Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is a US-based surrogacy and egg donation agency headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation has administered over 2,000 successful births which consisted of cases of pre-birth orders, step parents, and second parent adoptions for homosexuals/gay and heterosexual/non-gay couples or singles, having children through surrogacyand egg donation world-wide. Circle Surrogacy has provided egg donation and surrogacy services both domestically and internationally for over 20 years. As one of the leading surrogacy agencies – and the most successful surrogacy agency in the country – Circle Surrogacy carries an audited success rate for intended parents having a baby at 99.3%. The staff consists of surrogacy professionals who have personal experience with the surrogacy and egg donor process. Circle Surrogacy has worked with parents in over 70 countries.
History
Circle Surrogacy was founded in 1995 in BostonMassachusetts by John Weltman. Prior to establishing the agency, Weltman and his husband grew their family through their own surrogacy journeys.
Notable milestones
1992 - John passed the California bar and began doing legal work for the agency
1995 - John wins a major legal malpractice case and appeal for the agency that he used for his surrogacies
October - 1995 first client approached John to use a surrogate.
From 1995 to 2010, the agency was housed at Lawson & Weitzen, the law firm at which John was a partner originally in Boson.
Feb 1997 - Circle Surrogacy’s first baby is born to a heterosexual couple from Massachusetts
1999 - Circle Surrogacy delivered its first baby born to a single gay man and first gestational surrogate baby born to heterosexual couple
From 1995 to 2000, John Weltman operates as the facilitator for surrogacy and during this time period Circle Surrogacy began to help people find egg donors for pure egg donation.
2000 - Circle Surrogacy officially named. The name is derived from “The Lion King” movie, which John’s son loved at the time
2001 - Circle’s first egg donor surrogacy baby is born to a gay couple
2010 - Circle moves out of the law offices at Lawson &Weitzen and into its present home in downtown Boston
Programs offered by Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation (services)
Circle Surrogacy provides services for intended parents & gestational carriers from the application and prescreening process all the way through to post-birth. As a full-service agency founded by a lawyer, Circle Surrogacy also provides legal services for clients in any of the surrogacy programs that Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation provides.
Intended parents program
Option Consideration under the Intended Parents Program are as follows;
Circle Surrogacy follows the strict guidelines established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of reproductive medicine. It provides a forum for lay public, researchers, physicians and affiliated health workers through education, publications, and meetings. The types of intended parents surrogate mothers help are
Heterosexual couples who have struggled with infertility
Intended mothers who are unable to carry a child
Intended parents who have a genetic defect or health condition they don't want to pass onto the child
Same sex intended parents who want to have a genetic link to the baby
Surrogate applicants will also participate in a screening with a social worker, and complete psychological testing.
Egg donor programs
Circle Surrogacy offers Egg Donor Program for persons who are looking to donate eggs or who need an egg donor.
Industry scope historical review
Surrogacy is an arrangement, often supported by a legal agreement, whereby a woman agrees to bear a child for another person or persons, who will become the child's parent after birth. The surrogacy industry was originally popularized as early as 1978 after the first baby successfully conceived through an IVF transfer. In 1980, an establishment for a “compensated-surrogacy” was concluded, reporting a successful transition, outlining an agreement between the two parties rewarding a total of $10,000 to successful carry and deliver a baby for the intended couples/parents. As technological advancements increased with progressive and improving segments, surrogacy methodologies increased. While this was popularizing, a number of agencies rose, providing surrogacy services for both females and males, regardless of what their sexual preferences or orientation were.
