Gestational Surrogacy as LGBT Intended Parents
As an intended parent part of the LGBT community, you are probably wondering what the best course of action is to growing your family. Some questions you might have could include: How can gestational surrogacy be a good option for me as the intended parent? My partner and I want to be biologically related to our child. How can we make that happen? How is the future of our family protected? While these questions can seem overwhelming at first, there are reliable answers out there.
Our surrogacy agency believes everyone deserves a chance to have the family they want. We help LGBT intended parents build their families and protect them every step of the way. We offer gestational surrogacy because we believe it is the safest option for everyone involved. It’s important to be familiar with this type of surrogacy and learn how it can be the best path for you.
Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado can provide reliable resources for LGBT intended parents who choose gestational surrogacy.
Defining Gestational Surrogacy for LGBT Intended Parents
Gestational surrogacy is when the egg and/or sperm of the intended parents or a donor is used instead of the surrogate mother’s egg. This way, the child is not biologically linked to the surrogate mother. With this surrogacy option, the surrogate mother and the intended parents are protected both emotionally and legally. Gestational surrogacy allows our surrogacy agency to prioritize your mental and physical well-being. We believe this is the safest option for growing your family.
What to Expect When Going through the Gestational Surrogacy Process
Now that you are more familiar with gestational surrogacy, you are probably wondering what the Colorado surrogacy process will be like. At the start of your surrogacy journey, we will set up a consultation. This is when we can help you find a donor, or if you have a donor already in mind, we can work with them. Next, we match you to the wonderful surrogate mother who will be helping you grow your family. We match surrogate mothers and intended parents by personality, shared personal beliefs, and the best legal fit.
After you are matched with your surrogate mother, the medical and legal process is set in motion. Through this surrogacy process, you and your surrogate mother will bond as you reach your shared goal of bringing a life into this world. Our team of professionals is with you every step of the way. From doctor’s appointments to handling any legal matters, we make sure you, the surrogate mother, and your future child are protected in every way.
How Our Surrogacy Agency in Colorado Protects LGBT Intended Parents and Their Future Child
By working with our surrogacy agency in Colorado, you will have access to medical, legal, and emotional support. We will help you find a surrogacy lawyer, so you and your child are legally protected. We can help you and your surrogate mother bond through your incredible journey with access to our surrogacy counselors as well. We make sure all legal documents and certificates are completed to ensure your guardianship of your child. Our team knows that the surrogacy process can be emotionally stressful. We make sure to alleviate that in every way we can.
Your well-being is our top priority, so we make sure you always have someone you can reach out to. The gestational surrogacy process can seem long and tedious, but working with us can make it less stressful. We are here to help you grow your family.
Gestational Surrogacy for LGBT Intended Parents
We have your back as you take on this surrogacy journey. We make sure the surrogacy process is safe for everyone involved. With Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, we provide a guide for your surrogacy journey and help along the way. It may take a village to raise a child, but with our reliable surrogacy agency, you will always have the support you need when starting your family.
Now that you know more about gestational surrogacy, are you ready to take on the next steps?
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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.
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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!