So, you’ve decided to build your family through gestational surrogacy — congratulations! You are one step closer to having the child you’ve always dreamed about.
While deciding on a particular family-building process can be the most difficult part of this journey, there are still a great many steps ahead before you will hold your little one in your arms. One of the biggest concerns you may have is how to find the perfect surrogate for your family. How can you trust a complete stranger with some of your most important hopes and dreams?
American Surrogacy is here to help.
Finding a surrogate mother in California can be a stressful journey. But, when you embark on this path with our national surrogacy agency, you will have a surrogacy specialist guiding you every step of the way. You can rest assured that you will find the right surrogate for your family in a reasonable amount of time — and that your future baby will be safe in her uterus for the nine months of pregnancy.
We encourage you to contact our surrogacy specialists today to learn more about our surrogate matching program. Our team is always happy to answer your questions and help you start finding the surrogate mother in California who meets your preferences.
How to Find a Surrogate Mother in California with American Surrogacy
So, what exactly awaits you when you decide to pursue surrogacy with our national program?
While every intended parent’s journey is different, there are five steps you must go through to find the perfect surrogate mother in California (or another state) for your family. Remember, our surrogacy specialists will guide you through every step with professional support and counseling.
Step 1: Create a surrogacy plan.
Before you can even start searching for a surrogate mother in California (or anywhere in the U.S.), you must first decide what kind of surrogacy you want. Do you wish to pursue traditional or gestational surrogacy? Have you thought about your options for an identified surrogacy? What kind of contact do you expect to share with your surrogate — and how will distance play a role in that?
Your surrogacy specialist will walk you through these issues and more when creating your surrogacy plan. This plan will play a huge role in locating the right gestational carrier for you. Surrogacy is a partnership, and both partners must share the same goals and preferences to have as successful a journey as possible.
Your surrogacy plan will also play the double role of guiding you and your specialist throughout every step to come — even after you have found a surrogate mother in California to work with.
Want to start creating your surrogacy plan today? Give our specialists a call at 1-800-875-BABY(2229).
Step 2: Create an intended parent profile.
The process of matching in surrogacy is a mutual one. A potential surrogate has as much say over who she carries for as you will have over the woman you want carrying your child.
That’s why American Surrogacy requires all intended parents to create profiles before they start the matching process. This profile — which describes who your family is, what you like to do, and what you want from the surrogacy process — will be presented to prospective surrogates who are waiting to be matched. Just as you’ll look at surrogate profiles, gestational carriers view intended parent profiles to learn a bit more about the people they may wish to carry for.
Creating an intended parents’ profile can seem intimidating, but rest assured that your surrogacy specialist will guide you through every step of the process.
Step 3: View available surrogacy situations.
Once you have created your intended parent profile, you can start viewing profiles of available surrogates across the United States. If you are specifically looking for a surrogate mother in California, your surrogacy specialist will present you with surrogates who meet your desires. Otherwise, you will be able to tap into the larger network of prospective surrogates that our national agency offers to our intended parents.
Remember: Your specialist will show you profiles of prospective surrogates who meet your surrogacy preferences. But, you can always view our agency’s available surrogates anytime, too!
Step 4: Get to know a prospective surrogate mother in California or another state.
If you and a surrogate mother in California (or another state) express mutual interest with each other, your surrogacy specialist will work to coordinate a conference call for you to “meet” each other.
Many intended parents describe this conference call as similar to a “first date” — you will both be nervous and excited. You’ll be curious to see whether your personalities will get along enough to foster a positive partnership. And, when you get that “gut” feeling, you will know she’s the right gestational carrier for you.
Your surrogacy specialist will mediate this first call to ensure that your conversation stays on track and is helpful to both of you. If you’re not 100 percent confident in a surrogate mother in California after this call, that’s okay! You can always schedule another call or look at other surrogate profiles through our agency. We are dedicated to helping you find the perfect surrogate for your journey, no matter how long it takes.
Step 5: Finalize your match with a legal contract.
If you and your gestational surrogate are committed to your partnership, your gestational carrier will undergo one final screening at your fertility clinic before your match is finalized. Remember: You will be expected to pay for her travel costs if your clinic is not local to her.
Once she is cleared for surrogacy by your reproductive endocrinologist, you will both work with separate surrogacy attorneys to create a legal surrogacy contract. This will lay out your future surrogacy journey, including important aspects such as:
- Rights and responsibilities
- Risks and liabilities
- Surrogate compensation
- Sensitive issues such as selective reduction and termination
- Parental rights and pre-birth orders
- And more
Your surrogacy specialist can always provide references to and coordinate with local surrogacy attorneys to ensure your surrogacy is completed properly according to California surrogacy laws.
Once your surrogacy contract is finalized, your match is complete! You will be able to embark upon the medical process of surrogacy with your surrogate mother in California and be one step closer to holding your little one in your arms.
Ready to start finding the perfect gestational carrier for your surrogacy needs? Contact our surrogacy specialists today to quickly and efficiently find a surrogate to bring your future child into the world.