What Is Surrogacy?
Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman (the gestational carrier) agrees to bear a child for another person or persons who will become the child’s parent(s) after birth.
Becoming A
Gestational Carrier
Gestational Carrier (GC)
A Gestational Carrier is a woman who agrees to carry a child for someone else. The GC is not genetically related to the child. The Intended Parents (IPs) will have an IVF cycle providing their own eggs and sperm (or donor egg or donor sperm) in order to create viable embryos to transfer to the gestational carrier.
Why Be A Gestational
Carrier (GC)?
Some women become gestational carriers because:
- They have had enjoyable, uncomplicated pregnancies.
- The surrogacy process may enable them to stay at home with their children and/or enable them to contribute financially to their family.
- It is an opportunity for paying it forward/blessing someone, regardless of race, religion, political views, or education level.
Why Choose To Be A Gestational Carrier With Family Formers?
Unlike other big surrogacy agencies around the country, the founders of Family Formers, Teresa and Leila, will be there every step of the way, throughout the entire journey, to make sure YOU are taken care of.
A Surrogates Story
Most GCs I speak to about surrogacy, say that they would like to be one because they love to be pregnant and have completed their families. Other ones just want to help another family have their children.
For me, these reasons are true, but my story goes a little deeper. When I was 17 years old, my OBGYN told me he didn’t think I’d be able to have children. Without any valid reason or testing, this was a random thought that he blurted out to me during a visit. At a young age, for a moment, I was in the shoes of many of the couples GC’s help build their families. How can I not be able to have children?