How to Compare Colorado Surrogacy Agencies
Selecting a surrogacy agency can be difficult because there are so many reputable agencies to choose from. It can be helpful to search each agency’s website and blog to learn about their services before you speak with a surrogacy specialist who can answer your remaining questions. Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado provides support for surrogates and intended parents throughout the surrogacy journey. Browse our website to see an example of what to expect from an agency. Below are the things you should look for when comparing Colorado surrogacy agencies.
What Should I be Looking For When Researching Different Colorado Surrogacy Agencies?
One of the first things you should look into when researching a Colorado surrogacy agency is its history. How long has the agency been in business? How many successful surrogacies has the agency had? The answers to these questions will help you uncover the experience that the agency has with supporting surrogates and intended parents through the surrogacy process.
The longer the agency has been around, the more likely its surrogacy specialists will have the experience to be able to assist you with whatever situation falls in your lap.
Who Covers The Bill During Surrogacy?
An important component to think about when comparing surrogacy agencies is how the agency ensures that the surrogates get paid. Generally, surrogates are reimbursed for the costs of their medical bills, travel to and from medical appointments, and maternity clothes. With compensated surrogacy, the intended parents agree to pay the surrogate a base compensation in addition to these expenses.
Surrogates should be able to rely on their surrogacy agency to support them financially in the event the intended parents’ budget falls through. A surrogate should never have to worry about paying the medical bills related to her pregnancy.
Some agencies provide financial backing within a certain range of compensation and reimbursement. These agencies promise to cover your expenses up to a set limit if the intended parents fail to cover your charges. When researching surrogacy agencies, ask how they make sure their surrogates are taken care of financially. You may need to speak with a surrogacy specialist if the website does not provide these details.
How Do Colorado Surrogacy Agencies Match Surrogate Mothers with Intended Parents?
Matching services are one of the core services provided by Colorado surrogacy agencies.
Look for a time estimate for when you would be matched with intended parents or a surrogate. Depending on the demand in your area, the preferences stated in your profile, and your expectations for the surrogacy process, you will be matched with intended parents or a surrogate who meets your requirements and would be compatible as a match. Remember that surrogacy is a time commitment, and you will be forming a relationship with your match.
Some agencies give a range of one to three months, while others provide a longer range. A larger agency will have more surrogates available, but this does not mean they would all be a good match for you. Ask a surrogacy specialist how the matching process works and why the agency’s matching process takes as long as it does.
Are there Any Surrogate Support Systems in Place?
An agency’s surrogates are its most valuable resource. How does the agency take care of its surrogates? What services do they provide the surrogates throughout the surrogacy process? Who provides support to the surrogates throughout this journey?
Colorado surrogacy agencies’ services include:
- Mediation and counseling.
- Matching services.
- Assistance with legal representation.
- Finding suitable fertility clinics.
- Advocating for financial assistance for surrogates.
Surrogacy specialists serve as the point of contact for intended parents and support each party’s needs throughout the process. They can help surrogates find adequate legal representation with the help of vetted surrogacy lawyers. The specialists also have knowledge of the region’s fertility clinics and can provide recommendations suited to both parties.
What are the Available Resources for me as a Surrogate Mother?
A sign of a good surrogacy agency is transparency and demonstrated knowledge. You probably have a lot of questions about the surrogacy process and want to be fully prepared before you start the process. Agencies should provide information about all of the steps of the surrogacy process and the answers to frequently asked questions. You should be able to find answers to your burning questions, including those about the costs.
Look for resources on the agency’s website. Search through their blog to see how informative the information they put out is. You should feel comfortable and informed before you speak with a surrogacy specialist so you know what questions you still have and can feel fully prepared before you start the surrogacy process.
Surrogacy Testimonials
A successful surrogacy agency should have heaps of happy clients. See if you can read or view testimonials from satisfied surrogates and intended parents who have worked with the agency. These reviews will give you a better indication that the agency knows what it’s doing and can adequately support you throughout the process.
Choosing Between Colorado Surrogacy Agencies
The surrogacy specialists at Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado are ready to answer all of your questions about the surrogacy process and the services we provide to both surrogates and intended parents. Contact us today for more information.
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!