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How many people who apply to be surrogates actually get past your screening?

How many people who apply to be surrogates actually get past your screening?

Ask an expertJennifer WhiteJanuary 16, 2024surrogacy 101, surrogates, surrogate qualifications, surrogate screening, surrogacy screening, surrogacy agency, surrogate safety, intended parent safety, surrogacy journey, where to start, gestational surrogacy, sirst steps of surrogacy, do I qualify to be a surrogate

If we don't know anything about surrogacy and how to get the process started, where should we start? Who do we contact?

If we don't know anything about surrogacy and how to get the process started, where should we start? Who do we contact?

Ask an expertJennifer WhiteJanuary 11, 2024surrogacy 101, surrogacy agency, surrogacy basics, gestational surrogacy agency, where to start, first steps of surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, intended parents

Does your agency go to doctors appointments with the surrogate?

Does your agency go to doctors appointments with the surrogate?

Ask an expertJennifer WhiteJanuary 9, 2024surrogacy agency, surrogate, surrogacy, medical care, medical appointment, doctor appointment, surrogacy companion

What is your most memorable moment as a surrogate?

What is your most memorable moment as a surrogate?

Ask an expertJennifer WhiteJanuary 4, 2024surrogacy, surrogate, surrogate memories, surrogacy memories, best parts of surrogacy, intended parents

What if we have questions as intended parents? Will we scare the GC and possibly end the match?

What if we have questions as intended parents? Will we scare the GC and possibly end the match?

Ask an expertJennifer WhiteJanuary 2, 2024surrogacy, surrogacy expert, surrogacy education, intended parents, fears of intended oarents, fears of intended parents, surrogacy fears

Can I share our surrogacy journey on social media?

Can I share our surrogacy journey on social media?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 28, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

Do I have to have health insurance to be a surrogate?

Do I have to have health insurance to be a surrogate?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 26, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

Is it required that I have had a previous pregnancy before I can become a surrogate?

Is it required that I have had a previous pregnancy before I can become a surrogate?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 21, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

Is it okay to surprise my IPs with bump pics?

Is it okay to surprise my IPs with bump pics?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 19, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

Do you send out 1099s to your surrogates?

Do you send out 1099s to your surrogates?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 14, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

Can I apply to be a gestational carrier if I am currently breastfeeding my child?

Can I apply to be a gestational carrier if I am currently breastfeeding my child?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddDecember 5, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

How many embryos will be transferred?

How many embryos will be transferred?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 30, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

What is escrow? Why do you need it for surrogacy?

What is escrow? Why do you need it for surrogacy?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 28, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

What's the current situation with clinics and COVID-19 vaccination?

What's the current situation with clinics and COVID-19 vaccination?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 23, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

Insurance - what is needed and how is it used?

Insurance - what is needed and how is it used?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 21, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

Why should I use an agency for a surrogacy journey?

Why should I use an agency for a surrogacy journey?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 14, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

Is the surrogate the biological mother of the child?

Is the surrogate the biological mother of the child?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 13, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

What if my partner isn't on board with me becoming a surrogate?

What if my partner isn't on board with me becoming a surrogate?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 9, 2023Surrogacy, escrow, funding, agency, SeedTrust, affordable, money management, contract, tracking, transparent, reproductive, fertility, surrogate, intended parent, reliable, company, third party, journey

I'm not giving birth. Why do I need a doula?

I'm not giving birth. Why do I need a doula?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 7, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile

Who books travel for me as a surrogate?

Who books travel for me as a surrogate?

Ask an expertJanelle DoddNovember 2, 2023Surrogate, risks, health, medical, doctors, medicine, side effects, uterus, ovaries, surrogacy, family, pregnancy, grow, fertilely, fertile