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Delivering Dreams disputes language characterizing surrogacy as ordering or purchasing a baby online
Delivering Dreams is aware of a disputed characterization in a Kronen Zeitung publication concerning international surrogacy. Delivering Dreams rejects the description of surrogacy as an opportunity to "order" or "purchase" a baby online. International surrogacy is a multi-stage assisted-reproduction process involving eligibility review, informed agreements, medical treatment, embryo creation or transfer, surrogate screening and care, pregnancy monitoring, legal-parentage work, civil documentation, and country-specific exit procedures. Different licensed professionals and public authorities remain responsible for different stages.
Delivering Dreams also objects to the reuse of identifiable family or child imagery outside the context for which permission was granted. This statement is intended to correct Delivering Dreams' position and describe the process accurately. It does not make allegations about the publisher's intent and does not state a legal conclusion.
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Delivering Dreams is a U.S.-based international surrogacy agency coordinating programs in Ukraine and Ghana. International surrogacy is a multi-step medical, legal, logistical, and administrative process involving intended parents, a surrogate mother, independent professionals, and public authorities. It is not the purchase or online ordering of a child.
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Official Statements
These positions summarize Delivering Dreams' continuing public stance. They are background information, not legal or medical advice.
A surrogacy journey coordinates assisted reproduction, pregnancy care, consent, legal parentage, documentation, and the child's safe return home. Fees pay for professional services, medical care, surrogate compensation and expenses, coordination, and documented program responsibilities; they do not purchase a person.
Surrogate mothers, intended parents, children, donors, and staff must not be reduced to marketing objects. Personal information and images should be used only with appropriate consent and within the context authorized by the people shown.
Intended parents should be able to distinguish included services, variable expenses, exclusions, payment stages, and the responsibilities of the agency, clinic, lawyers, insurers, and public authorities before committing to a program.
Programs should operate only when medical, legal, logistical, and safety conditions permit. Conditions are reviewed journey by journey; no public page can guarantee future continuity or safety.
Delivering Dreams is not a clinic, law firm, insurer, embassy, or government authority. It coordinates among intended parents and the independent organizations responsible for those functions.
Family, child, surrogate, donor, and operational imagery may not be copied, republished, or reframed outside an authorized context without written authorization.
Last reviewed: June 18, 2026
Fast Facts
Susan Kersch-Kibler
Founder, Delivering Dreams
Available to comment on
- ·International surrogacy coordination in Ukraine and Ghana
- ·Ukraine program continuity and operational limits
- ·Ethics and privacy of surrogate mothers and intended parents
- ·Transparent program pricing and responsibility
- ·Parentage documentation and exit coordination
- ·Family-building options for single men in Ghana
- ·Media language and misconceptions about surrogacy
Media Biography
Susan Kersch-Kibler, Founder of Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency, has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic Television and has appeared as a speaker at international fertility events. She founded Delivering Dreams to help intended parents navigate international family building with clearer coordination, transparent responsibilities, and sustained support. Susan has contributed first-person leadership commentary to IMD and has been interviewed by The Atlantic, The Guardian, WIRED, The Dial, and other international outlets about surrogacy, ethics, and program continuity during the war in Ukraine.
Expert Commentary
Expert context and quotable commentary for journalists covering international surrogacy, program coordination, privacy, and family-building logistics.
Are Ukraine surrogacy programs currently operating, and how does Delivering Dreams assess continuity?
Delivering Dreams reports that it continues to coordinate eligible Ukraine programs, but availability is conditional. A program proceeds only when medical providers are operating, documentation routes remain functional, logistics can be arranged, and the agency's current safety assessment supports the specific journey.
"Continuity is not a slogan. It is a daily assessment of medical capacity, documentation, transport, communications, and the circumstances of each family and surrogate mother."
Is surrogacy the purchase of a child?
No. Payments in a surrogacy program are allocated to professional services, medical care, surrogate compensation and expenses, coordination, documentation, and other defined responsibilities. The child is not a product, and the process cannot accurately be reduced to a consumer transaction.
"A child is not being sold. A complex set of people and institutions is being coordinated so that a lawful family-building process can be completed responsibly."
What does ethical treatment of surrogate mothers require?
It requires informed participation, privacy, respectful communication, appropriate medical and psychological support, clearly stated compensation and expenses, and the ability to raise concerns without public exposure.
"The surrogate mother is not a line item in a program. She is a person whose health, family, choices, and privacy must remain visible in every decision."
How does Delivering Dreams protect the privacy of intended parents and children?
Identifiable stories, photographs, medical information, and family details should be used only with appropriate permission and for the agreed context. Interview access to former clients is opt-in, never assumed. A prior publication does not create unlimited reuse rights.
"A family's decision to share one part of its story is not blanket permission to reuse its identity everywhere."
What does transparent program pricing mean?
