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City of Folsom, CA
When most people hear the name Folsom, they typically think of the famous Johnny Cash song. While the city does have Folsom Prison, from which the song was based, there are many other aspects of Folsom that has made it a great place to live for many Californians. For one, there’s the beautiful Folsom Lake. A part of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, the lake is one of the most popularly visited parks in California.
First called Granite City due to its mines of granite, the city eventually had a railroad built to it. When the granite ran out, the railroad system kept the city flourishing. It was later renamed Folsom in honor of the city’s founder who had lobbied to get the railroad system brought to Folsom.
In 2018, there was an estimated population of around 79,022 people. As it happens, Folsom is also one of the cities with the smallest crime rate in the state of California.
Since Folsom is a relatively safe place to live, more and more families and singles have come to the area looking to set down roots. If you live in Folsom, you can take part in a fantastic experience that can change the lives of others either living in Folsom or across the country.
It’s called surrogacy. If you’re a woman who has had given birth to her own child or children already, then you could be a perfect candidate for our surrogate agency. Yet you may be wondering what it means to become a surrogate and what the process of surrogacy looks like in California. Read on to find out more about surrogacy in California.
The Right Mindset
Before attempting to sign up with a surrogacy agency in California and to become a surrogate in Folsom, you first need to ensure that you have the right mindset for it. Becoming a surrogate is a long process. At the very least, you can expect to devote a year to the process and most likely two. It involves fertility treatments, being matched with an intended couple, the actual pregnancy, and then the recovery process after giving birth.
Most surrogates devote anywhere from a year to two years per surrogate job. If that’s a commitment you’re not sure that you can make, then being a surrogate might not be the best job for you.
However, if the idea of giving a couple the chance to be parents to their own child is something that drives you, then surrogacy in California may be made just for you.
Besides time, a lot of energy is involved, too. You have to attend appointments, visit with the intended parents, and deal with the less than pleasant consequences of pregnancies, too. However, you’re an experienced mother at this point. You likely have a routine down to handle that morning sickness and other side effects.
What’s being a surrogate worth to someone? When you become a surrogate with our surrogate agency, you can expect to be generously compensated.
Compensation in Folsom, CA
Made in the USA Surrogacy is committed to on-boarding wonderful surrogate mothers who give their body and time for another family. For this sacrifice, intended parents offer our surrogate candidates an excellent surrogate benefit package that is designed to take care of most of her needs during the process of surrogacy. Surrogate compensation is typically enough for families to put towards their own children’s futures, pay off debt or start a good rainy-day fund.
Our surrogates can make anywhere around $50,000. For those who have been a surrogate before, they can make even more. This amount is typically broken down into monthly installments of $4,250. You can also see how much money is funneled into certain categories below.
- Base compensation: $40,000
- Twins/multiples: $5,000
- Monthly allowance: $250
- Experienced Surrogate bonus: $5,000
- Maternity Clothes: $1,000
- Housekeeping: $2,000
Keep in mind that this is merely a broad overview of the breakdown. You can find out more information about compensation on our website. It should also be noted that we also offer your spouse some additional income. In the event that they need to take time off from work in order to take you to appointments or something, the intended parents will pay of up to 10 days for your spouse as well.
Yet before you can get started with the process of surrogacy, you first need to meet a few surrogacy qualifications. Not just anyone can become a surrogate.
Surrogacy Qualifications
The overall goal of becoming a surrogate is to provide a healthy pregnancy that produces a healthy child. In some cases, certain women just aren’t healthy enough to carry another child safely. Those women are barred from becoming a surrogate to save their own health as well as the child’s health. To ensure that you have a healthy pregnancy, here are some of the qualifications that we expect you to meet in order to join our agency.
The first is that you need to be a legal resident or a legal immigrant in the United States. Even if you live in Folsom, you might end up being a surrogate for someone elsewhere in California or even across the country or even an international couple.
You also need to be of relatively good health. This means that you have to be between the ages of 23 and 38, have a BMI between 19 and 30, and that you aren’t a smoker. You should be clean from any substance abuse problems.
To further determine whether you can have a healthy pregnancy or not, we also ask that you have had at least one successful birth before. Successful means that the child was born without any complications.
We also ask that you are financially secure.
Finally, you must undergo a physical and mental evaluation before you can be considered to join our agency.
Steps on How to Become a Surrogate in Folsom
From there, you can start the process by filling out our online intake form. If that form is checked out and approved, then you’ll be contacted by an agency coordinator who will help you fill out the official surrogate application form. While you wait for that form to be approved, you’re going to need to start pulling together some paperwork for us.
The first is that we’ll need your medical records and documentation that proves you’ve had a successful birth before. The medical records will also help us determine how healthy you are. Because this process can take a while, it’s best to get started with it immediately.
We’ll also need a photo of your family and a clearance letter from your OBGYN.
Finally, you’ll need to have a PAP smear performed within the year of applying with us.
Once that has all been submitted and finished, we can officially welcome you into the agency. We’ll do a lot of legwork at this point. We’ll match you with an intended couple that is eager to meet you. We’ll also help you find a surrogate attorney and surrogate health insurance. Few policies actually cover surrogates, so we can help you find a policy that actually works for your needs.
After that has been completed, you can begin the process in truth. Fertility treatments from the treating fertility clinic will be the first step to become a surrogate. These are to help prepare you for the embryo transfer. The intended parents will also be receiving treatments to prepare them for IVF. IVF involves the donation of egg and sperm cells most of the time from the intended parents but also from an egg donor and or sperm donor. They’re placed together in a petri dish where the sperm can more easily fertilize the egg.
The result is an embryo. This embryo is then placed either in your uterus or fallopian tube in a process called embryo transfer. It’s a simple procedure where the embryo is simply inserted within your body. Should your body accept the embryo, it will start to develop and grow into a baby.
Pregnancy and Birth
From this point, you’re officially pregnant. Your life is essentially your own while you wait for the baby to grow. Some women choose to return to work while others stay at home and focus on pregnancy. You’ll have to visit your doctor a few times as well as visit the intended parents, so they can be part of the process, too.
Once the nine months are over, it will be time to give birth. Prior to the treatments, you will have sat down with your intended parents and an attorney to discuss the birth plan. That plan will be followed through at the birth.
For many surrogates, this is the most exciting part of the process. You’ve given a miraculous gift.