Everyone deserves a personalized surrogacy and egg donation experience. Each member of the Alcea team has a personal connection to third-party reproduction - we are surrogates, donors, parents. Our staff understands the unique partnerships formed between intended parents, gestational carriers, and agency partners. Through the lens of our own experiences coupled with a commitment to our company pil...
Everyone deserves a personalized surrogacy and egg donation experience. Each member of the Alcea team has a personal connection to third-party reproduction - we are surrogates, donors, parents. Our staff understands the unique partnerships formed between intended parents, gestational carriers, and agency partners. Through the lens of our own experiences coupled with a commitment to our company pillars of empathy, inclusivity, trust, and transparency, Alcea embodies the characteristics needed to support your journey. Our tech-focused, consultancy-driven approach promises impeccable attention and accessibility, never high volume sales pressure. Disrupting the agency model, Alcea knows that truly integrated support is inclusive of fertility-focused financial policies, in-depth screening processes, and curated program choices. A smooth, tailor-made service that is designed to create the perfect match, with intention. Nothing is impersonal or rushed and each step is personal and transparent, including pricing and process.
Our surrogates and donors are diverse, committed, and meticulously screened… that’s what makes Alcea decidedly different.
What is important to you is important to us. Your path to becoming a family is unique, and the Alcea Team is committed to meeting your needs.
-- No upfront exclusivity agreement
-- Agency Fee is paid over major process milestones:
1st Due upon execution of surrogate selection contract
2nd Due upon execution of Surrogacy Contract
3rd Due at the time of confirmed heartbeat
4th Due at ge...
What is important to you is important to us. Your path to becoming a family is unique, and the Alcea Team is committed to meeting your needs.
-- No upfront exclusivity agreement
-- Agency Fee is paid over major process milestones:
1st Due upon execution of surrogate selection contract
2nd Due upon execution of Surrogacy Contract
3rd Due at the time of confirmed heartbeat
4th Due at gestational week 24
5th Due upon completion of PBO
-- Meticulously pre-screened surrogates
-- In house psychological support for both carrier and IP(s)
-- Curated monthly bump boxes sent to carrier from agency
-- Third trimester housekeeping and postpartum support included in agency fee
-- LBTQIA+ All families welcome
Case Management
Counselling & Support
Escrow Management
Horrible communication, lack of coordination. Glad we moved on elsewhere !
always hearing great things!
***Response to the owner*** It is very unfortunate that you are being so dishonest and resorting to lies regarding our exchange. But I am not surprised that you do not want to admit that you acted with such unprofessionalism to a surrogate with good intentions. You were incredibly nasty & aggressive towards me before I said anything to you. I absolutely did not call you over the phone at any time. Nor did I call you any names over facebook but I did tell you that you were not qualified in any capacity to give me medical advice which you aren't. That is the doctor& the clinic's job. You do not have the credentials. I have been approved for surrogacy by several reputable agencies &clinics &by the best maternal fetal medicine doctor in Los Angeles. Your agency is ignorant about cholestasis and I find it very interesting that even after 3 months you haven't educated yourself properly & are providing misinformation. Cholestasis is evaluated on a case by case basis. My cholestasis was extremely mild and did not develop it with my last pregnancy which is why I am eligible to be a surrogate. Cholestasis has become common & many RE's approve it as long as it was not severe. The risk of infant death is less than 2% & I've actually spoken to two seasoned MFM and they both said they have never had an infant die from the condition because it is very easy to monitor and treat and usually isn't severe. But I guess you are still claiming that your opinion is above a doctors which shows that you are irrational and unwilling to learn. There are more IP's out there than there are surrogates so if the risk is low & all parties agree there is no reason why some surrogates with this condition cannot help a family in need. I can understand your concern but it is not your decision & you shouldn't lie and berate women for wanting to be surrogates. If your agency doesn't want to work with a surrogate with this condition- that's one thing. But to lie and say that it's a disqualifier and that you should be ashamed for attempting to be a surrogate is another. I am disgusted that you would say I am pursuing surrogacy for greed. And then to LIE & say that I called your office & called you names? You are not only unprofessional but a LIAR. You are leaving this comment months after the incident more than likely because you are losing business which is why you are "salty" & resorting to lying which is shameful. To clarify I did not apply to be a surrogate at alsea. There are surrogate groups on Facebook where people go to get questions about surrogacy. A woman wanted to know if she could be a surrogate because she had a mild case of cholestasis & I informed her that yes it's possible depending on the severity. The owner of Alsea Angela then verbally attacked me & told me I should be ashamed for pursuing surrogacy among other things. She did not ask any questions. This group is known for women bullying other women when they disagree. Angela you are a bully & a liar & you should be ashamed for behaving this way. An apology would've been better & I maybe would've removed my review if it was sincere! ***Initial review*** I am a gestational surrogate. This morning I had a nasty exchange with the owner of Alsea Surrogacy, named Angela on Facebook. She expressed how ashamed I should be because I am pursuing surrogacy because I have in the past had a condition called cholestasis. I have been approved by doctors,agencies, a MFM & my OBGYN and yet she still chose to berate me about my decision to pursue surrogacy & give me advise that to my understanding, she is not qualified to give. Not all agencies or doctors feel this way & I told her that it is a case by case basis and depends on the severity. Regardless of that she continued to berate me about my decision & it upset me deeply. I have always dreamed of being a surrogate and giving the gift of life to people who are unable to. It's healthy and ok to disagree but I would never work with an agency owner who is so judgemental & rude especially considering the sensitive nature of surrogacy.
Between the personal experience of closed adoption and the years of the infertility roller coaster that followed, a calling to third party reproduction seemed inevitable for Alcea Co-Founder and Executive Director Angela Richardson-Mook. With a successful corporate project management background, fifteen+ years of third-party reproduction expertise, and professional connections to alternative family building nationwide, she has brought her dream of a female-owned, full-service, holistic surrogacy agency to life. As an adopted woman, a gestational carrier, an egg donor, and a mother via IVF, she has a unique outlook on the mechanics of what truly composes a family. By leveraging her knowledge as a corporate executive and as an active member of the surrogacy community, she built unique bonds with a community of people all experiencing different nuances of infertility, yet with all the same dissatisfaction with the status quo. Personal relationships with intended mothers and fathers, surrogates, donors, and agency employees, evolved into the collective creation of a decidedly different surrogacy agency strategy.
As a queer mother of three, who has helped to grow two separate families as a surrogate, Christy understands the complex and unique needs of third-party reproduction. She brings more than 15 years of personal experience in the community, including the expansion of her own family via reciprocal IVF, carrying her Partner’s biological embryo. The desire to serve others is what ultimately called her to surrogacy. and this is when she first met Angela in 2005. After years of working in financial operations management and executive corporate travel, she was delighted to embark on advocacy work that would best utilize her collective career accomplishments and personal experiences. Surrogacy and third-party reproduction have shaped her life’s work and is where her heart truly resides. In addition to professional practices, staying active and healthy are important parts of her daily life. Besides a small obsession with podcasts and anything true-crime; some of Christy's passions include exploring outdoors with family, hiking, kayaking, and practicing yoga.
Rose Cullen is an editor and artist currently based in New York. As the child of a surrogate, Rose grew up fascinated with the third party reproductive world. They hope to help bring the teams vision to life using robust videography. Currently they are studying Japanese and working to become certified in the Adobe Suite and Davinci Resolve programs.
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