How Does Surrogate Pregnancy Work?
As an intended parent or potential gestational carrier, deciding to pursue surrogacy can feel overwhelming. It’s natural to wonder about the similarities and differences between the types of surrogate pregnancies, the legalities, obligations, and the actual process of growing a baby or having someone grow a baby for you. Join us for Surrogate Pregnancy 101. […]
The Surrogacy Timeline: What to Expect Step by Step
From Start to Finish: Understanding the Surrogacy Timeline Maybe you, your partner, or someone you know is considering surrogacy, and you want to know how long the process takes from beginning to baby. Before we lay out a general timeline, it helps to start with realistic expectations. This is a surrogacy journey, for both the […]
Exploring the Legalities: Can a Surrogate Keep the Baby?
Surrogacy can be a beautiful, accessible, and realistic option for intended parents who cannot conceive traditionally. For most, it begins with many questions and often concerns. Since there are no federal laws in the US that offer protections for surrogacy, questions related to parental rights and those of the surrogate often jump to the top […]
Surrogacy Communication: Talking to Intended Parents
Surrogacy is a life-changing experience for intended parents and surrogates alike. The key to a successful surrogacy journey is open communication and strong trust and understanding between the surrogate and intended parents. This means being transparent about your expectations, limitations, and concerns. It also means being a good listener and showing empathy towards the intended […]
Will The Baby Look Like The Surrogate Mother?
When you decide to pursue surrogacy to expand your family, you may be flooded with questions. It’s common and a good sign! Surrogacy is not a decision to be entered into lightly, and it’s incredibly important to educate yourself – both as the intended parent(s) and prospective surrogates. Of all the questions we get at the Surrogacy […]
Surrogacy Pros and Cons: What You Should Know
Here at the Surrogacy Center of Philadelphia, we’ve seen a number of key changes that seemingly make the process a more viable option for both surrogates and intended parents. For many, surrogacy felt far out of reach for anyone other than celebrities or the wealthy. Now, surrogacy is more accessible than ever, and as a […]
Do Surrogate Mothers Get Paid Monthly?
In a world where some very deserving individuals and couples can’t have children by traditional means, surrogacy becomes a grand act of kindness. It becomes a grand act of kindness by the surrogate mother who gives of her time and body to make other people’s dreams come true. So it seems fair that surrogates are […]
What Happens If a Surrogate Mother Has Twins?
Surrogate Twins: Cost, Risks, and What to Expect Twin pregnancies happen naturally when more than one embryo develops at the same time. In most cases it comes as a surprise to the parents. Something similar can happen in surrogacy, and in some cases intended parents choose it on purpose. Here is how surrogate twins come […]
How Does A Surrogate Mother Get Pregnant?
Most of the conversations regarding surrogacy in the USA focus on the benefits and financial aspects of the process for the surrogate mother. At the other end of the spectrum, the conversation focuses on how intended parents can make their dreams come true with a surrogate baby. What gets missed many times in these conversations […]
Family Planning and Reproductive Health
According to medical community experts, family planning has been one of the great healthcare achievements over the last 100 years. The family planning process has played a vital role in population control throughout the world. It has played a vital role in the improvement of reproductive health for women of all ages. WHAT IS FAMILY […]
Surrogacy in the USA
Surrogacy is an important option for people who want to be parents but face limitations to doing so by natural means. In fact, surrogacy stands as the only option for an intended parent or parents who want to have some kind of generic connection to a child despite the fact the child wouldn’t be conceived […]
How to Apply to Be a Surrogate Mother
While trying to decide whether or not you want to serve as a surrogate mother, it might make the decision easier to make if you knew the application process is very easy. In fact, our surrogate application in Philadelphia is available online, which means you can start addressing how to become a surrogate right from […]