Inside a U.S. Surrogacy Journey. What Does a Surrogacy Coordinator Really Do?
What does a surrogacy coordinator really do, and what role does a surrogacy agency play throughout a U.S. surrogacy journey?
In this episode, Maria Feekes sits down with Kristi Campbell, U.S. Head of Operations & Coordination at SMARTPath Fertility International, to explain the role of a surrogacy coordinator and what happens behind the scenes during the surrogacy process in the United States.
For intended parents, surrogacy can involve a fertility clinic, gestational surrogate, attorneys, escrow, insurance, medical appointments, embryo transfer, pregnancy monitoring, and eventually delivery. A surrogacy coordinator helps connect those moving pieces while supporting both the intended parents and the surrogate throughout the journey.
Maria and Kristi discuss:
- What a surrogacy coordinator does during a U.S. surrogacy journey
- What happens behind the scenes at a surrogacy agency
- How coordinators support intended parents and gestational surrogates
- The coordinator’s role during surrogate matching, medical screening, embryo transfer, pregnancy, and birth
- What happens when there are delays, unexpected problems, or difficult news
- How coordinators communicate with fertility clinics, attorneys, escrow teams, insurance providers, surrogates, and intended parents
- How a coordinator helps navigate the emotional side of surrogacy
- Why good surrogacy coordination is much more than scheduling appointments and managing paperwork
- What intended parents should look for when choosing a surrogacy agency or coordinator
Kristi also shares the human side of the work: the difficult conversations, unexpected problems, emotional moments, and behind-the-scenes decisions that intended parents may never realize are happening.
If you are researching surrogacy in the United States, how the U.S. surrogacy process works, what a surrogacy coordinator does, what a surrogacy agency does, or how intended parents and gestational surrogates are supported during a journey, this episode offers a real-world look at the people and coordination behind the process.
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