Becoming a Surrogate

Surrogate Agency

Compassionate Beginnings™ is a surrogate agency, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, supporting women interested in becoming a surrogate, and to find a surrogate.  Although located in Cincinnati, Ohio, we also serve several neighboring area such as Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Lexington, and others.

We routinely set appointments to meet potential surrogates throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

About Surrogacy

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Gestational Carrier with Compassionate Beginnings™. Being a surrogate is a wonderful and miraculous gift and can complete a couples' long awaited dream of having a child to love. Compassionate Beginnings™ is dedicated to helping you understand the complete process, while guiding you each step of the way. While the process of Surrogacy requires extreme commitment and can sometimes be challenging, it is a very rewarding experience.

If you meet the criteria below and wish to proceed, you may complete our pre-screening application.

  Pre-Screening Survey 

The Surrogate Process

  1. Pre-Screening Survey
  2. Official Surrogacy Application
  3. Personal Interview
  4. Psychological Evaluation
  5. Selection Profile Created
  6. Selection by Intended Parents
  7. Contracts for surrogacy
  8. Medical Process (below)
  9. Compensation (below)

Compassionate Beginnings™, LLC is dedicated to your well-being and complete knowledge of this process. Your medical care will be under the direct supervision of a Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and the entire team of nurses, medical assistants and personnel of the chosen center.

Once a pregnancy is confirmed, your care will be provided by a physician who specializes in Obstetrics specific to your needs.

Surrogate Screening

To qualify for surrogacy, you must be:

  1. Women between the ages of 21-38 with an excellent health history who enjoy pregnancy

  2. Average BMI (body weight to height)

  3. Non-smoking and resides in a smoke free environment

  4. No history or current use of illicit drugs, and no history of alcohol abuse

  5. Delivered at least one child full term without pregnancy complications

  6. No more than one prior C-Section

  7. Have a written letter from current OB/Gyn Physician confirming heath status to carry a child

  8. Have medical insurance and is not receiving Government assistance

  9. Pass a criminal background check

  10. Pass a full Psychological screening

  11. Reliable transportation and ability to attend medical appointments

  12. Significant other and/or family support

 

Being Matched with Intended Parents

Once the above screening has been satisfactorily met, we will create a surrogacy profile including a picture and personal information for potential intended parents to review.

Interested intended parents will notify us of their interest in you. We will then provide you with information on the intended parents and arrange a personal meeting between both parties.

Once this match has been decided between you the surrogate and the intended parents, we will provide a list of qualified Family Attorneys to assist you the surrogate and the intended parent (s) throughout the process.

Compassionate Beginnings™ is available throughout the initial process and the pregnancy to act as a liaison between you the surrogate and the intended parents.

Medical Process

There are two types of surrogates: a traditional surrogate and a gestational carrier. Traditional surrogates are inseminated with the intended parent's semen while providing their own egg/ovum to result in a pregnancy that is carried. A traditional surrogate may also use other means of Assisted Reproduction, while using her own Ovum or egg. A gestational carrier has no biological relationship to the baby. The pregnancy is a result of the intended parents ovum and sperm or that of a donor.

The Fertility Center caring for the intended parent or parents will provide the medical testing necessary to evaluate a potential carrier or surrogate. Once this is satisfied, the necessary treatment plans will be carried out to reach the goal of pregnancy. This may be through Artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization or other assisted reproductive measures. Once a pregnancy is confirmed and evaluated, the surrogate or carrier will be cared for by a qualified OB/GYN for the remainder of her pregnancy and delivery.
 

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