Growing Generations - provider profile and satisfaction report
www.growinggenerations.com
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Services:
Year founded: 1996 |
About Growing Generations:*
Growing Generations has been a company passionately dedicated to the vision of creating life and, in the process, changing the world. Ground-breaking from the start, Growing Generations was the first surrogacy agency dedicated to serving the gay and lesbian community and the only agency to offer online donor videos. Over the last decade and a half, Growing Generations has continued its work with all family types, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation, assisting clients from over 30 different countries to create nearly 1,000 babies. Additionally, Growing Generations now provides surrogacy and egg donation services to HIV-positive men, who can use their own sperm to create biological families. At Growing Generations the mission is simple - to build families of choice for communities around the globe through surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation.
* This description was provided by the service provider.
Ratings and reviews - from our Surveys
| Agency score | |
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| Overall |
(7.65) Count: 23 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Agency rating | |
|---|---|
| Effective (contribution to the success of journey) |
(8.26) Count: 23 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Responsive and supportive throughout journey |
(7.17) Count: 23 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Surrogate screening and matching |
(8.04) Count: 23 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Gay friendly and knowledgeable |
(9.61) Count: 23 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Accommodation of international parents |
(7.81) Count: 16 Not Applicable: 0 |
| Value | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 82.6% |
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| No | 17.4% |
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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 23 |
| Average | 0.8 |
| Response |
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| (2017, USA parents) Very professional agency willing to work with/train IPs |
| (2012, International parents) Growing Generations takes care of everything but at an extra cost to comparable agencies. At the time the "pushed" all intended parents onto New Life Agency insurance. I understand they are now more flexible about insurance options. |
| (2013, International parents) Not helpful at all. All their related services (such as legal, psycho. consultation, etc.) are part of GG. |
| (2013, International parents) The overall cost question should have an option above $209k, we spent well north of $250k... |
| (2001, USA parents) We used GG with our first daughter and worked with them from 1998-2001. They were new at the time; our surrogate, to whom we are still close, occasionally got the feeling that their concerns to too obviously weighted toward the gay parent and not enough to the surrogates, whom she said sometimes felt like the "hired help." It was also concerning to her when they ditched the independent psychologist she was working with (and with whom she had confidentiality) for a staff psych, whom she was sure was reporting what she said back to the agency, which I don't doubt. Given the fact that they were new at the time, and I was single when I started, coupled with the fact that there were zero resources then for gay men, who wanted to have kids, I think we all benefited from each other, and still maintain a friendly relationship. |
| (2008, International parents) Voor we met dit avontuur begonnen hebben we drie weken in californie rondgereist en verschillende agentschappen bezocht. Elk met een verschillende organisatie. In ons geval omdat we absoluut goed verzekerd wouden zijn hebben we GG genomen. De verzekering was wel enorm duur. Gelukkig is de zwangerschap en bevalling goed verlopen. |
| (2006, International parents) Friendly, professional and an organization you can trust. That was our main issue: can we trust them? For an european couple America can be confusing. They helped us all through our two pregnacies. And we have our 4 children thanks to Growing Generations! |
| (2007, USA parents) Growing Generations is an experienced agency, particularly in dealing with the LGBT community. Although we had a successful experience with them, we did experience frustration with their level of accessibility and their rigid bureaucracy. When problems arose during the process, we found it difficult to access the right person in the agency to solve the problem. They own their own egg donor agency and insurance businesses, and it seemed as if they pushed us to use those affiliates at the expense of finding the best option for our needs. They are partial to anonymous egg donation, which we do not prefer. In summation, they are competent, but not a great agency. |
| (2005, International parents) We started to talk with Growing Generations in 2001. But noone knew much about the how/who etc. They really supported us through the process although we sometimes changed our mind about difficult choices. We have no experience with other agencies but Growing Generations support was really comforting. They made us feel safe. Our four chidren are doing okay and we are happy parents! |
| (2010, USA parents) GG was great. They cover all the bases so all parties including surrogate & egg donor were protected in case of a bed event. They found a terrific surrogate, and when we weren't satisfied with their egg donor selection, they found us an outside agency that was a good fit. Our case advisor was there for the whole journey, and the delivery & return home went off smoothly. I couldn't be happier. |
| (2017, USA parents) GG was amazing! Truly a one stop, turn key solution. The only marks against them were timeframes for matching (they went several months beyond original target timeframes) and their accounting reports (unclear to the point where I had to maintain my own accounting). |
| (2009, USA parent) As a single man, I wanted an agency that would assist with all aspects of the journey and Growing Generations fit that perfectly for me. They were there to help and answer any questions throughout the process. They found an amazing surrogate for me. I had an issue with the first egg donor, and when we realized that it wasn't going to work out with her, Growing Generations was able to help me find a replacement. I will - without hesitation - recommend Growing Generations. |
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Fertility Center - Los Angeles (PFCLA) | 36.8% |
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7 |
| CA Fertility Partners | 26.3% |
|
5 |
| HRC Fertility | 26.3% |
|
5 |
| La Jolla IVF | 5.3% |
|
1 |
| ORM Fertility | 5.3% |
|
1 |
| Totals | 19 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 19 |
Journey statistics for service provider
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $70,000 - $89,000 | 4.6% |
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1 |
| $110,000 - $129,000 | 18.2% |
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4 |
| $130,000 - $149,000 | 13.6% |
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3 |
| $170,000 - $189,000 | 22.7% |
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5 |
| $190,000 - $209,000 | 40.9% |
|
9 |
| Totals | 22 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 22 |
| Average | 167.3 |
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | 59.1% |
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13 |
| Two | 27.3% |
|
6 |
| Three | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| Four | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| Nine | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| Totals | 22 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 22 |
| Average | 1.9 |
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 months or less | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| 10-12 months | 13.6% |
|
3 |
| 13-15 months | 13.6% |
|
3 |
| 16-18 months | 9.1% |
|
2 |
| 19-21 months | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| 22-24 months | 13.6% |
|
3 |
| 25-27 months | 9.1% |
|
2 |
| 28-30 months | 13.6% |
|
3 |
| 31-33 months | 4.6% |
|
1 |
| More than 3 years | 13.6% |
|
3 |
| Totals | 22 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 22 |
| Average | 22.6 |
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50.0% |
|
10 |
| Known | 40.0% |
|
8 |
| Other | 10.0% |
|
2 |
| Totals | 20 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 20 |
| Responses "Other" | Count |
|---|---|
| Left Blank | 21 |
| family | 1 |
| אנונימית, הביעה הסכמה לפגוש את הילדים כשיהיו בגירים. | 1 |
| Value | Percent | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family or friend | 20.0% |
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4 |
| Surrogacy agency | 50.0% |
|
10 |
| Independent Egg donation agency | 30.0% |
|
6 |
| Totals | 20 | ||
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Responses | 20 |