The process to become a surrogate is complex and you will have a surrogacy team of doctors, medical professionals and experts who will support you through your surrogacy journey. Fran Black, Vios Fertility Institute's Third Party Coordinator, explains what a 3rd party coordinator is and her role in the surrogate mother process. A surrogate third party coordinator works with the gestational carrier get pregnant and guides her through her care, teaches her about the medication she will take and collaborates with outside monitoring clinic to ensure timely results.

Find out why she believes working with a reputable national surrogacy agency like ConceiveAbilities ensures a more successful experience, what you can do to make your surrogate experience the best and how her role as the third party coordinator helps you achieve your goal to become a surrogate mother. ConceiveAbilities Surrogacy and Egg Donor Agency does an extensive screening of each potential surrogate to make sure that they will have a successful journey. This prescreening facilitates that the surrogate mother's journey will move along faster and for intended parents that are being cost conscious, they aren't having to pay for multiple gestational carriers to have testing and screening.

Watch to see Fran's advice to women who want to become a surrogate mother should ask their third party coordinator including FDA regulations about surrogacy, surrogate medications, how a surrogacy pregnancy is different and what makes a great surrogate.

Take the first step to becoming a surrogate with ConceiveAbilities Surrogacy Agency here: https://www.conceiveabilities.com/app/surrogates/register

Learn more about how to become a surrogate mother in Chicago here: https://www.conceiveabilities.com/surrogates/become-a-surrogate-mother/

How much does a surrogate make? Find out what your base surrogate pay using our surrogate compensation calculator: https://www.conceiveabilities.com/surrogates/surrogate-mother-pay/

Connect with others in the surrogacy journey at the Surrogacy Learning Center: https://surrogacylearningcenter.conceiveabilities.com/

Learn more about Vios Fertility Institute: https://www.viosfertility.com