Can I work with a surrogate that I already know?

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Hi, this is Danielle Gage, Case Manager at Bright Futures Families Surrogacy, with Ask a Surrogacy Expert Question. And today our question is: Can I work with a surrogate that I already know?

And the answer is absolutely. We often have intended parents who want to work with a family member or a close friend. As an agency, we are here to help through that process because surrogacy is honestly quite complex. There are many moving parts with legal, medical and financial concerns that you'll go through. It can just all be very overwhelming to do by yourself. So we are here to help support you and your surrogate throughout the process and help with any hard conversations you might have to have as well and help just to protect and preserve that relationship with you and your surrogate. If you have a family member or a friend who you want to use as your surrogate but still would like to have an agency and you would like to explore that, please reach out to us. I invite you to schedule a consultation and you can meet with one of us to just discuss our concierge service program. Thank you for your question.