Finding a Surrogate
Working with a gestational surrogate to move your dream of parenthood forward is exciting due to the opportunity it provides you. However, parents-to-be also commonly feel the process is daunting: emotionally, physically, and financially. Grief, sadness, excitement, anxiety, hope. All of these feelings may be surfacing as you think about the process. At Forward Fertility, navigating the process of surrogacy is done with kindness, patience, and great attention to detail.
What to expect when you work with Forward Fertility as you search for a gestational surrogate?
As you consider the process of using a surrogate, are you in search of the following?
- A knowledgeable guide who is always thinking about the details?
- Flexibility to incorporate what matters to you into the process?
- An advocate who can help you avoid the common pitfalls?
- Easy access to a point person that knows your story?
- Quick, responsive, customer-centered care?
- A healthy, honest, genuine woman as your gestational surrogate?
If these are items you would want to have as you navigate the process of becoming a parent through surrogacy, then working with a surrogate through Forward Fertility may be for you.
We do not take on International clients , clients who plan to transfer two embryos at a time, or clients without a medical indication for surrogacy. We have a strong preference for clients who have more than 2 embryos, embryos that are PGT-A tested, and clients who are working with IVF clinics that have a success rate as good or better than the national average AND a dedicated nurse coordinating the gestational carrier cycles.
As of May 2024, we are taking on new Parents-to-be. To be considered, please email christie@forwardfertility.com AND INCLUDE: your name(s)/age(s), medical reason for surrogacy, where you live, your IVF clinic, how many embryos you have, if they are PGTA tested, if you already have children, and two characteristics you would bring to this important team project. We prefer to work with certain IVF clinics we've worked with previously, parents with 2-3 (or more) embryos, PGTA tested embryos, and will only take on clients with a medical need for surrogacy and who are transferring one embryo at a time.
Unlike most agencies, we do not take on potential clients by having them sign a contract, pay a large sum of money, and put their names on a list. We take on clients who we feel we can match in the next 6-9 months and who are a good fit for our program. As always, Parents-to-Be only pay the first installment of the agency fee after they've matched with the Gestational Carrier.

Forward Fertility will work closely with the hospital where the gestational surrogate is delivering to make sure everything is in place for the big day. Most hospitals are familiar with surrogacy deliveries, but meeting ahead of time with the labor and delivery team can make the labor, delivery, and post-partum stay smoother.You and the gestational surrogate have worked out the desires and priorities for the delivery such as: who will be there, who cuts the cord, who holds the baby. If you are a mom-to- be, you may have already met with a lactation consultant to discuss the possibility of nursing your baby. Many parents-to-be will want to have skin-to-skin contact with their son or daughter right after the delivery to facilitate early bonding.