What happens when a pandemic strikes and international travel is banned? What happens when you dreamt of having your own biological child and now you can’t get to him or her? What happens to your baby? What happens to the surrogate? ‘Expecting Julianna’ is one surrogacy story of many that have occurred during this pandemic.Read More
COVID-19 Updates for SAI
UPDATE: July 30, 2020 12:15 pm pst. While there has been an uptick in COVID-19 cases in California and the U.S. we are still building families and working IVF clinics who are all following safety protocols. Our surrogates are still having transfers and babies are being born and regardless of the uncertainty in the worldRead More
Top 5 Tips to Get Matched
MAKING THE MATCH: TOP 5 TIPS TO GET MATCHED If you’ve never been through a surrogacy journey you probably never heard of “matching”. This is where a surrogate and an intended parent learn about each other and decide they would like to match. You’re both on this journey for several months and you want toRead More
Help Wanted: Client Services Director
Does the field of third party reproduction interest you? Ever thought about making a difference in the world? Have you sat and wondered how you could possibly leave your mark on the lives of others? If you have then you should join us. We build families through surrogacy and egg donation and have been doing so forRead More
Health and Wellness in Surrogacy
How Does Acupuncture, Massage, and Nutrition Promote IVF Success? Did you know that Surrogate Alternatives, Inc. was the first agency to offer a wellness package? Why does SAI offer a wellness package that features fertility acupuncture, massage, and nutrition counseling? Because we want to do everything possible to enhance the success rate of in vitroRead More
Surrogacy Journey in San Diego
Choose San Diego as your Surrogacy destination! As you begin your journey as an Intended Parent you’re starting to wonder what agency’s you should work with. There’s nothing wrong with doing your due diligence but let’s add one little thing into the mix, location. As you know it’s no secret that surrogacy isn’t widely acceptedRead More
Surrogacy Acronyms: Know them?
OMG Surrogacy Acronyms! If there’s one thing anyone going through infertility treatment knows, its all of the acronyms associated with it! The surrogacy world adds on even more acronyms! So welcome to surrogacy 101: let’s go over some of the most used surrogacy terms on social media. IVF: In Vitro Fertilization What does IVF standRead More
Top 5 Reasons to become a Surrogate
There are so many life experiences and stories that bring us to the decision to become a surrogate. Every woman has a different list of reasons to be a surrogate mother, but there are a lot of recurring themes I have found when talking with other women who have been surrogates and I am listingRead More
Deciding who to carry for.
Once you’ve decided to become a surrogate, the next step after getting all of your medical paperwork to SAI is to create your profile. This is where you talk about your family, and your likes and interests, but also when you decide who you feel called to carry for in your surrogacy journey. This stepRead More
Why I chose Surrogate Alternatives. A Surrogate’s perspective.
I’ve been pretty active on social media and online with my surrogacy journeys since about 2013. I began documenting my individual journey’s and thoughts since I became interested in the possibility of becoming a surrogate, and the questions have poured in from people ever since. One of the top questions I get is “How doRead More