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.
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.
Hard lessons from nine months of surrogacy hell
We paid a $13,000 retainer to a respected agency. Nine months later, not one candidate. Here's what I wish someone had handed us on day one — about retainers, match fees, and who you can actually trust.
Independent vs. agency surrogacy: the real cost comparison
What a $30K agency fee actually buys, what you can DIY, and an honest dollar-for-dollar breakdown of both paths — including the sunk-cost retainer math nobody warns you about.
U.S. surrogacy laws, state by state — what actually matters
Where contracts are enforceable, where pre-birth orders are reliable, where you'd be exposed. A plain-language map of all 50 states for intended parents.