The Ultimate Guide to Surrogacy in Wyoming

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

Below you'll find information about surrogacy in Wyoming, including what the surrogacy process looks like, how much surrogacy costs in Wyoming, 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 considering surrogacy in Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, or any other Wyoming community.

Understanding and preparing for the series of milestones that culminate on delivery day is an essential part of your surrogacy journey. This is true for both intended parents and surrogate mothers. Some people decide to go through the surrogacy process independently—without the assistance of a surrogacy agency—which is an option available to anyone.

That said, 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. This is especially true in a state such as Wyoming, where surrogacy law is somewhat ambiguous.

The cost of surrogacy is an important consideration for intended parents. Our comprehensive cost sheets outline the surrogacy costs you should expect in a typical surrogacy journey.

We can help you understand the surrogacy programs available, the cost of surrogacy, and how much you can expect to pay for egg donation. Circle Surrogacy is transparent in its surrogacy options, costs, and what you can expect along your journey.

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

Journey Protection Guarantee Program surrogacy costs in Wyoming:

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

Intended parents who qualify for financing find it is an excellent way to pay for surrogacy. Please speak with our Parent Intake Team or Consultation Team or fill out this form.

What is important to consider when looking for a surrogate mother in Wyoming? These 3 factors should be kept in mind before making a choice:

Appropriate legal fit: Our legal department always ensures potential gestational carriers meet both general and state-specific legal criteria before surrogate profiles are presented to intended parents.

Personality fit and surrogacy expectations: We want both surrogates and intended parents to have a comfortable relationship throughout the journey. This is why our Matching Specialists review the list of safe matches provided by the legal team to ensure good personality fits.

Expectations surrounding termination and selective reduction: In our experience, intended parents often prefer to make the choice regarding termination. It's important that surrogates and intended parents share similar views about the termination of a pregnancy if a situation develops in which a reduction or termination is considered.

Wyoming does not have specific surrogacy laws. The statute provides that the parentage statutes do no authorize or prohibit a surrogacy agreement. However, experience has shown that the courts honor these agreements in stipulated parentage orders. Wyoming does not allow for pre-birth orders, however, the Stipulated Petition to Establish Parentage can be filed at 20 weeks to ensure a final parentage order can be submitted as soon as the child is born.

There is so much to learn about becoming a surrogate. We're here to help you navigate surrogacy in Wyoming, 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.

Wyoming is a surrogacy-friendly state. We work women considering becoming surrogates from Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, or any other Wyoming community.

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

Surrogates carry babies for those who are unable to have a baby on their own (they are often referred to as "Intended Parents" or "IPs").

Other terms for a surrogate include:
• Surrogate Mother
• Gestational Carrier
• Gestational Surrogate

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. Surrogates are compensated and protected legally by a contract signed by all parties.

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

Surrogates are kind, giving and selfless. They love being parents, and want others to be able to experience that same joy.

Surrogate mothers in Wyoming who work with Circle receive guidance from our experienced social workers and program coordinators throughout the process. If you're considering becoming a surrogate and want to discuss the process with experienced surrogates or Surrogate Advisors, we have the expertise to help. Here is an overview of the process:

• 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 start the conversation about surrogacy, and there is no obligation to proceed if you're not ready. The application takes only about 10 minutes to complete.

Surrogate mothers in Wyoming reap both tangible and intangible benefits. Those perks include generous compensation and a sense of pride like no other. 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, Wyoming surrogate mothers receive generous compensation with a customized benefits package.

After listening to previous gestational carriers share their thoughts with social workers or during exit interviews, we created the Circle Surrogate Promise to ensure our surrogates have the most successful and rewarding journey possible. 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. Each surrogate’s escrow account is always funded to ensure she is always paid in full and on time.
2. No medical bill liability. After hearing from past surrogates about their frustrations with medical bills, Circle Surrogacy took on the liability of medical bills. 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. We recognize that gestational carriers may have different preferences regarding 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. Having an experienced carrier guide you through the process from the first meeting until you are matched with intended parents is something our surrogates appreciate. 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 offer support groups, virtual events, one-on-one surrogate mentorship, and more.

Circle Surrogacy earned its reputation as a worldwide leader in the surrogacy field by having dedicated teams support surrogates every step of the way—from the day they begin exploring surrogacy to their meetings with the prospective parents and throughout their entire pregnancies to birth.

You'll have support navigating the screening process, and we help ensure you're matched with the perfect intended parent or parents. We also guide you through the legal and social work aspects of surrogate parenting.

Our passion for our work is authentic because it's rooted in the experiences many of us had as surrogates ourselves. Some of us have completed 3 surrogate journeys, and we provide hands-on guidance informed by those experiences. Besides that, you'll have access to world-class expertise in the various legal, social, and medical aspects of your surrogacy process. If you have questions, we'll have the answers.

When you need a lawyer to review legal contracts, we'll recommend an attorney in your area with whom we've worked previously and who is thoroughly knowledgeable about Assisted Reproductive Technology law. 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.