Journalists and intended parents should distinguish the program price, included services, exclusions, variable third-party costs, payment timing, and responsibility for changes or complications. Delivering Dreams publishes structured program information, but a website summary is not a personalized quote or contract.
"Transparency means showing what is included, what can change, who is responsible, and when payment is due—not presenting one number without its conditions."
How are legal parentage and exit documents handled?
Parentage and exit requirements depend on the country where the child is born, the intended parents' nationality and residence, and the authorities involved. Delivering Dreams coordinates documents and timelines with independent lawyers and public authorities; it does not issue legal opinions, birth certificates, citizenship, or passports.
"The agency coordinates the path, but courts, registries, embassies, and lawyers retain their own authority. Families need country-specific advice before they begin."
What option does Delivering Dreams coordinate for single men in Ghana?
Delivering Dreams publishes a Ghana donor-egg surrogacy pathway for single intended fathers. Eligibility, medical steps, parentage, citizenship, and exit requirements are individual and country-specific. The public page links to the current Ghana program.
"Ghana can provide a structured route for some single intended fathers, but eligibility and the return-home process must be assessed for the individual and the destination country."
What is the role of an agency compared with clinics and lawyers?
The agency provides consultation, coordination, and oversight across the journey. Clinics remain responsible for medical decisions and treatment. Lawyers provide legal advice. Insurers determine coverage. Registries, embassies, and governments issue or recognize official documents.
"The agency should make the handoffs visible and accountable; it should never pretend to be the clinic, lawyer, insurer, or government authority."
Press Engagements
Lisa Schuman
Published: July 2026
Interview conducted: April 24, 2026
"The success of a surrogacy journey isn't measured solely by medical milestones or legal agreements. It's built through trust, honest communication, and meaningful support for everyone involved."
Reflections on Communication in Modern Surrogacy
One of the biggest misconceptions in surrogacy is that legal agreements and medical protocols determine success. They don't. While both are essential, the challenges that arise during a surrogacy journey are often human rather than legal, such as misaligned expectations, communication gaps, or a lack of emotional support.
This was one of the themes I recently had the opportunity to discuss with Lisa Schuman, LCSW, founder of The Center for Family Building and a recognized family-building expert who was selected to testify before the New York State Senate during the legalization of compensated surrogacy in New York.
During our conversation, we explored how communication shapes the relationship between intended parents and surrogates, particularly when families are pursuing surrogacy across international borders. We also discussed the differences between surrogacy in the United States and abroad, and why emotional support is just as important as medical and legal guidance throughout the process.
In my experience, intended parents often focus on choosing the right country, clinic, or legal framework. While those decisions are important, the quality of communication and support throughout the journey frequently has a greater impact on how families ultimately experience the process. Surrogacy is not simply a series of medical and legal milestones. It is a deeply personal journey involving trust, empathy, and collaboration between people working toward a shared goal.
I am grateful to Lisa Schuman and The Center for Family Building for creating opportunities to have these important conversations and for helping bring greater understanding to the realities of modern family building.
As surrogacy continues to evolve globally, I believe the programs that will earn the greatest trust are those that prioritize not only safety and outcomes, but also transparency, meaningful support, ethical practices, and strong communication for everyone involved.
About Delivering Dreams
Media Contact
Susan Kersch
Founder
Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency LLC
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Website: https://international-surrogacy.com
Hayley Mortimer
Published: July 2026
Interview conducted: April 27, 2026
"Choosing a surrogacy program should never be about finding the lowest price. It should be about choosing the highest standard of medical care, ethics, and long-term support."
Reflections on Global Surrogacy: The Myth of the "Budget" Journey
Low-cost international surrogacy programs promise a miracle shortcut for intended parents.
They don’t deliver one.
While the desire for more affordable family-building options is entirely understandable, the reality of a "budget" journey is often built on an illusion. In surrogacy, if an agency is cutting costs down to a seemingly impossible minimum, they are cutting crucial corners, usually in medical screening, ethical guidelines, legal accountability, or surrogate care. What begins as an attempt to save money frequently ends in hidden fees, failed procedures, or heartbreaking legal roadblocks.
This was the core theme I discussed recently during an interview with BBC investigative journalist Hayley Mortimer. Hayley has been closely monitoring the rise of emerging surrogacy markets, particularly across West Africa, and the influx of new agencies exhibiting at international fertility events.
During our conversation, we dug into the harsh realities behind "too good to be true" price tags. Many emerging clinics market low-cost packages by conducting only basic screening on surrogates. They bypass critical genetic testing, comprehensive uterine checks, and strict psychological evaluations. Furthermore, a lack of local embryology experience often drives these clinics to transfer multiple embryos at once to boost immediate results. This creates a dangerously high risk of multiples, putting both the surrogate's health and the children's long-term cognitive development at serious risk.
