levels.

Curious about gestational surrogacy? This guide explains how it works, what sets it apart from traditional surrogacy, who qualifies, and how Circle Surrogacy supports both intended parents and surrogates.

Deciding to become a surrogate is an exciting, momentous, and incredibly generous act that will change someone's life in a beautiful way. Whether you are thinking about being a surrogate in Los Angeles, considering surrogacy in Boston, or looking into the surrogacy process in a town in between, we encourage you to research and find the agency that best fits you and what you hope to get out of your journey. You have options, and you’re not limited to a surrogacy agency that’s

When intended parents are exploring the possibility of surrogacy, and before they embark on a surrogacy journey, we get a lot of questions about how parents and surrogates are matched and how to build a healthy and happy relationship with their surrogate. Establishing a relationship with your surrogate mother may take some time, but ultimately it can be what’s best for you and your family. Why Is a Good Surrogate Relationship Important? Why should you build a solid relationsh

For many parents pursuing surrogacy and/or egg donation at our Boston, San Francisco, and New York offices, the term PGD may come up. This reproductive technology is used with an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle and can be used to diagnose genetic disease in early embryos prior to implantation in your surrogate. You may have also heard of the term preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), which doesn’t look for specific diseases but uses PGD techniques to identify at-risk em

Do you want to be a surrogate but you aren't sure if you'd be a good fit? Here are seven signs that you would make a great gestational carrier. 1. You’re family-oriented. Diapers, spit-up, tantrums—you name it, you can handle it with ease. You make being a caretaker a priority because you want it to be. That’s essentially a gestational surrogate’s role—carrying and caring for the intended parents’ child until the baby is ready to meet the world. Great surrogates are family-or

The short answer is, there is no "right" kind of IP and surrogate relationship. No two journeys are the same, and there is no “right” level of communication. You will find the right relationship that works for you and your intended parents. How do we know? We asked! We reached out to our surrogate community and asked what type of surrogate relationship they imagined for their journey, and what they love/loved most about the relationship with their IPs. Whether our surrogate

Why do women become surrogates with Circle Surrogacy? Learn more about becoming a surrogate. | Learn more about becoming an intended parent. "Surrogates to me are very special. I think their work is more inspiring than our work." - Dr. Daneshmand Dr. Daneshmand, a fertility specialist and Circle Surrogacy-affiliated IVF doctor from San Diego Fertility Center, explains the requirements to become a surrogate as well as the altruistic heart and soul of the inspiring women who s