One of the first questions intended parents should ask a surrogacy agency is how their surrogates
are screened, and if the screening is done prior to being matched. The screening process helps
agencies understand women’s motivations to become surrogates, what their support systems will
be, as well as physical and emotional histories. At Genesis Fertility and Surrogacy Agency, every surrogate
that is ready to matchhas been fully vetted in our 3-step screening process.
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Genesis Fertility and Surrogacy Agency facilitates a full screening of their surrogates prior to matching
them with intended parents. Our decades of experience has led us to this in-depth screening regimen
to ensure that each and every surrogate that is ready to match has been fully vetted in our 3 step
screening process to determine the strongest, healthiest and most successful surrogates.
We do this because your security – and the safety of your future baby – is our number one priority.
Our surrogate screening process means that we’ll only present you with a potential surrogate match when we’ve determined she is not only a good candidate for surrogacy, but a surrogate candidate who meets Genesis Fertility Surrogacy Services Surrogacy’s highest standards. For parents, this thorough screening process can result in a short wait time for matching with the right surrogate, but we believe a best-in-class surrogate is worth the wait.
Agency Doesn’t Fully Screen Surrogates?
When an agency does not fully screen a surrogate before she is matched, it can cause stress and uncertainty for you. For example, you could have spent time getting to know your surrogate and forming an emotional connection, only to learn later that she did not pass the psychological evaluation and is not a good candidate for surrogacy. This can be frustrating and devastating for you as intended parents. We’re dedicated to providing as smooth a journey as possible for you.
Screening Process
Genesis Fertility Surrogacy’s surrogate screening process contains three key steps in determining if a woman will be a
successful surrogate. We not only speak with each candidate at length, we ask questions and gather
information about her that enables us to evaluate if she’s prepared to take on the mental, emotional and
physical commitment of being a Genesis Fertility Surrogacy surrogate.
Surrogate Prescreening
This first step of the screening process happens right after a woman fills out the surrogate
application. Our Prescreening Team – that includes experienced surrogates – will connect with
every applicant to talk through the answers on her application, get clarity where needed,
and answer any questions she might have.
While in Prescreening, our agency team will gather the following information
from the surrogate applicant:
Health and pregnancy history
Criminal and financial background checks
Insurance information
Medical records
If women meet the criteria to become a Circle surrogate after Prescreening, they will progress to
the second step of the process which is to be screened by a licensed mental health professional.
How Genesis Fertility Surrogacy Services Goes the Extra Mile
Many other agencies complete just this first step in the screening process and consider a surrogate “screened” and ready for matching. Because of this, other agencies may have shorter or no wait times to match. At Genesis Fertility Surrogacy Services Surrogacy, we encourage you to wait for a fully-screened surrogate to match with to reduce the risk of match breaks and disappointment for all parties.
The Surrogacy Consultation
Genesis Fertility Surrogacy Services employs an in-house team of licensed mental health professionals who screen
and support surrogates. Our experienced team has screened hundreds of surrogate applicants.
They not only understand what the surrogate process is, they have supported women through
the entirety of their journeys, and that experience has informed the questions they ask to
determine if a woman would make a good surrogate.
During the surrogacy consultation, which can last approximately 2-2.5 hours, surrogate applicants
are asked about the following:
Their motivation to becoming a surrogate
Their pregnancy history
Family and interpersonal relationships
Any hobbies, interests, life experiences
Who her support network is (women will be asked to identify a Primary Support Person for the duration
of their journeys)
Her surrogacy journey expectations and preferences (including the level of communication with intended parents and the type of intended parents she’d prefer to work with)
Her views regarding termination and selective reduction
At this stage, the surrogate candidate’s primary support person will also have a call scheduled with the support team. During this call, the mental health professionals are able to determine if the primary support person identified will provide the proper emotional support for the candidate.
When Is a Surrogate Ready for Matching?
Once a surrogate applicant completes all three steps to the surrogate screening process successfully, she is ready to move on to the next step: matching with intended parents!
At this point, the Genesis Fertility Surrogacy Agenccy Surrogacy team will work together to match the screened surrogates with waiting intended parents.
