Our Identified Carrier Program is for intended parents who already have a surrogate in mind. Sometimes called a known surrogate or bring-your-own-surrogate arrangement, it works whether your carrier is a friend, a family member, or someone you found through a matching platform. We fully screen your chosen surrogate and manage your journey from there, with a discounted, milestone-based agency fee of $18,000.
Attorneys who specialize in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) law will draft your Gestational Carrier Agreement, and unlike many agencies, we pay for them. We also hold strong, personal relationships with clinics across the Greater Philadelphia region. For your funds, we work only with a leading third-party escrow agency that is licensed, bonded, insured, and experienced in surrogacy disbursements, so your money stays secure and every transaction is visible to you.
There are many appointments during a surrogacy journey. We coordinate with your gestational carrier and the clinic to manage your cycle calendar, and if she needs to travel, we make all the arrangements on your behalf.
From the first appointment through delivery, your dedicated case manager keeps everything moving and keeps you updated at each milestone. We coordinate the handoff from your fertility clinic to the obstetrician, and we manage the insurance pieces along the way. That includes maternity claims and specialty policies like term life or bedrest coverage, with each application filed at the right time and full documentation sent to underwriting for approval.
The surrogacy process breaks into ten steps and takes about fifteen months on average.
We meet with you and your chosen gestational carrier, both one-on-one and together. This is the time to answer your questions, walk through timelines and expectations, and agree on next steps.
Your carrier and her partner complete background checks and psychological evaluations. We gather her original medical records directly from her providers and secure obstetric clearance from both her OBGYN and a maternal fetal medicine specialist. We also review her insurance to see whether it covers maternity care during a gestational surrogacy, and we identify good options if it does not.
Next, an initial deposit of $2,000 goes into escrow to cover your surrogate's compensation and travel reimbursements during final medical clearance. Your funds sit with a licensed, bonded, and insured independent escrow agency, and every transaction is visible to you online.
We coordinate the clearance process with your fertility clinic. The clinic schedules the evaluations needed to prepare for transfer, which can include FDA testing, a saline ultrasound, a hysteroscopy, or a mock cycle.
Once your carrier passes medical clearance, you move into the contract phase. Your Gestational Carrier Agreement spells out what each party expects and is responsible for, including finances. We pay for independent attorneys to represent both you and your carrier as you review the terms.
After the contract is signed, you deposit a portion of your carrier's compensation into your secure journey escrow account. Our escrow agents work with your case manager to send reimbursements promptly, and your carrier receives her compensation on time by direct deposit.
The clinic gives your carrier a medical protocol to follow and monitors her with blood work and ultrasounds. We coordinate every appointment, including diagnostic work close to where she lives, known as outside monitoring. Embryo transfer usually happens four to six weeks after she starts medications.
Our hope is that the first transfer leads to a healthy pregnancy. The clinic runs at least two blood tests to confirm it, and a fetal heartbeat is confirmed by ultrasound at four to six weeks. From there, we coordinate the transfer of care from the fertility clinic to the obstetrician who will manage the pregnancy.
In the fifth month of pregnancy, an attorney works with you to complete the paperwork that affirms your parental rights and files for a pre-birth order with the family court. When your baby is born, your names appear on the birth certificate.
We help you build a birth plan that sets clear expectations for everyone involved in the delivery, and we give your hospital the legal, insurance, and financial documentation it needs. In the weeks after birth, we follow up with both you and your carrier, and we can even arrange transportation of expressed breast milk. Finally, we make sure insurance pays claims correctly and return your remaining escrow funds to you, typically within 90 days of delivery.
If you have identified a potential surrogate and want to learn how we can provide screening and case management for your journey, fill out the form below and we will connect with you.
