Modern Family Surrogacy Center, Inc., which also operates as Modern Family Surrogacy, is a for-profit, full-service surrogacy and egg donation agency. It began in 2011 and works from the San Diego area, in La Mesa, California, with a second location in Washington state. The agency says it was founded by Cora Jenson, a former four-time surrogate, who continues to lead it as owner and chief executive.
As a full-service agency, it coordinates the pieces of a surrogacy journey rather than handling only one step, including matching intended parents with gestational carriers, case management through the medical process, and support for both sides along the way. An egg donation program is offered alongside surrogacy, which can matter for intended parents who need a donor as well as a carrier.
According to the agency, it works with intended parents regardless of marital status or sexual orientation, and its program is open to single parents and LGBTQ+ parents as well as couples. International intended parents are also served. Surrogates are recruited within the United States.
The agency is a BBB Accredited Business with the BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest, Central and Inland California, accredited since April 2015, and carries an A+ rating. It publishes its fees, and eligibility requirements for surrogates, surrogate compensation and accreditation details appear in the sections below.
Among published reviews, several surrogates describe the staff's treatment of and care for gestational carriers, and note that some team members have been surrogates themselves.
AI summary of 12 reviews · can make mistakes
Reviewers overwhelmingly describe Modern Family Surrogacy as caring, supportive and professional, and several say they returned for multiple journeys. Many mention that the staff have been surrogates themselves and praise the agency's careful, personality-based matching of surrogates and intended parents. A small number of reviewers were unhappy with communication during the screening stage.
12 reviews match these filters.
I would recommend Modern Family Surrogacy Center to anyone! Friendly, caring and such a wonderful staff! They care about thier surrogates and it shows! 💜
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Modern Family Surrogacy Center is kind and professional and makes you feel supported. I trust Cora and her team implicitly.
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Staff and everyone I spoke to was great but I’m giving 2 stars because once I didn’t qualify and couldn’t move forward no one contacted me anymore they just stopped communicating they weren’t even the ones to tell me I couldn’t proceed to be a surrogate.
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Cora and her staff are wonderful. I love that everyone on staff has previously been a surrogate so that they understand the process. I had a successful journey where I carried a little boy for a single dad. Cora does such a great job matching surrogates to intended parents that would be a great fit. She takes those matches seriously to make sure everyone clicks in hopes of having an enjoyable and smooth journey for everyone.
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Base compensation
From $80,000
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 youModern Family Surrogacy accepts gestational surrogates between 21 and 40 years old.
Modern Family Surrogacy requires surrogates to have a BMI of 32 or lower.
