A home for Surrogates and their Intended Parents around the globe

If you're not new to the concept of surrogacy, then the following scenario may or may not be familiar. If you’re here at our site checking out surrogacy for the first time, then this is why WE are here.

A Surrogate commits a very courageous act in carrying a baby for someone else. In most circumstances, she has her own family. She is so dedicated to the idea of families that she can't bear to think of someone else without that same chance. So she undergoes a battery of tests and hormones and preparation in order to help another individual or couple who cannot conceive their own child.

Does her family understand? We hope so. But what about extended family? What about her spouse's parents? What about the community in which she lives? What if the couple she's carrying a child for is gay or lesbian? What will her friends, family, and community think of that?

Now contrast that with a "normal" pregnant woman. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books on pregnancy. Obstetrician offices and hospitals offer support groups and classes for pregnant moms and couples. There are mother and other parenting support groups. And then of course local schools create their own communities and support systems. Do any of them include surrogates? More than likely not, or at least not knowingly.

Surrogates are such a minority, and not always an accepted one.

Here’s another scenario. A Surrogate has embarked on this journey with an amazing team of doctors, Intended Parents, perhaps an agency. Everything builds up to the moment that all have been waiting for: the birth of this very loved and planned-for baby. Suddenly, the attention shifts to the baby and the new family, and away from the Surrogate. And that's what's needed. But what about the Surrogate? Now that she's completed the bulk of this journey and even before she may go on to build a relationship with the new family, she's no longer in the spotlight.

So where do Surrogates go for support?

To other Surrogates. To other people who are involved in the Surrogacy odyssey. To those who understand. To those who have been there.

And now let's think about Intended Parents. More than likely, and Intended Parent considering or involved in surrogacy doesn't have anyone in his/her neighborhood to go to for help. Perhaps the Intended Parents are a heterosexual couple who can't conceive traditionally. Perhaps the Intended Parents are gay or lesbian. Perhaps it's a single Intended Parent. Much of the world considers pregnancy and family in one way and one way only.

So where do Intended Parents go to for support?

To other Intended Parents. To other people who have traveled down the path they're considering. To those who understand. To those who have been there and are going through it right now.

That's really the crux of why Surrogacy Support was born: to offer a community to Surrogates, Intended Parents, and anyone involved in the surrogacy process - beyond geography and local community.

We believe that there should be a place where we focus on the surrogate as a whole person. She's not just a womb or a mother or a role. She's a person, and what does this surrogacy journey mean to her?

Here's what we offer at Surrogate Support:

• Support
• Information
• Wisdom
• Guidance
• Celebration
• Fun

Overall, more than anything, this isn't just for fun and to feel good. On a more serious side, we know there's a connection between stress and a difficult pregnancy. And stress of isolation is a stress all of its own.

Surrogacy Support creates a home for Surrogates, Intended Parents, and members of the surrogacy world.

To get more information, please be in touch.