Family Forward Surrogacy, also referred to as FFS, is a for-profit gestational surrogacy agency based in Bethesda, Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington, DC. It works from a single office with a small team, and describes itself on social media as a boutique agency.
The agency offers a full-service program, meaning it supports both sides of a surrogacy arrangement from matching through the end of the journey. According to its website, its mission is to help couples and individuals build the families they hope for through gestational surrogacy, and it frames its role as matchmaker and guide, helping intended parents and surrogates navigate the process together.
FFS works with LGBTQ+ intended parents. Its surrogate program is aimed at applicants based in the United States rather than gestational carriers living abroad. The agency publishes its fees, and the specific criteria it applies to surrogate applicants, along with compensation ranges and other program details, appear in the tables further down this page.
A small number of reviews have been left by people who worked with the agency as gestational carriers.
We haven’t found public reviews of FFS yet.
Base compensation
$55,000 – $75,000
Published by the agency. Benefits and allowances are usually on top of this.
Requirements change — confirm with the agency before applying.
See which agencies fit youFFS accepts gestational surrogates up to age 42.
FFS requires surrogates to have a BMI of 32 or lower.
Yes. FFS requires surrogates to have had at least 1 prior pregnancy.
FFS accepts surrogates who have had no more than 3 C-sections.
