Finding the Right Surrogate

Are considering building or growing your family via surrogacy, but not sure how to find the right surrogate? The good news is, Family Source Consultants has been helping people build and grow their families via surrogacy since 2007. For more than a decade now, we have worked to develop a finely honed process for matching our surrogates to you, the intended parent(s).

• Surrogates will complete screenings, including medical, psychological, and background checks.
• Surrogates must meet requirements such as having a healthy pregnancy history, being in a stable living situation, and living in a surrogacy-friendly state within the U.S.
• Intended Parents and Surrogates must be compatible on factors like views on termination and embryo transfer preferences.
• Surrogates need to decide whether they are comfortable with matching with same-sex couples and/or international parents.
• Before officially matching, surrogates and intended parents will meet through a guided match meeting.
• Intended parents and surrogates must discuss and agree on communication preferences.

How Do We Find the Perfect Match?

Matching surrogates and intended parents is both a science and an art. It takes skill, knowledge and no small amount of intuition. The surrogacy journey is an intense experience; it is intimate and emotional for both surrogates and intended parents. We have made nearly a thousand successful matches, and that is no accident—that is a testament to our process.

Our Match Specialists take special care in matchmaking. If you are married or unmarried, if you are a gay couple, if you live outside the United States—whatever your identity or situation, we will find the right surrogate for you.

What Happens During the Matching Process?

Why can you trust FSC to find the right surrogate for you? Because our surrogates go through a thorough vetting process before we even introduce them to you.

Each surrogate must:

• Complete an in-depth application and detailed interview process.
• Pass a criminal background check.
• Undergo a health screening and psychological evaluation.
• Be a U.S. residents in stable living situation.
• Have experienced a full-term pregnancy and delivery and are raising or have raised at least one child.
• Legitimately enjoy being pregnant, and are primarily motivated by the desire to help others build and add to their families, not compensation or any other reason.

We do not accept surrogates who live in legally, unfriendly surrogacy states.

Once a surrogate has passed evaluations and screenings, our team carefully matches them with intended parents, based on compatibility in a multitude of critical areas such as:

• Whether the surrogate would like to be matched with parents in the United States or abroad.
• Whether they want to work with same sex parents or heterosexual parents.
• What their stance on termination is.
• If they are willing to transfer two embryos.

You will get to meet your matched surrogate before you decide—our specialists will schedule and facilitate a “match meeting” either in-person or via video, depending on where you are located.

Surrogacy is a major commitment, and is not to be entered into lightly. We make sure TeamFSC surrogates are ready for the journey, and we support them and you from start to finish. You’ll never be alone along the way—we’re here to help at every step.

What Will Our Relationship Be Like With Our Surrogate?

Some What your relationship looks like will largely be up to you. Some intended parents want to stay in close contact with their surrogate, to be included in the pregnancy by getting regular updates from their surrogate, attending doctor visits, and so on. intended parents don’t want this much contact, and want only occasional updates, or may not be able to meet their surrogate until delivery.

FSC’s proud parents ‘J & P’ stated:

“All this experience that we lived during this journey has been pleasantly satisfying and very exciting, we managed to cross and overcome all the obstacles that had presented to us. Our TeamFSC surrogate, Joanna, is wonderful! Yesterday we were with her and part of her family, we cannot imagine having done this with someone other than her. We built a beautiful relationship where we talk every day. She is a great woman that is always predisposed to everything, she never lost her smile and always told us that the baby she is carrying is our daughter and how happy she was to make it possible.”

Your relationship will be unique to you. The main thing is that you agree on the type of relationship you want during the matching process, so that expectations are clear, and so that both you and your surrogate are completely comfortable with things. Be totally honest when asked what you want.

What If Our Surrogate Backs Out?

This can be a common concern for intended parents—what if we find a surrogate who we think is perfect for us, but they back out? No one ever wants this to happen, but as with anything in life, some things are out of our control. However, because of our pre-screening process, this scenario is highly unlikely. But if that happens, we will rematch you with a new surrogate as quickly as possible.

We’re Ready to Find a Surrogate—How Do We Begin?

For those interested in learning more about surrogacy and/or the intended parent process we provide no-cost consultations in person, or online via video conference. Our team members are fluent in English, Spanish, Chinese, French and German, and are delighted to have the opportunity to address any concerns you may have about building your family using third party reproduction.

Click here to request a consultation and one of our Case Managers will be eager and ready to assist you.

Related Blogs:

• Having a Successful Relationship with Your Surrogate
• How to Find a Surrogate (and Mistakes to Avoid)
• Important Questions to Ask Your Surrogate at the Match Meeting
• Our Family and Our Surrogate: An Insight Into How Two Families Maintain a Relationship After the Birth
• Requirements for Becoming a Surrogate