Celebrating Surrogacy Awareness Month: Why Women Feel Called to Become Surrogates

March is Surrogacy Awareness Month, and at ConceiveAbilities we’re honoring the extraordinary women who have answered the call to become surrogates.

One question our surrogates hear again and again is simple, yet deeply personal: Why? Why choose this path, with the physical and emotional demands of pregnancy? Why carry a child for someone you may have never met?

If you’ve ever wondered why women become surrogates or what it’s really like becoming a surrogate, this is for you.

Gestational surrogacy allows a woman to carry a pregnancy for intended parents who are unable to carry on their own.

Every surrogacy journey begins with a spark. Sometimes it’s a quiet nudge on the heart. Sometimes it’s shaped by personal experience. Other times, it’s a moment that simply clicks — a realization that you can help make someone’s lifelong dream come true.

We recently spoke with more than 20 experienced surrogates about their surrogate journeys and what first inspired them. Here are five powerful stories that show how that spark begins:

Danielle Cobb

For Danielle, the spark grew out of her own fertility journey. As a young woman, she was told she might never conceive naturally due to PCOS. She carried that uncertainty for years — until she went on to experience healthy pregnancies of her own.

Knowing what it feels like to live with that fear, she felt called to help another mother who was still waiting for her miracle.

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Katie Long

Katie’s inspiration is woven into her family’s story. Her husband was adopted, and they’ve always felt immense gratitude for the brave birth mother who made his life possible. Surrogacy felt like a way to “give that back.”

After two successful journeys, Katie describes surrogacy as “the most amazing experience besides having my own children in my entire life.”

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Mercedes Childers

Mercedes discovered surrogacy almost by accident — through a video she stumbled across on social media. But the moment she learned more, something inside her clicked.

When she realized this was something she could do, she felt “over the moon” at the thought of helping someone else build their family.

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Nicole Host

Working at an IVF clinic gave Nicole a front-row seat to both the joy of growing families and the heartbreak of infertility. Witnessing those emotional highs and lows — combined with the deep love she has for her own children — stirred something in her.

She wanted to play an active role in helping another family experience that same life-changing joy.

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Charisma Segars

For Charisma, inspiration came from someone she admired: her middle school basketball coach, who was also a surrogate. Seeing someone she respected take that step planted a seed.

She remembers thinking, “What an amazing thing to do for others.” And that thought never left her.

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These are just a few of the many stories that remind us what Surrogacy Awareness Month is all about — compassion, courage, and connection.

Click the videos above to hear directly from these incredible women and discover the spark that made surrogacy so meaningful in their lives.

✨ What else do you want to know about surrogacy, and the powerful women who embark on this journey? Many of our surrogates say their journey started with curiosity — just like yours might. This Surrogacy Awareness Month, visit our **Become a Surrogate** page to explore the requirements, compensation, and support available to surrogates.