Using Our Surrogate Search Service: What You Should Know

Whether you are contemplating working with Surrogate Concierge's surrogate search service or you’ve already partnered with us to begin your search, it’s important that we ensure our service really is the best fit for you and we properly manage expectations. We want you to have a great experience working with us and ultimately match with a quality candidate in a much faster time than if you worked directly with an agency.

There are stories of Surrogate Concierge matching intended parents with gestational carriers in as little as a week or even a day. Are those stories true? Yes! It happens. Sometimes it takes 2 to 3 months, but even that is a fraction of the time an agency will quote you. Could it happen as quickly for you? Read on to find out!

What Our Surrogate Search Service Can Do for You

Let’s start with how a surrogate search with Surrogate Concierge can benefit you.

• Find a qualified candidate. She has been pre-approved by our internal medical team, meets ASRM guidelines, and has been reviewed to meet your clinic’s gestational carrier requirements.

  
  

• Provide an expedited path. We source surrogates from dozens of agencies rather than leaving you to rely on the candidate pool of one agency.

  
  

• Ensure your surrogate resides in and gives birth in a surrogacy-friendly state. We match you with a candidate based on your specific circumstances and legal considerations.

  
  

• Partner with a trusted surrogacy agency. We vet all our agency partners to ensure that they thoroughly screen their GCs, uphold the highest ethical standards, and efficiently coordinate the journey and support you from match through your baby’s birth.

A Few Caveats for a Speedy Surrogate Search

And now for a few limitations you should be aware of.

Custom Requirements Will Increase Search Time

Surrogate Concierge isn't an opportunity to “custom order” a GC while still expecting the record match time that other Surrogate Concierge clients have enjoyed. Generally speaking, the longer your wish list, the longer it will take our team of case managers to match you. Think of this as a balancing act of speed versus your criteria. Even one requirement can drastically reduce the candidate pool.

Want a CA surrogate? You will eliminate 80% or more of candidates.

Need her to be COVID vaccinated? The pool just shrunk by another 50%.

With every additional criterion, you can see how quickly your options will be reduced, and the match time will increase. Imagine how that time continues to go up if you have a long list of preferences!

Rejecting Qualified Surrogates Will Impede Your Search

Surrogate Concierge also doesn't take a quantity approach that allows you to pass on numerous qualified candidates. We are always your best chance of finding what you’re looking for in a surrogate, simply because we have access to so many more candidates than any individual agency. Having said that, we can’t control the candidates we see, and we will always be limited by the women who choose to become surrogates.

Rest assured, we will do our part to match you with a qualified candidate as quickly as possible, but this only works if you do your part, which is to move forward with a match when a suitable candidate is presented to you. It is not uncommon for intended parents to get in their own way of matching, rejecting surrogates who will go on to have healthy babies for other hopeful parents.

Looking for Perfection Can Be a Barrier

Our many years of experience have taught us that there is no such thing as a perfect surrogate; after all, no person is perfect. However, there is one thing that’s inherently wonderful about all surrogates, which is that they’ve already done the one thing you need them to do—carry and deliver a healthy baby!

Because of this, it’s never our recommendation to reinvent the wheel. For example, some intended parents want to revamp the gestational carrier’s diet or lifestyle. This could dramatically impact her body but not necessarily in a way that’s beneficial to her or your baby. Again, whatever she previously did to have a healthy baby or babies has worked. Trust that she’ll do what’s best to care for herself and your child during pregnancy.

Trust That Surrogate Concierge Has Your Best Interests at Heart

Speaking of trust, we presume that you selected your fertility clinic because you like them and trust them. So, trust that they have your back when it comes to your surrogate. At Surrogate Concierge, we present surrogate candidates with your clinic’s criteria in view, but we see many intended parents impose stricter medical criteria on their GC than their clinic does. It is your clinic’s role to determine whether a surrogate is medically suitable to carry your child.

If you have any questions or concerns about your particular GC preferences and how they may impact your search with us, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at (415) 663-6097. We understand that trusting another human to carry your child requires a tremendous leap of faith. Surrogate Concierge exists to support you and advocate for you in this endeavor.

It takes a village (as they say), which includes our case managers, agency partners, surrogates, attorneys, fertility clinics, and you, our valued intended parents. We ask that you place your trust in us and our nearly 20 years of experience and expertise in surrogate matching. We will help you bring your baby home faster; you just have to let us.

If you haven't yet decided on a surrogacy search service, we invite you schedule a one-on-one conversation with us. It's simple with our online form.