International Clients

For more than 15 years, we’ve worked with intended parents in 50 countries such as China, England, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Greece.

Our agency is known throughout the world for its experience, professionalism, and reputation in the field of egg donation and surrogacy. We coordinate everything from start to finish to make this journey as stress-free as possible for our intended parents.

Why choose Surrogacy in the U.S.?

The United States is the most favored country in the world for surrogacy. Happy Beginnings is located in Illinois, which has some of the best surrogacy laws in the country.

The Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act was adopted in 2005. The only other state with better laws for gestational surrogacy is California which has specific case law surrounding surrogacy. The Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act removes the use of the court system by inferring a surrogacy contract between the intended parents and the gestational surrogate. The act requires that both the surrogate mother and the intended parents must sign a certified statement of consent, which proclaims the parentage of the newborn. A licensed Illinois physician must also sign a certified statement of consent regarding the parentage of the newborn. Upon the birth of the newborn the parents are immediately considered the legal parents of the newborn and their names will go directly on the birth certificate. This specifically inhibits the surrogate making any claim to the newborn now or at a later time. It also avoids any type of an adoption process.

Our agency only deals with "gestational surrogacy" meaning the egg implanted in the surrogate mother is not genetically or biologically related to the surrogate mother. Whereas "traditional surrogacy" is when the egg is genetically or biologically related to the surrogate mother. At Happy Beginnings we do not handle traditional surrogacy arrangements as the laws are more complex when dealing with traditional surrogacy arrangements. We feel it is a safer and easier process for our clients to use a gestational surrogate mother to serve as host for their embryo.

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