At Heartland Surrogacy, matches are a mutual decision made by the gestational carrier (GC) and intended parent(s) (IPs) and guided by our team. We find profiles that we believe will work well together. We base our matches on a number of important factors, such as goals for the journey, medical details, and communication preferences. We then apply our experience to the resulting candidates and present the IP profile to the GC. This will allow her to decide if she is interested in learning more about them. In this way, we avoid giving the IP(s) false hope of a match that may not happen.
Once a GC decides to move forward with a profile, the IP(s) are presented with her profile. If they are ready to move forward with her, we will coordinate a match meeting and facilitate it, either in person or via video chat.
Although it only happens rarely, if either party does not want to move forward during the matching phase, we will begin the process again.