Experienced

Circle Surrogacy is the nation's oldest full service gay surrogacy agency, serving clients from around the USA and 32 countries worldwide. Since 1995, Circle Surrogacy has helped bring to the world over 250 babies. Circle’s dedicated staff of professionals in Boston, New York, Indiana, Texas and Arizona is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, surrogates and donors.

Professional & Personal

John Weltman, owner, founder is a Yale graduate and a nationally recognized expert in the field of reproductive law, including surrogacy and gay parenting. John and his partner of 25 years (now husband!) began their surrogacy journey in 1991 and had two boys, now 14 and 13, through the same surrogate. John was interviewed and appeared in numerous publications, TV programs, and conferences throughout the USA, Europe, Canada, and Israel.

Effective

Circle Surrogacy has built a pool of quality egg donors and an effective matching process with carefully screened surrogates, has developed a superior circle of IVF clinics, and has perfected its methodology to achieve unmatched success rates of close to 100% in clients becoming parents through egg donor surrogacy.

Growing...

Our program is continuing to experience a growing number of clients and births (see our Surrogacy Update page), especially due to a growing number of international clients (now 40%). To meet the growing demand we have been adding staff (see our updated About Us page), and increased our surrogate recruiting efforts. The additional staff and wider surrogate recruiting allowed us to reduce waiting time for matches. We are also continuing to offer new innovations in order to make the surrogacy process shorter and more affordable.

Tailored For Your Needs

John Weltman with several gay surrogacy generations, at the 2005 NY reunion party.

Circle Surrogacy has strong relationships with top-rated medical and related professional affiliates. Our select circle of specialized IVF clinics have all agreed to protocols and guidelines developed by Circle Surrogacy to suit the unique needs of gay prospective parents. We only direct clients to clinics with superior medical credentials, highest success rate records, and warm, flexible and accommodating attitude.

Ready When You Are!

We always have available egg donors and a relatively short matching process with carefully screened carriers. So contact us now!

“Surrogate Mother's New Niche: Bearing Babies for Gay Couples”

Rick, Cary and Lura during her last pregnancy

In May of 2005 the New York Times published a front page article describing “a growing movement of surrogate mothers choosing gay couples over traditional families.”  A major reason for the trend, according to the author Ginia Bellafante, that gay men have "a reputation as especially grateful clients.” John Weltman, Circle's president, is quoted in the article about how he initially had a challenging time finding women to carry children for gay men when he founded the agency in 1995. Today, he reported, "80 percent of the surrogate mothers who come to him say they would be willing to work with gay couples, and half prefer to work with gay couples." Featured in the article are several of Circle Surrogacy’s surrogates, including Ms. Stiller, 34, a homemaker who delivered baby Samantha for Circle clients Rick & Cary. Three years later Laura also delivered for the couple Samantha's brother and d sister,  Jeremy and Maggie.

Read the story: New York Times features Circle Surrogacy couples, surrogate and president.

Related news: Circle Surrogacy fathers featured in 2005 New York Times article have twins from same surrogate!

Medical Articles

IVF Maximizes Parenthood Choices

Crucial choices on the road to parenthood

Articles by Dr. Michael Doyle
Connecticut Fertility Associates
Circle's partner IVF clinic.

Embryo Creation and Development Options

Choosing an Egg Donor

Choosing a Gestational Carrier

The Frozen Embryos Dilemma

Connecticut Fertility Associates (CFA) provide fertility testing and treatments that have enabled thousands of their patients to conceive and carry healthy babies. CFA offers a full range of services to maximize your results, choice and control. Our state-of-the-art reproductive services include IVF, ICSI, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), egg freezing and banking, and embryo adoption. CFA also offers carefully screened and immediately available egg donors to meet your diverse needs. We provide diagnosis and treatment of all fertility-related conditions, including hormonal imbalances; anatomical problems such as scar tissue, endometriosis and fibroids; male infertility; and even unexplained infertility."

In an interview with the Gay Parenting Show, John Weltman, the founder and president of Circle Surrogacy, was asked to share with the listeners his personal story and "everything you wanted to know about surrogacy."

read or listen to the entire interview...