The Application Process

• The first step in being considered as a gestational carrier candidate is to complete a short initial gestational carrier application found on our website.

• Once the completed application is submitted, it will be sent to our Gestational Carrier Specialist to make sure you initially qualify as a candidate.

• When approved, you will be emailed more in-depth paperwork to complete.

• The submitted paperwork will be reviewed and a personal consultation appointment with our Gestational Carrier Specialist will be arranged.

• Medical records from previous pregnancies will be obtained and reviewed.

Screening and Testing

• Once the application process is complete, you will have a phone interview with one of our Gestational Carrier (GC) Specialist.

• Your GC Specialist will then arrange a time to come to your home for a casual meeting with you and your partner (if applicable). A Skype interview will be conducted in cases where distance prohibits an in-home interview.

• Following the meeting, you will schedule a comprehensive evaluation of you and your partner (if applicable) with a mental health professional to discuss your suitability for the intricacies that surround a gestational carrier’s journey.

• Background checks will them be conducted for you and any adult over the age of 18 living in your home.

• Finally, if you have medical insurance, a detailed review will be conducted to help provide details on appropriate use of your insurance for a gestational carrier pregnancy.

Selection and Matching

• You will now be officially added to our roster of available gestational carriers.

• When prospective parents show interest in your profile, your GC Specialist will contact you to review the prospective parent’s profile and you will decide if you want to meet them.

• Your GC Specialist will then schedule and facilitate a “match meeting” between you and the prospective parents. If each party feels positive about the match and desire to move forward, the match will be made.

• Once you are matched, you will have a comprehensive physical evaluation at the prospective parent’s fertility clinic. Your partner (if applicable) will be asked to have blood tests as well.

• At this point, you will contact your provided attorney for consultation. Your attorney will help protect you in all legal matters regarding the gestational carrier agreement.

• Once the contract is finalized, signed by all parties and notarized, you will begin receiving monthly gestational carrier checks and attend monthly online support groups, which are both enjoyable and informative.

Pregnancy and Delivery

• You’re now ready to begin working with a fertility clinic which will monitor you throughout this initial process. To begin, you will follow a cycle calendar of birth control pills and self-injections of fertility hormones to prepare your body for the embryo transfer. About 10 days after the embryo transfer, you will go to a local lab approved by the fertility clinic to have a blood test. The clinic will report back the hormone levels, which may indicate pregnancy.

• When pregnancy is confirmed, you will schedule an ultrasound. Until around 10 weeks of pregnancy, you will have several monitoring ultrasounds at the fertility clinic. After this point, you will visit your own obstetrician for the duration of the pregnancy, including delivery (this is assuming your OB/hospital are in-network for the insurance in place throughout the surrogacy pregnancy).