The Ultimate Guide to Surrogacy in Wisconsin

Surrogacy and egg donation have been helping straight and LGBTQ+ singles and couples in Wisconsin grow their families for decades. Wisconsin is a surrogacy friendly state, and intended parents will find many top-rated IVF clinics nearby and in surrounding states.

Below you'll find information about surrogacy in Wisconsin, including what the surrogacy process looks like, how much surrogacy costs in Wisconsin, what surrogacy program can help you, and so much more. The process can feel overwhelming at first, but the more you read and research, the more familiar it will become to you. Many professionals are involved in a surrogacy journey, and it is a life-changing experience.

We're ready to help intended parents from Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, or any other Wisconsin community.

Read on to learn more about surrogacy. We are always here should you have any questions.

Whether you choose to work with a surrogacy agency or pursue your journey independently—which is an option available to anyone—the surrogacy process involves meeting numerous milestones that ultimately lead to the day the baby is delivered. It's important that intended parents and surrogate mothers understand and prepare for each of these steps.

Working with an agency such as Circle Surrogacy, which has over 27 years of experience, helps you navigate the milestones and events throughout your journey and allows you to concentrate on getting ready for your baby's arrival.

We know that one of the first questions intended parents ask is how much surrogacy costs. Our comprehensive cost sheets outline the surrogacy costs you should expect in a typical surrogacy journey.

Circle Surrogacy is dedicated to being transparent when discussing surrogacy options, costs, and what intended parents can expect during their journeys. We help you understand the surrogacy programs available, the cost of surrogacy, and how much you can expect to pay for egg donation.

Circle Surrogacy offers an all-inclusive cost program: our Journey Protection Guarantee program.

Journey Protection Guarantee Program surrogacy costs in Wisconsin:

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
  

Circle's costs include all agency fees, attorneys’ fees, screening and surrogate fees, and insurance costs. They do not include IVF costs.

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.

Financing Surrogacy Costs

Financing is an attractive option for some of our qualified intended parents. Please speak with our Parent Intake Team or Consultation Team or fill out this form.

There is so much to learn about becoming a surrogate. We're here to help you navigate surrogacy in Wisconsin, from understanding what a surrogate is, what to expect, how being a surrogate can affect your life, to how to apply become a surrogate mother.

Wisconsin is a surrogacy-friendly state, and its location makes it easily accessible to top-rated IVF clinics nearby and in surrounding states. We work women from all over Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, and other communities.

Read on to see how rewarding being a surrogate in Wisconsin can be when you help those who aren't able to have a baby on their own experience the joys of parenthood.

A surrogate mother – also called a gestational carrier or gestational surrogate – is a woman who carriers a baby for people (the Intended Parents) who are unable to have a baby on their own. Most surrogate mothers are gestational surrogates, meaning the surrogate mother does not use her own eggs and doesn't share any genetics with the baby.

Circle Surrogacy only works with gestational carriers – women who do not share biology with the baby they are carrying.

Surrogate mothers get paid for carrying someone's baby, and they are protected by a legal contract signed by both the surrogate mother and the Intended Parents.

Surrogates are women who have children of their own, have had relatively easy pregnancies and births (they like being pregnant!), and many have completed their own families. Surrogate mothers want to help others have their own families.

What is surrogacy? It's an amazing way to help make intended parents' dreams come true and give others the ultimate gift: a baby!

Surrogates who partner with Circle receive support and guidance from our experienced Surrogate Advisors, Social Workers and Program Coordinators wherever they are in the process. We have the expertise to help, whether you're ready to submit an application now or you want to talk with experienced surrogates or Surrogate Advisors to learn more about the process, which involves:

• Pre-screening
• Consultation
• Matching with intended parents
• Medical screening and legal contracts
• Monitoring appointments and embryo transfer
• Pregnancy
• Delivery

Learn more about the surrogacy process at Circle.

Completing our online surrogacy application is a great way to begin the conversation about surrogacy. It takes only about 10 minutes to complete, and there is no obligation to proceed if you aren’t ready.

Why do women become surrogate mothers in Wisconsin? Having a sense of pride in helping others become parents is certainly one of the primary benefits. They are generously compensated, too.

Women who wish to become surrogate mothers enjoy benefits such as:

• Gaining an incredible sense of self-fulfillment from giving the greatest gift humanly possible to another family
• Building a life-long relationship with forever-grateful intended parents
• Working with a personal Program Coordination Team and licensed social worker
• An opportunity to work with local and international intended parents

And as mentioned earlier, Wisconsin surrogate mothers receive generous compensation with a customized benefits package.

Our commitment to our gestational carriers is reflected in the Circle Surrogate Promise we created to ensure each of them has the most successful and rewarding journey possible. The seeds of this program were planted by listening to carriers share their thoughts with social workers or during exit interviews. Those conversations led us to improve our offerings to our gestational carriers.

Guaranteed Pay, Security, and Support

The Circle Surrogate Promise is a program exclusive to Circle Surrogates; no other agency can offer the same level of security and support.

Circle Surrogacy promises:

1. Guaranteed Compensation. Circle Surrogacy financially backs their intended parents, so a surrogate’s escrow account is always funded to ensure she is always paid in full and on time.
2. No medical bill liability. Circle Surrogacy takes on the liability of medical bills. We listened to our past surrogates and their frustrations with medical bills, and we’ve made big changes. While we can never stop having you receive medical bills (since you are the “patient”), our new Fixed Cost programs for intended parents allow us to protect both the surrogates and the intended parents and ensure all medical bills will be paid in a timely manner.
3. $5,000 compensation, even if you leave the program. If you are accepted into our surrogate program and you are medically cleared and matched with intended parents—but you don’t achieve a pregnancy—we will compensate you for your time, energy, and dedication thus far in your journey (up to $5,000 total).
4. Empowerment in birth choices. Not every gestational carrier has the same desires when it comes to the birth of their surrogate baby. At Circle, our surrogates have choices for her preferred birth options, such as doula care, a hospital birth, or using a birth center with a midwife.
5. Personalized, small agency feel, with the resources of a large agency. The first person you speak with at Circle will likely be an experienced carrier who guides you through the process until you are matched with your intended parents. They will personally introduce you to your dedicated social worker and journey support team, all of whom are in-house at Circle. You’ll always be supported by a Circle employee who knows all the details about you and your journey. (You’ll never have to worry about working with a third party who doesn’t even know your name!) Plus, with our expanded team, we are able to offer support groups, virtual events, one-on-one surrogate mentorship, and more.

As a worldwide leader in the surrogacy field with more than 25 years of experience, Circle Surrogacy supports surrogates at every step in their journeys—from the day they begin exploring surrogacy to their meetings with prospective parents and throughout their pregnancies to birth and beyond.

We help surrogates navigate the screening process, ensure they match with the perfect intended parent, and guide them through surrogacy's legal and social work aspects.

Circle has experienced surrogates on staff, who are passionate about their work. Some members of our team have completed 3 surrogate journeys. We provide hands-on guidance that’s informed by our experience. That guidance is in addition to the world-class expertise we offer in the myriad legal, social, and medical aspects of your surrogacy process. If you have questions, we'll have the answers.

We'll recommend an attorney in your area with whom we've worked previously and who is thoroughly knowledgeable about Assisted Reproductive Technology law if you need a lawyer to review legal contracts. We can connect you with trustworthy experts whenever needed. To learn more about being a surrogate, read our blog post about the 10 steps to becoming a surrogate.

Whether you are intended parents or interested in becoming a surrogate or egg donor, the surrogacy process can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.  Learning more about surrogacy is the first step of your journey.