Gestational Carrier (Surrogacy)
Understanding your options
Many people become parents by using a gestational carrier (or surrogate), a woman who carries and gives birth to a child for a man, woman, or couple who cannot. Many women decide to become gestational carriers to help people who want to become parents make their dreams of having a family come true.
Your Options for Using a Gestational Carrier
The Center for Collaborative Reproduction offers you comprehensive information and support to navigate the surrogacy process. Our goal is to streamline the surrogacy process from selection to treatment for you.
The ideal gestational carrier or surrogate is a woman between the ages of 21 and 27 who has had at least one healthy pregnancy and has at least one child of her own. She must be physically healthy, a non-smoker, non-drug user, and must pass an extensive medical screening, as well as, a criminal background check, before she can begin helping families.
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Choosing a Gestational Carrier
This is an intimate, personal process. We work closely with the following organizations that help match families with prescreened, readily available gestational carriers and can help guide you, step-by-step, through this very personal journey of creating your family.
Graceful Conception
825 S Waukegan Rd, A8 Suite 113
Lake Forest, IL 60045
847-234-9606
www.gracefulconception.com
Family Source Consultants (FSC)
200 W. Madison, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60606
312-277-4008
info@familysourcesurrogacy.com
www.familysourcesurrogacy.com
Parenting Partners
5250 Grand Ave., Suite 14
Gurnee, IL 60031 847-782-0224
www.parentingpartners.net
Golden Surrogacy
40 Skokie Blvd, Suite 260
Northbrook, IL 60062
800-824-4428
www.goldensurrogacy.com
Forward Fertility
313 Price Pl, Suite 108
Madison, WI 53705
608-217-7511
info@forwardfertility.com
www.forwardfertility.com
Hope Surrogacy
320 E Wilson St, Suite 510
Madison, WI 53703
608-514-9150
www.hopesurrogacy.com
The Surrogacy Center
1400 Van Buren St NE, Suite 230
Minneapolis, MN 55413
651-478-4188
www.surrogacycenter.com
Sowing Seeds Surrogacy
102 E. Kimberly Rd, Suite I #176
Davenport, IA 52806
563-594-4306
www.sowingseedssurrogacy.com
ConceiveAbilities
2 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60606
312-379-5700
www.conceiveabilities.com
Center for Surrogate Parenting (CSP)
(West Coast Office)
15821 Ventura Blvd, Suite 675
Encino, CA 91436
818-788-8288 or 818-788-8289
www.creatingfamilies.com
(East Coast Office)
9 State Circle, Suite 302
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-990-9860
Legal Resources
As intended parents, it will be crucial to understand the legalities involved in your specific situation. Laws can vary by state, and we will connect you to experienced legal experts in your area.
You likely have a lot to think about and discuss with your partner or those closest to you as you’re deciding whether surrogacy is the right option for you to build a family. It may help to read experiences of other families who have pursued having a child through surrogacy successfully.