Hope Surrogacy, Inc., which operates as Hope Surrogacy, is a for-profit gestational surrogacy matching agency with its main office in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, overlooking Lake Monona. Alongside the Madison office, it lists locations in Deephaven, Minnesota; Park Ridge, Illinois; and Royal Oak, Michigan, and according to its website it serves intended parents and gestational carriers across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan.
The agency describes itself as a boutique practice run by three owners: Mary Murphey, LeeAnn Schulz and Amy Kothe. It is a small team, and its own and directory materials emphasize that the owners are directly involved in the journeys they manage. Hope Surrogacy is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Business, accredited since December 2017, and holds an A+ rating from the BBB.
Hope Surrogacy presents itself as a full-service agency: the agency says it matches intended parents with gestational surrogates and coordinates the legal, medical, mental-health and financial parts of the process, so that families and carriers work with one point of contact rather than assembling those pieces themselves. It works with LGBTQ+ intended parents and with intended parents living outside the United States, and matches with surrogates based in the states where it operates.
The agency publishes its fee structure, and its surrogate eligibility requirements and compensation ranges are summarized in the tables below, along with its BBB details.
A related Madison-based nonprofit, Give Hope, A Surrogacy Foundation, lists Hope Surrogacy among its resources, and the agency's website links to a donation page for the foundation. Two similarly named organizations, Carrying Hope: A Surrogacy Agency and the Give Hope foundation itself, are separate entities.
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Summary: Repeat surrogate on her second journey praises the three owners' guidance and singles out communication as what made the journey smooth; considering a third journey with the agency.
Read the original on Forums (opens in a new tab)Summary: A surrogate describes the agency as a strong resource from first questions through post-birth support.
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Base compensation
$35,000 – $40,000
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 youHope Surrogacy accepts gestational surrogates between 21 and 42 years old.
Hope Surrogacy requires surrogates to have a BMI of 32 or lower.
Yes. Hope Surrogacy requires surrogates to have had at least 1 prior pregnancy.
