Can I Get Maternity Leave as a Surrogate Mom in Colorado?
Are you someone looking into becoming a surrogate mother? Are you concerned about how you are protected through the surrogacy process? Do you have questions that need reliable answers? If so, let’s go over some ways you are protected as a surrogate mother in Colorado. Becoming a surrogate mother is an admirable act of human compassion. You deserve to have access to professionals that genuinely care about you and your journey. It’s also important to know the ways you are taken care of by a surrogacy agency. Knowing whether you are eligible for Maternity Leave as a surrogate mother is an important part of the process. Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado can provide you with reliable resources to ensure your safety and well-being.
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.
Who is a Surrogate Mother?
As you research more about the surrogacy process, it’s essential to know what is expected of surrogate mothers. For our agency, we look for a certain kind of woman who chooses the surrogacy path to help others. To us, a surrogate mother is someone who is a generous person who is happy to help others through a difficult time. In the past, she has had her own successful pregnancy and feels called to help someone grow the family they are hoping for. She is looking for a connective experience that will bring her and her intended parent’s fulfillment. Our surrogacy agency recognizes that someone who wants to be a surrogate mother is eager to take on a selfless act of kindness. We want to ensure your, the surrogate mother’s, well-being and want to help you through every step of the process.
How Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado Can Protect You
By working with an agency, you are ensuring your own physical, mental, and emotional well-being. We have a team of professionals ready to help you, from making doctor’s appointments to helping you find a lawyer to go over legal matters with you. Our goal is to make sure you are not alone when taking on your journey.
We have a team of professionals and precautions we take to make sure you are safe. We provide health screenings for not just you but also the intended parents. This way, we make sure everyone involved is physically and mentally ready for the surrogacy journey. We also give you access to reliable resources to address any concerns you have along the way. Our agency helps you keep everything organized so you can focus on supporting your intended parents.
Maternity Leave as a Colorado Surrogate Mother
The state of Colorado is a surrogacy-friendly state, meaning you can get the legal protection you need and be protected by the legislature enforced by the state. Our agency can help you find a lawyer, so this part of the process can go smoothly. In the meantime, it’s good to learn what rights you have as a surrogate mother. Because you will be pregnant, you get maternity leave even if you’re carrying for someone else. The details of your maternity leave as a surrogate mother are determined by your employer. Our agency can help you with things like compensation, medical appointments, and counseling, so your well-being is protected as well. Even though you are carrying a child for someone else does not mean you will not get the same equal treatment as a pregnant woman giving birth to her own child.
How am I Protected as a Surrogate Mother in Colorado?
By working with Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, you can get help finding reliable ways to protect yourself emotionally, physically, and legally. You are taking on an incredible journey and deserve the protection you need to make it a fulfilling one. By working with a surrogacy agency, you are ensuring your own well-being.
Now that you know your rights as a surrogate mother, are you ready to take on the next steps? How can you best prepare for your 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!