The Surrogacy Experience Inc, which operates as The Surrogacy Experience, is a for-profit, full-service gestational surrogacy agency that arranges and manages surrogacy journeys within the United States. According to its website, it works as a boutique agency, placing emphasis on mutual matching so that intended parents and gestational carriers come together around shared values and expectations rather than being paired by the agency alone. The site maintains state landing pages for both Wisconsin and New Jersey.
The agency says its team members all have personal connections to surrogacy. Its website names Blair Sullivan as founder and describes the agency as growing out of her own experience working with a gestational carrier to complete her family. Tina Dettlaff is identified on the site as owner and Managing Principal, and the agency notes that she is a two-time gestational carrier. The staff is small, with roughly half a dozen people involved in the program.
The program is built around matching and ongoing case management from screening through delivery. The agency says it pre-screens all carrier candidates before they enter the program, and that it charges a single flat, all-inclusive agency fee. Escrow for a journey is handled in-house by The Surrogacy Experience rather than through an outside escrow company.
The agency works with surrogates who are permanent U.S. residents currently living in the United States; it does not work with surrogates living abroad. A few states are excluded from its carrier program, and it has requirements relating to prior cesarean deliveries and to already parenting a child at home. The full eligibility criteria, along with fee and compensation information on file, appear in the sections below.
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Reviewers are consistently positive about The Surrogacy Experience, often describing caring, compassionate support from the first conversation through delivery and beyond. Both intended parents and surrogates mention open communication and staff who are readily available for questions. Several also describe a thorough, transparent screening and matching process.
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Fantastic experience. They are truly with you from decision to delivery and beyond!
View on Google (opens in a new tab)When I first learned I couldn’t carry a baby and we’d need to use a surrogate, I was terrified to trust a stranger with this enormous responsibility. After spending some time with Tina and learning about The Surrogacy Experience’s process, standards and deep knowledge on the complexities of surrogacy, my husband and I immediately knew that this was the right agency for us. The fantastic team at The Surrogacy Experience and our incredible surrogate took the upmost care leading up to, during and after our pregnancy and our journey was nothing less than amazing. We can’t thank The Surrogacy Experience enough for the joy they have helped bring us and we would highly recommend them to anyone looking to begin their own surrogacy journey.
View on Google (opens in a new tab)After my first phone call with Tina of The Surrogacy Experience, my husband and I knew this would be the agency for us. After the devastating loss of our son from a heart condition and unable to carry a baby, we looked to TSE to guide us through the process of using a surrogate to help us become parents again. Not only was everyone so professional and always available to answer our questions and address any concerns we had, but most of all, they were empathetic to our situation. Our surrogate was a match made in heaven, and we were so very blessed to have beautiful boy/girl twins born in October of 2014. It is amazing to think a phone call changed our lives and helped heal our broken hearts all at once. We couldn't imagine dealing with any other agency. To say thank you for helping us become parents again seems inadequate, but we are truly and eternally grateful to TSE for help making our dreams come true!
View on Google (opens in a new tab)I found The Surrogacy Experience in 2012 when I was thinking about becoming a gestational surrogate. As soon as I spoke to Tina, I knew I was in the right place to make that dream come true. This agency was so caring, compassionate, and professional every step of the way. I was very impressed with how thorough they were with screening me as a candidate to become a surrogate and getting to know me as a person instead of just a client. After I went through the screening process, Tina introduced us to a couple and we all agreed that we wanted to work together to bring their baby into the world. Nothing was left to chance with this. There was a lot of communication between all of us to make sure we all knew and were in agreement with everything that would be happening in the process. If there ever were questions or concerns, Tina was only a phone call away and more than that, she really listened and was truly there for me. She always made sure I was comfortable with the process and was so knowledgable about the whole experience of becoming a surrogate. After officially becoming matched and then meeting with the fertility doctor, things started to get very exciting and soon we were expecting the intended parent's little miracle. Tina and the others at The Surrogacy Experience continued to be very involved with us and were very helpful and supportive. They helped us make arrangements with the hospital we would be delivering at and checked in on us to make sure our appointments were going well. They were so supportive, knowledgable, and caring. I gave birth to my intended parent's daughter in October of 2013 and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I will treasure the memories and the images I hold in my heart of the parents holding their little girl and knowing that I was able to help them have the family they wanted so very much. I am a very proud surrogate mother and am very grateful to The Surrogacy Experience for all of their hard work and dedication throughout my surrogacy. For most of my life, I have lived my days in the bubble of my own family and friends. With surrogacy, I was able to reach out and make a difference in the lives of people I wouldn't have known any other way and we all walked out of that hospital changed for the better, forever, because we took a leap of faith with The Surrogacy Experience at our side through it all.
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See which agencies fit youYes. The Surrogacy Experience requires surrogates to be raising at least one child of their own.
The Surrogacy Experience's citizenship or residency requirement for surrogates: Permanent US resident currently living in the USA.
Yes. The Surrogacy Experience does not accept surrogates who live in: Louisiana, Nebraska.
