Being a Surrogate for a Friend or Family Member: What to Know First
Being a surrogate for a friend can change a relationship. Learn what to decide about screening, money, boundaries, legal advice, and family support.
Vivi
Vivi is the Founder and Managing Director of LittleBee Surrogacy. She oversees the agency’s direction, operations, and standards, with a focus on honest information, clear communication, and respectful support throughout each surrogate journey.
Can You Become a Surrogate Without an Agency?
Can you become a surrogate without an agency? Compare required professionals, coordination workload, safeguards, risks, and next steps.
How Often Do Surrogates and Intended Parents Communicate?
Create a clear communication plan for routine updates, appointments, urgent symptoms, privacy, response times, and conflict during surrogacy.
How Much Travel Is Required for Surrogacy?
How much travel is required for surrogacy? Learn what may affect clinic trips, transfer travel, prenatal care, and reimbursements.
Surrogacy and Your Children: What Families Should Consider
Surrogacy and your children: learn how to explain the journey, protect routines and privacy, respect mixed feelings, and seek support.
Are Surrogate Payments Taxable? What to Know Before You Apply
Learn what payment records to keep, why no single tax percentage fits every surrogate, and when estimated payments or added withholding may matter.
Surrogate Psychological Screening: What to Expect
Prepare for surrogate psychological screening: what you may be asked, who can see the report, and how to request a copy or correct factual errors.
Can You Be a Surrogate With a Criminal Record?
Understand criminal record surrogate eligibility, what applications ask about arrests or convictions, and how to handle dismissed or sealed records.
How Surrogacy Escrow Works: Where the Money Goes and When
Learn where your surrogacy money is held, when allowances and base pay begin, and how we help with a late reimbursement at LittleBee.
Does Your Husband Have to Agree to Surrogacy?
Does your husband have to agree to surrogacy? Learn what spouse signatures, screening and support mean before deciding when to apply.