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Become a Parent through Surrogacy in the U.S - Virtual Consultations

Surrogacy is a wonderful way to grow your family, but it can feel overwhelming at first, and likely you have many questions. We're meeting with intended parents virtually to discuss the surrogacy process, surrogacy costs and much more. We hope to meet you soon!

 Let's talk about parenthood through surrogacy

Let's talk about parenthood through surrogacy

If you're considering growing your family through surrogacy, the best first step is to speak with a surrogacy agency. We offer two types of virtual consultations - pre-consultations and formal consultations. These are informative ways to get a better understanding of the surrogacy process and surrogacy costs, matching with your surrogate and domestic travel, as well as why intended parents choose Circle Surrogacy, and how our process has contributed to our success rate of 99.3%.

Pre-Consultations: During pre-consults, intended parents receive a general overview of the surrogacy process and costs from a member of our team. These are for intended parents just starting out in the information gathering stage, or maybe not financially ready to sign-on just yet.

Consultations: These are typically the final step intended parents take, when they feel emotionally and financially ready to embark on a journey within a 3 month time frame. Formal consultations include time with an in-house Circle Attorney, as well as a process consultant to go through, in detail, the surrogacy costs, insurance, and legal. These are also geared and narrowed down to a more personal level based on your situation.

If you're ready to talk about surrogacy, we're ready to meet with you.

Register to Meet with Circle Surrogacy

Reserve your spot to meet with us for a private complimentary consultation from the following days and times over Zoom:

  • June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 : Mornings and Afternoon time slots available every day virtually
  • June 1, 2023: Evening consultations
  • June 6, 2023: Evening consultations
  • June 7, 2023: Evening consultations

Our private consultations are free, and allow us to hear your story and what brought you to surrogacy. We'll also discuss an overview of our programs and agency protocols, matching with a surrogate mother, surrogacy costs, insurance and much more. You'll meet with an Assisted Reproductive Technology Law attorney and one of our Parent Process Consultants. You'll also have the opportunity to ask any questions in a private setting.

To request a consultation, please fill out the registration form below.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a parent with Circle!

You are one step closer to growing your family. A member of our Parent Intake Team will be in touch shortly. We look forward to speaking with you, and learning more about you, and your story.

Surrogacy is a big decision, and you may have many questions. Here are some additional resources to help you understand our process, as well as answers to some frequently-asked questions.

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 What is surrogacy?

What is surrogacy?

What is the meaning of surrogacy?

Gestational surrogacy helps those who cannot have a child on their own become parents. The intended parents (IPs) use a gestational carrier (also referred to as a surrogate mother) to carry a baby to term.

Surrogacy is a process that requires medical and legal professionals to guide the intended parents, as well as a strong support process throughout the journey.

How does surrogacy work?

Through IVF (in vitro fertilization), embryos are created in a lab at a fertility clinic. Sometimes the intended parents use their own genetic material. Sometimes, an egg donor or sperm donor is required. At the fertility clinic, 1-2 embryos are implanted into a gestational carrier, who carries the baby(ies) to term.

What is a surrogate mother?

Surrogates, surrogate mother or gestational carriers are all terms for a woman who carries a baby for someone else. Gestational carriers have no genetic relationship to the children they deliver.

How do I know if I'm ready for a surrogacy agency consultation?

Our complimentary consultations are for those who are emotionally and financially ready to begin a surrogacy journey within the next 12 months. If you're not ready for a full consultation, but would like to obtain more information you can schedule a 15-minute chat with a member of our team.

How much does surrogacy cost in the United States?

Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is the leading surrogacy agency because we always put our Intended Parents’ needs first. Our program and surrogacy costs are structured to achieve two primary goals: success and cost security.

Circle is proud to offer the all-inclusive Journey Protection Guarantee Program, which is designed to help as many Intended Parents as possible bring home a baby while reducing variable costs.

Journey Protection Guarantee Program

Surrogacy only: $157,750
Surrogacy plus egg donation: $184,750
(both prices exclude IVF)

Our Journey Protection Guarantee offers Intended Parents:

  • An all-inclusive program that covers all Surrogate fees and expenses for unlimited transfers and any complications that may arise during your journey
  • No surprise costs or invoices, even in scenarios that require a rematch with a new Surrogate

The costs outlined above are for our Surrogacy Only and Surrogacy Plus Egg Donation Programs. For more information about the costs of our other programs, please email us or call us at 617.439.9900.

