5 Things to Consider when Choosing a Surrogacy Agency in Colorado
Are you a surrogate mother or intended parent looking into reliable surrogacy agencies in Colorado? Are you overwhelmed by the information you’re being faced with? Do you need help pinpointing good qualities in an agency? Then let’s talk about how to choose the right surrogacy agency for you. As a surrogate mother or intended parent, your top priority is finding an agency that ensures your well-being. When choosing a surrogacy agency in Colorado, there are things to consider to make sure you are protected legally, emotionally, and physically. By staying well informed, you ensure your journey is a safe one. Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado knows that you want a professional team and access to reliable resources when taking on your journey. We strive to ease any concerns you have so you can focus on growing your family.
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- A Colorado Agency that Gives You Access to Reliable Resources
While on your surrogacy journey, whether as a surrogate mother or intended parent, it’s important to know what resources an agency can provide to you. You are taking on an emotional journey and will need all the help you can get. With our agency, you will have access to a team of professionals who are eager to help you emotionally, mentally, and medically. There are many moving parts in the surrogacy journey. It’s good to know you have a team that has your back. From making doctor’s appointments to finding you the right lawyer, our agency can help you. By having the right tools, you can support your surrogate mother and your intended parent(s).
- Provides an Organized Step-by-Step Gestational Surrogacy Plan
As you probably know, the surrogacy journey can be overwhelming at first. But with our agency’s organized step-by-step plan, you can ensure a smooth and safe journey. You start by sending in your application as a surrogate mother or intended parent and then contacting our team. From there, we will help schedule physicals and evaluations to make sure you are in the best mental and physical condition to take on your journey. We will then organize interviews so you can be matched with your surrogate mother. Then we will help you get the counseling and legal protection you need. Through the IVF process and the pregnancy, we will be right by your side. You will always know your next step and how to work through it with our help.
- The Surrogacy Agency’s Goal is to Protect You and Your Well-being
With Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, you can rest easy knowing we have your best interests at heart. We want the process to go as smoothly as possible for you and will do everything in our power to help. Our agency will make sure you are legally protected by helping you find lawyers to go over legal documents. We will also make sure you are getting the proper medical and mental attention. The state of Colorado offers a stable legislature to protect everyone involved in the surrogacy process. We also provide gestational surrogacy to protect the surrogate mother and intended parents emotionally. The intended father’s sperm fertilizes the intended mother’s egg in a lab through gestational surrogacy. The surrogate mother then carries the egg to term. This way, the child is not genetically linked to the surrogate mother in any way. We provide safe processes like these to protect you, the surrogate mother, and the intended parent(s).
- Is Accepting and Supportive of People of All Backgrounds
Our agency believes everyone deserves a chance to have the family they are hoping for. We help same-sex, heterosexual, interracial couples and individuals grow their families. We accept any surrogate mother who is driven to help others in their time of need. We ensure a connective and fulfilling experience, so you feel supported while you grow your family or help grow a family. We have no further requirements than our application so you can get started on your amazing journey.
- Offers Fair Compensation for Surrogate Mothers
We offer compensation to our surrogate mothers. We help intended parents and surrogate mothers agree on a fair financial plan. Some expenses that can be covered are, but limited to:
- Medical fees
- Maternity clothing allowance
- Child care support
- Travel
Our compensation can vary from person to person, depending on their needs. However, we recognize that finances can be stressful and hope to relieve as much of that stress as possible. Surrogate mothers are taking on an incredibly selfless act and deserve all the help they need. By helping to provide for these expenses, the surrogate mother can focus on her well-being and supporting her intended parents.
What Do I Need to Consider when Choosing a Surrogacy Agency?
A surrogacy agency is meant to offer you the tools and resources you need for a successful journey. At Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, we want you to be safe and well-prepared. As someone wanting to grow their family or help someone grow their family, you deserve to have the help you need.
Now that you know some things to consider when choosing a surrogacy agency in Colorado, are you ready to take on the next steps? What are ways you can better prepare for your journey?
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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!