4 Common Questions Intended Parents Might Have About Surrogacy and Surrogate Moms
Are you an individual or couple unable to have children of your own? Are you looking into being intended parents but are overwhelmed by the process? Do you have some questions you’re struggling to find the answer to? If so, let’s go over how you can navigate through your surrogacy journey. Surrogacy can be a great option for those looking to grow their families. By working with an agency, you can have your questions about surrogacy and surrogate mothers answered! You must gather as much information as possible so you are best prepared as an intended parent. With Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, we recognize that the surrogacy process can be overwhelming. But we provide intended parents and surrogate mothers with the support they deserve. Here are some questions intended parents might have about the Colorado surrogacy agency.
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a surrogate, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado.
- What Does the Surrogacy Process Look Like in Colorado?
For intended parents, the surrogacy process starts with getting in contact with our professional team. After that, you will start the matching process to find your surrogate mother. After you find your match, you and your surrogate mother will go through health screenings to ensure everyone’s safety. Our agency will help provide you with these screenings as well. Finally, after your screenings, your surrogate mother will carry your child to term.
Throughout the whole process, you will have access to reliable resources and professionals to ensure a smooth journey. We want to make sure your experience is connective and fulfilling. By working with our agency, you can alleviate the stresses that can come with surrogacy. This way, you can focus on connecting with your surrogate mother and preparing for your child.
- Who are the Intended Parents Who Work with Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado?
Our agency is happy to help any couple or individual grow their family. We help interracial, same-sex, heterosexual couples and individuals have the family they are hoping for. Whatever may be the reason why you are unable to have children on your own, our agency is ready to offer you the help and resources you deserve. We believe everyone deserves the chance to grow the family they are hoping for. We also believe that the surrogacy process should be as low stress as possible, which is why we accept anyone looking to share their kindness and love with their future child.
- Who are the Women Who Choose to be Surrogate Mothers?
The women who choose to be Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado surrogates are selfless, kind women who see someone struggling and only wish to help. These women have had previous successful pregnancies and are driven to connect with someone who is trying to grow their family. Our agency provides health screenings, and background checks for our surrogate mothers—this way, the surrogate mother’s well-being is taken as a top priority.
A surrogate mother is also someone who hopes to be part of a milestone. She has seen her own pregnancy as enjoyable and wishes to share those joys with couples or individuals who wish the same. She wants to work through an agency that can support her and her and her intended parents on their journey.
- What is Gestational Surrogacy?
Gestational surrogacy might be a term you see pop up frequently in your research. Our Colorado surrogacy agency provides gestational surrogacy because we find it to be the safest procedure. In-vitro fertilization is when the egg of the intended mother is fertilized in a lab by the sperm of the intended father. The surrogate mother then carries the egg to term. Through IVF, the surrogate mother is not genetically linked to the baby. This way, the intended parents can still be linked to their child. If for any reason, the intended mother or father cannot provide their egg or sperm, our agency will help find a donor. The child will still be linked to you because the surrogate mother is still not biologically linked to the child.
What are the Questions Intended Parents Might Have about the Colorado Surrogacy Process?
As intended parents, you are hoping that your journey to growing your family goes smoothly. You ensure this working with Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado. We can provide you with reliable resources and a team of professionals eager to help you.
Now that you have some of your questions answered, are you ready to take on the next steps? How can you best prepare for your surrogacy journey?
If you are interested in learning more about your gestational surrogacy options, contact Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
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Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!