Please, fill out our Intended Parents form or contact us by phone or email to set up an initial consultation. You are then on your way to realizing your dream of becoming a parent(s)
THE MATCHING PROCESS
Next, Heart To Heart Donations will begin looking for a Gestational Surrogate for you. Heart To Heart Donations may have a surrogate match immediately available, however, since every situation is unique, Heart To Heart Donations usually looks for a surrogate who fits you personally. We take pride and care in making our matches and know that in some cases this may be a relationship that lasts a lifetime.
THE SCREENING PROCESS
Heart To Heart Donations carefully screens our Surrogates. It includes several interviews and we thoroughly educate our surrogates to the process, all before presenting their profile to you as a potential match. We make sure that they know exactly what they are getting involved in, the highs and lows of this process and what exactly is expected of them.
Once matched, Heart To Heart Donations start with setting up and coordinating the medical evaluation and psychological screenings; and initiating a criminal background check.
HEALTH INSURANCE
While some insurance policies still provide medical coverage for a Surrogate, many others exclude surrogacy pregnancies. Heart To Heart Donations make sure that either your Surrogate already has appropriate insurance in place or that Heart To Heart Donations can obtain it for her. Heart To Heart Donations will NOT work with Surrogates if Heart To Heart Donations cannot get health insurance in place.
LEGAL
Each state has its own laws regarding surrogacy. Heart To Heart Donations only works with Gestational Surrogates residing in states in which surrogacy is recognized as legal, where contracts will be upheld by the law and the Intended Parents names will go directly on the birth certificate without a step parent adoption process. Those states are California, Texas, Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Both you and the Surrogate will have legal representation. Heart To Heart Donations will provide you with a list of attorneys, however you are free to work with any attorney of your choice.
ESCROW ACCOUNT
a majority of your funds for the Surrogate and her pregnancy must be placed in an escrow account. Heart To Heart Donations does not hold, nor disperse the funds. We work with a bonded escrow company or your attorney will handle all payments
LIFE INSURANCE
upon signing your contract with your Surrogate, you will be responsible for paying for a $250,000 life insurance policy for your Surrogate. Our agency coordinates to make sure that this is in place and that the Surrogate has named her spouse or children as beneficiaries in the event of her death.
EMBRYO TRANSFER
once the screening process is complete, medical insurance is in place and contracts are signed, the IVF cycle and embryo transfer will begin. We will assist in coordination of the cycle between you and the Surrogate. This includes appointments, medications, payments and general progress.
