When starting our research into various agencies, we found surrogacyadvisor.com to be very helpful. The site has reviews on both agencies and IVF clinics with breakdowns of various stats from reviewers. One of the critiques we have about this site is that anyone can create a review, negative or positive, but the agencies have no recourse to respond on the site. Some agencies have reviews on Google Maps and Yelp which could be useful.
After reading through all of the reviews, we finally decided to interview four agencies: Creative Family Connections, Circle Surrogacy, Growing Generations, and All Families Surrogacy.
We narrowed our choice down to these four based on the following factors: popularity, ranking, high percentage of gay Intended Parents, location, reviews, and cost.
If you browse over to surrogacyadviser.com, you'll quickly realize that none of our chosen agencies met all of our criteria. Clearly we had to sacrifice some factors over others. Each of the four excel in one of the categories.
Circle has a high number of reviews, many of them very positive, but the few negative ones did give us pause. They aren't the most expensive, but neither are they the cheapest. They also work with a high percentage of gay parents and are one of the oldest agencies.
Creative Family Connections has a decent number of reviews and a high ranking on surrogacyadvisor. Costs are about average, they've been around awhile, and they work with a large number of gay parents.
Growing Generations is the only US based agency used by a couple of our acquaintances. Because of this, we decided to interview them. They are described as the Ferrari of agencies. They are able to and willing to accommodate many requests of IPs in regards to privacy, and like Ferraris, are one of the most expensive. They are perhaps the most corporate and business-like of the agencies, and as such some people reported their journey not being very personal.
All Families Surrogacy doesn't have a rating yet on surrogacyadvisor, but when we very first started our research, they were one of the only agencies located in the Pacific Northwest and almost exclusively used by gay couples.
A note on expense. High expense isn't necessarily a bad thing in surrogacy. As a same-sex couple, this is perhaps the most personal journey you will ever be on with your spouse. The journey is fraught with risks, and you want to make sure the woman bearing your child is well supported and taken care of. We'll take a closer look in a few weeks at the various costs and the differences among the four agencies.
Next week we'll review in detail one of the four agencies.
After reading through all of the reviews, we finally decided to interview four agencies: Creative Family Connections, Circle Surrogacy, Growing Generations, and All Families Surrogacy.
We narrowed our choice down to these four based on the following factors: popularity, ranking, high percentage of gay Intended Parents, location, reviews, and cost.
If you browse over to surrogacyadviser.com, you'll quickly realize that none of our chosen agencies met all of our criteria. Clearly we had to sacrifice some factors over others. Each of the four excel in one of the categories.
Circle has a high number of reviews, many of them very positive, but the few negative ones did give us pause. They aren't the most expensive, but neither are they the cheapest. They also work with a high percentage of gay parents and are one of the oldest agencies.
Creative Family Connections has a decent number of reviews and a high ranking on surrogacyadvisor. Costs are about average, they've been around awhile, and they work with a large number of gay parents.
Growing Generations is the only US based agency used by a couple of our acquaintances. Because of this, we decided to interview them. They are described as the Ferrari of agencies. They are able to and willing to accommodate many requests of IPs in regards to privacy, and like Ferraris, are one of the most expensive. They are perhaps the most corporate and business-like of the agencies, and as such some people reported their journey not being very personal.
All Families Surrogacy doesn't have a rating yet on surrogacyadvisor, but when we very first started our research, they were one of the only agencies located in the Pacific Northwest and almost exclusively used by gay couples.
A note on expense. High expense isn't necessarily a bad thing in surrogacy. As a same-sex couple, this is perhaps the most personal journey you will ever be on with your spouse. The journey is fraught with risks, and you want to make sure the woman bearing your child is well supported and taken care of. We'll take a closer look in a few weeks at the various costs and the differences among the four agencies.
Next week we'll review in detail one of the four agencies.
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