Do I have to pump breastmilk for my intended parents?

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Danielle explains whether surrogates are required to pump breastmilk for intended parents after the birth.

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Hi, this is Danielle Gage, Case Manager at Bright Futures Families Surrogacy, with Ask a Surrogacy Expert. And today our question is, do I have to pump breast milk for my intended parents? And the answer is, no, you do not have to. If you would like to, that may be a possibility. And that is a matching point that we discuss here at our agency. If you would really like to pump breast milk after the baby is delivered and would like to provide that milk to the intended parent, we talk about that during the match meeting. Of course, nothing is set in stone, but it does help to share your desires and hopes for during the journey and after the journey. And if pumping breast milk is important to you after the baby is delivered, you want to share that information with the intended parents prior to matching. Thank you for your question.