Welcome Intended Parents!
Let us outline the steps with working with Sowing Seeds Surrogacy Services and what you can expect from us in the months ahead!
GETTING STARTED
- Read through our website to compile a list of questions that you may have
- Contact us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation with the Intended Parent Coordinator/Co-Owner, Jill Snodgrass
- Sign the Retainer Agreement, Submit Agency Fee
- Background check and financial verification is conducted
- Psychological Consultation will be scheduled(if not already completed)
MATCHING
If all checks and evaluations are passed we move on to the matching stage, which includes:
- We will begin to recruit and hand-select Surrogate candidates who meet your specific criteria
- Surrogate candidates will be pre-screened and their profiles will be presented to you
- Matching Conference call with potential Surrogate
- Meet potential Surrogate
- Confirm Surrogate match
- Surrogate’s psychological assessment, background & credit check
SCREENING
The Screening process includes: (This step will not apply to Intended Parents who already have frozen embryos)
- Medical screening for Intended Parents (If not previously completed)
- Medical screening for Gestational Surrogate
- Sperm sample is collected & frozen at the time of medical screening per FDA guidelines
LEGAL
- Legal consult & drafting of Gestational Surrogacy contract
- Sign Gestational Surrogacy contract
- Egg Donor contract drafted and signed (If applicable)
- Attorney will provide a legal letter of clearance to the clinic so that all procedures may commence
- Fund escrow in accordance with the contracts for Gestational Surrogate and Egg Donor, Escrow Fund Agreement
MEDICAL PROCEDURES
- The Gestational Surrogate & Egg Donor will be instructed to begin taking fertility medication
- The fertility clinic will determine an egg retrieval date based on the Surrogate & Donor’s progress
- Following the egg retrieval, sperm and eggs will be combined to create embryos
- Embryo transfer date will be selected based on the embryo development (3 or 5-day transfer)
- 12-14 days after the transfer the clinic will confirm pregnancy via blood test
