FAMILY BUILDING THROUGH SURROGACY
Thank you for considering Family Forward Surrogacy (FFS) in your efforts to build your family. There are many surrogacy agencies to choose from. Please let us share with you the benefits of working with Family Forward Surrogacy.
WHAT SETS US APART?
Personal Support: Family Forward Surrogacy prides itself in providing unprecedented personalized service. We are a local Washington, DC area boutique firm that offers face to face interaction and unparalleled support for both Intended Parents (IP’s) and Gestational Surrogates (GS’s). FFS will provide you with the benefit of the personal experience of: our founder, a former Intended Parent; a former Gestational Surrogate; as well as exceptional legal representation provided by a mother in a same-sex household; and a gay future Intended Father.
Peace of Mind: Our agency performs in-home studies and background checks of the Gestational Surrogate conducted by a licensed clinical social worker (LSCSW-C). We work with a well-respected psychologist who specializes in surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to provide counseling to the Intended Parent or Parents, and a psychological screening of the Gestational Surrogate (and her partner, if applicable – the GS Family). The psychologist then conducts a joint meeting between the IP or IP’s and the GS Family to work through any potential issues together.
Legal Security: We work with an outstanding attorney, Michele Zavos, who has been a leader in the field of family building for 30 years. She was one of the first attorneys in the Washington metropolitan area to enable two same-sex parents to both be legal parents to their child. Michele personally handles all of FFS’s referred clients. Michele is an expert on state laws governing surrogacy and same-sex parentage.
Ongoing Support: We believe the most critical element in a surrogacy is a caring relationship between the Intended Parents and the Gestational Surrogate, and work hard to make the right match and continue to foster this relationship throughout your journey.
Financial Considerations: Surrogacy is not inexpensive, but FFS is leading the way in finding creative lower cost options for surrogacy. Please see our financial page for details.
CONTACT US
I have become passionate about Gestational Surrogacy, and would like to help others experience the same joy that I now have. If you are weighing your options, please feel free to give me a call directly. As a former Intended Parent, who used a Gestational Surrogate, I will be happy to personally walk you through all the steps in the process, and help you to decide whether surrogacy is right for you. There is much to consider, let’s start the discussion…
Warmly,
Sandra Lippard
President and Founder
Family Forward Surrogacy
MY STORY
My name is Sandra Lippard, and I am the founder of FFS. I have had two spinal fusions and continue to have serious back problems. My husband and I both wanted to have children desperately, but my doctors advised against carrying my own children. We couldn’t imagine a life without kids. We didn’t know what to do… That week we saw an article about surrogacy in the New York Times Magazine. From that time on we spent weeks combing the Internet for information about surrogacy. It seemed overwhelming… how would we choose a surrogate from all the women listed on surromoms.com and similar sites? How could we be sure that they were who they said they were and that they could be entrusted with the most precious thing in our lives, our future child?
A friend suggested using a surrogacy agency that would take much of the worry out of the process. In the end we worked with an agency who found us the most wonderful Gestational Surrogate (GS), and now we have two beautiful twin girls. They are the most precious gift we have ever been given, and we are grateful every day to Missie, our Gestational Surrogate.