How to Choose a Surrogacy Agency in Colorado
Are you a surrogate mother trying to find the right Colorado surrogacy agency? Do you have concerns about your safety and well-being through the process? Are you struggling to identify good qualities of a surrogacy agency? If this is the case, let’s go over some ways to identify the right surrogacy agency for you.
Trying to find a surrogacy agency can be overwhelming. But learning how to choose a surrogacy agency in colorado as a surrogate mother can better prepare you for your journey. With Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, we can help you through your journey.
Why Do Most Surrogate Mothers Choose to Work with a Surrogacy Agency?
As a surrogate, you have many options before you. One of them is whether you should work independently or through an agency. The path of surrogacy can be a long one with its own unique challenges. By working through a surrogacy agency, you can have access to a team of professionals dedicated to helping you achieve your goal. Our surrogacy agency can provide you with the emotional, legal, and medical support you need.
We will help you every step of the way, from matching you to your intended parents to helping you schedule your medical appointments. You can also turn to us for any emotional support you might need. Our team will be ready to help in every way possible so you can focus on helping your intended parent(s) grow their family.
Qualities Surrogates should Look for in a Surrogacy Agency
When looking for the right surrogacy agency for you, it’s important to make sure the agency has your best interests at heart. Some qualities that you can look for can include:
- An organized surrogacy plan
- A reliable team of professionals ready to help you
- A need to prioritize your mental, physical, and emotional health
- Helps provide you with legal and medical protection
Finding these qualities in an agency can ensure a safe and fulfilling journey. You are committing yourself to a wonderful act of selflessness to help someone have the family they are hoping for. Your comfort, peace of mind, and health are Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado’s top priority.
Choosing a Colorado Surrogacy Agency that Provides Screenings for Both Surrogate Mothers and Intended Parents
Why are health screenings so important in the surrogacy process? We provide screenings because it ensures the physical and mental health of you and everyone else involved. The screening process includes physicals, background checks, and mental assessments to see if you are ready to become a surrogate mother. By going through this process, you are ensuring your safety and the safety of the baby you will be carrying. This may seem like a long first step, but with us, the process can go by smoothly!
Beyond the screening process, we continue to check up on your health through regularly scheduled appointments. We provide access to professional medical help and psychological counseling to make sure your journey is going as planned. You are not alone through this process. You will be connected to our team and to your intended parents, who will offer you support.
Are you Ready to Choose a Surrogacy Agency?
The journey ahead of you is one of fulfillment and selflessness. With Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, you can be confident that you are getting the reliable help you need.
Now that you know how to choose a surrogacy agency in Colorado as a surrogate mother, are you ready to take on the next steps? What are other ways that you can best prepare for your journey?
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and want to learn more about your adoption options, contact Adoption 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!