Exclusive Surrogacy Financing Plan

Some intended parents may have the opportunity to qualify for financing for their journey. Please speak with our Parent Intake Team or Consultation Team or by filling out this form.
 How to Find a Surrogate Mother

How to Find a Surrogate Mother

A question many intended parents have is how do they find a surrogate mother to carry their baby. We recommend working with a surrogacy agency – like Circle Surrogacy – who will manage all aspects of your surrogacy, including finding a surrogate mother match.

We will match you with a surrogate based on 3 criteria:

  • Legal fit (can you legally match with her based on where you and she are located)
  • Views about surrogacy (including your views on selective reduction and termination)
  • Personality fit

It's important that the surrogate mother with whom you match is a good fit for surrogacy. Surrogate mothers must meet strict surrogacy requirements in order to accepted in our surrogate program.

Circle Surrogacy also fully screens their surrogate mothers prior to matching them with intended parents. Surrogates must complete a 3-step screening process in order to meet Circle's standards for matching. Fully screening surrogates before a match is made helps ensure a more successful journey, fewer match breaks and a strong start in your relationship.

Working with an agency makes your search to find a surrogate safe and easy.

Read more about how surrogates and parents are matched.

Legal Needs for Surrogacy

Circle’s experienced legal team coordinates with local attorneys to ensure that you are properly matched with a surrogate in a state where you can accomplish the necessary legal work to finalize your parental rights.

You will need to have wills finalized prior to the embryo transfer that ensure that a guardian is in place to care for your children in the event of your death.

Once you are matched, we negotiate contracts on your behalf with independent attorneys who represent the egg donor and/or surrogate. Circle works with local attorneys in the states where the surrogates reside in order to accomplish the legal work necessary to secure your parental rights. Depending on a variety of factors, your surrogacy legal work may include a pre-birth order, a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, a judgment of paternity, a custody orders, or an adoption.
 How to Choose a Surrogacy Agency

How to Choose a Surrogacy Agency

We know there's many agencies to choose from in the world. It's imperative that you research surrogacy agencies and determine how successful the surrogacy agency is and if it would be a good fit. Choosing your surrogacy agency is a personal choice, not every agency is suitable for everyone.

How to choose a surrogacy agency in if you live in the United States

This list of criteria will help intended parents in their surrogacy research of agencies.

  • Agency experience. How many years has the agency been in business?
  • Legal expertise. Does the agency have a legal team on staff who is knowledgeable in surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology law?
  • Success rates. How successful is the agency? Can they share success rates with you when you ask for them?
  • Costs. You will find that costs for surrogacy vary greatly from agency to agency. When interviewing an agency, you should ask for a detailed cost sheet that outlines ALL costs. Compare costs between agencies to ensure that each agency is accounting for all expenses during a journey. At Circle, we are transparent about our costs: what you see on the cost sheet is what you can expect to pay. Our Fixed Cost program eliminates financial uncertainty.
  • Views on relationship. Does the agency encourage a relationship between the intended parents and the surrogate? Will the agency develop a strong relationship with you as intended parents during your journey, or will it be more of a business transaction?
  • Personal experience. While it's not imperative that an agency and its team have personal experience with surrogacy, it does help for them to understand first-hand what the surrogacy process is like. (Fun fact: about 44% of Circle's staff has personal experience with surrogacy and third party reproduction as a surrogate or egg donor, or as parents through surrogacy, IVF or adoption!)

This Surrogacy Agency Checklist is a helpful tool to use to ask questions to surrogacy agencies to find the one that's best for you and your journey to becoming a parent.

Why Work with Circle Surrogacy?

Circle Surrogacy is a premier U.S surrogacy agency experienced in helping intended parents grow their families.

Why intended parents should choose Circle Surrogacy

Highest success rates. We're the most successful surrogacy agency with a success rate of 99.3% for parents (we've had our success rates audited by a reputable tax and audit firm).

Established relationships with IVF clinics. Circle works closely with the most-successful IVF clinics throughout the United States. If you’re already established with an IVF clinic we’re happy to work with your clinic of choice.

We work with intended parents from all backgrounds. For over 28 years we’ve helped straight and LGBTQ+ couples and singles fulfill their dreams of parenthood.

Flexible consultation schedule. We are available for private surrogacy consultations via video on a regular basis with parents throughout the United States. Once we're able to resume in-person consultations [pandemic], you'll also be able to schedule a face-to-face meeting with Circle Surrogacy at one of our 6 U.S. locations - Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, San Francisco, Washington D.C. - or one of the major cities that we travel to often.

In-house legal support. Circle has attorneys on staff to help with your legal work and insurance. We have ensured all new parents have made it home safely with their babies.

High-quality process for screening our surrogates and donors. We accept roughly 1-2% of the applicants who begin the application to be a surrogate. All applicants go through a 3-step screen process and are fully screened prior to match.

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