Experienced surrogates and return journeys

If you're considering a return surrogacy journey – congratulations, that's wonderful!

Now that you're an experienced carrier, you know what to expect from the process, timeline, matching and expectations from your agency and intended parents.

There are, however, a few additional things to think about if you're ready to do another surrogacy journey.

Timing

Some carriers are ready to move forward in another journey shortly after they have completed their first surrogacy, while others need more time before committing. Some women also want to take advantage of the freedom they have to take family trips or experience big life events within their immediate/extended family that may be restricted during a surrogacy/pregnancy. There’s no right or wrong answer here but it’s important to think about when the timing feels right for another journey!

Family and Support

A surrogacy is impossible without you but also your support network! Talk to your family, friends and children about doing another surrogacy journey. This will impact them too and we want to make sure that your core group of support people are on board and supportive of the plans.

Matching Preferences

The Circle Surrogate Promise was created because we truly care about our carriers, and we want each of them to have the most successful and rewarding journey possible.

In the past, our carriers shared thoughts and improvements with their social workers, or during their exit interviews, and we took all of those conversations and suggestions to heart and improved on 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 surro 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 be an experienced carrier who guides you through the process until you are matched with intended parents, personally introducing 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.