Eden,
From what I have seen, most surrogacy agencies are in
California, d/t their great laws. The lowest fee we have seen has been around 30 grand, but most are around 60 grand, esp if you need a donor egg, you would have to pay for the IVF tx for the donor etc,,
I do not believe the agency Lenore is using does traditional surrogacy, only gestational. Some people use private surrogates, or a family member to carry. My older sister said she would, but I worry cuz she is so overweight with high bp etc..my younger sister said absolutely NOT.
Go to the internet and type in surrogacy, and you will see many agencies and message boards etc...it would end up being about the same cost as an international adoption. Now they are saying GU is taking applications still, but expect up to one year to process the documents, since part of their government that does adoptions is shutting down to reconfigure things. I think if we have to keep traveling back and forth to Guatemala, that our adoption will be close to 40 grand. It's only money. We have been saving for ten years and still don't know which way to go. Good luck Eden, Cathy