The relationship between Intended Parents, IP’s, and a Surrogate has the potential to be very stressful, and if the match of the IP’s and the Surrogate is not good, there is the potential for a very antagonistic relationship with the person who is carrying your baby. Once you have chosen a surrogate, and she becomes pregnant, it is a relationship that you must sustain until the baby is born.



From the surrogate’s perspective, many surrogates choose to work only through an…

Are you or someone you know trying to have A Family of their Own? Family Forward Surrogacy and Bridge To Baby are proud to be participating at the upcoming Family of My Own Fertility & Adoption Conference on Saturday, May 12 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in McLean, VA.



Join us from 8:00am – 2:30pm for…

An overall family building plan should be developed as soon as a couple learns of the infertility diagnosis. All too often we see couples who have spent all of their savings on IVF treatments before considering surrogacy or donor egg. It is important to set a limit of how many IVF cycles will be performed before pursuing third party reproduction options such

as donor egg and/or surrogacy.

IVF Costs:

In order to keep IVF costs down,…

Deciding to embark on a surrogacy journey is a major commitment both financially and emotionally. You will be going through a very complex and life altering experience with someone you have only just met. The surrogate will be going through the physically and emotionally taxing experience of giving birth with the additional stress of undergoing this pregnancy and birth for another family, and having to separate from the baby after she has carried it for nine months. In addition, the…