The library

Resources

We publish in the order things came up in our own journey — and try to answer the questions we wish we'd asked sooner.

Tools

Tool

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New · Cost benchmarkInteractiveDraft

What does a surrogacy journey actually cost?

A levels.fyi-style benchmark built from real anonymized cost sheets — six buckets, real medians, a downloadable estimate worksheet, and a filterable submissions table. Upload your own quote to see how it stacks up.

Open the benchmark

By phase

All phases Phase 01 · Decide & Prepare Phase 02 · Find & Match Phase 03 · Medical Screening Phase 04 · Legal & Financial Setup Phase 05 · Transfer & Early Pregnancy Phase 06 · Pregnancy & Monitoring Phase 07 · Birth & Homecoming

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All Legal Cost Insurance Matching Clinic Benefits Contracts

Published · Phase 07

No articles for this phase yet. Check back soon — the upcoming list below shows what we're working on.

Coming soon

ART Risk insurance evaluations explained

Insurance

Evaluating a surrogate candidate: a framework

Matching

Clinic screening: hidden costs and the gatekeeper problem

Clinic

Reading your employer's family-forming benefit

Benefits

The 'unhappy path' your agency is selling you

Agency

Going independent without going alone

Independent

Agency contracts: what to look for, what's a red flag

Contracts