In our experience expanding operations to Ghana over the last five years, we learned quickly that doing things right is not cheap. To protect everyone involved, we had to bypass standard local limitations entirely. We bring in a trusted European medical team that we work with to oversee screening. We handle all embryology and advanced next-generation genetic screening in established European labs before transporting materials via heavily tracked international carriers. We enforce strict international medical protocols, secure legal parental status long before birth, and provide our surrogates with comprehensive, medically managed living arrangements with custom nutrition to prevent conditions like gestational diabetes.
Because of these rigorous safeguards, our success rates in Ghana are reaching international standards. But it costs double what the "budget" agencies quote.
I am incredibly grateful to Hayley Mortimer for her dedication to investigating these emerging landscapes. Her commitment to asking the hard questions and looking past slick marketing materials is exactly what this industry needs to keep families safe.
As international surrogacy continues to evolve, the global community must recognize a simple truth: surrogacy is not a transactional commodity where you look for the lowest bidder. It is a life-altering, 90-year investment into a family's future. The future of responsible international family-building belongs exclusively to programs that refuse to trade medical safety and human ethics for a cheaper price tag.
About Delivering Dreams
Media Contact
Susan Kersch
Founder
Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency LLC
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Website: https://international-surrogacy.com
Nancy linnerooth
Published: August 2026
Interview conducted: August 7, 2026
"Sometimes the biggest barrier to moving forward isn't a medical one. It's the fear, grief, and uncertainty that can make taking the next step feel overwhelming."
The Emotional Side of Infertility: Fear, Stress & Procrastination
Infertility is not only a medical journey. For many people, it is an emotional one filled with fear, grief, uncertainty, and difficult decisions. Even when a path forward becomes available, the emotional weight of everything that has happened before can make it surprisingly difficult to take that next step.
This was one of the themes I recently explored during a LIVE conversation with Nancy Linnerooth, a therapist and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) coach, about the emotional side of infertility and surrogacy.
We talked openly about some of the fears that intended parents may experience along the way — the fear of another failed attempt, the fear of making the wrong decision, and the anxiety that can come with making a significant financial investment in building a family.
We also discussed the grief that can follow unsuccessful fertility treatments and how that experience can affect a person's ability to move forward. Sometimes, what looks like procrastination from the outside may actually be connected to fear, perfectionism, or the desire to make absolutely certain that the next decision is the right one.
For families considering surrogacy in Ukraine, there can be additional layers of uncertainty. Questions about the war, safety, the legal environment, and the practical realities of pursuing treatment internationally can make an already emotional decision feel even more complicated.
Waiting can be difficult too. Waiting for medical results, waiting for the next appointment, waiting for an embryo transfer, or simply waiting to feel confident enough to begin can create a cycle of stress and hesitation.
One of the most interesting parts of our conversation was Nancy's introduction to EFT Tapping. During the LIVE session, she actually guided me through an EFT exercise focused on some of the fears that can arise when thinking about moving forward with surrogacy. Experiencing the technique during the conversation gave me a very different perspective on how emotional barriers can sometimes be approached.
Of course, there is no single emotional experience of infertility. Everyone processes uncertainty and loss differently. But I believe it is important to recognize that the psychological side of family building deserves just as much attention as the medical and legal sides.
I am grateful to Nancy for creating space for such an honest conversation and for reminding us that sometimes moving forward begins with acknowledging what is holding us back.
For anyone navigating infertility or considering surrogacy who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or afraid to take the next step, I hope this conversation offers another perspective — and perhaps a little reassurance that those feelings are not unusual.
About Delivering Dreams
Media Contact
Susan Kersch
Founder
Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency LLC
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Website: https://international-surrogacy.com
Journalist FAQ
Direct answers to the questions journalists most often ask about Delivering Dreams and international surrogacy.
What does Delivering Dreams do?
Delivering Dreams provides consultation, coordination, and oversight for international surrogacy journeys in Ukraine and Ghana. It coordinates communication and process steps among intended parents, surrogate-care teams, clinics, lawyers, logistics providers, and documentation professionals. Delivering Dreams is not a clinic, law firm, insurance provider, embassy, or government authority.
Is international surrogacy the purchase or ordering of a child?
No. A surrogacy program pays for defined professional services, medical care, surrogate compensation and expenses, coordination, and documentation. The child is not a product. The process involves consent, assisted reproduction, pregnancy care, legal-parentage work, civil documents, and country-specific return-home requirements.
Are Ukraine surrogacy programs currently operating?
Delivering Dreams reports that it is coordinating eligible Ukraine programs as of June 18, 2026. Availability is conditional on current medical, legal, logistical, documentation, and safety conditions. Journalists should contact Susan for a dated operational briefing because circumstances can change.
How does Delivering Dreams assess safety and continuity?
Delivering Dreams reviews the circumstances of each journey, including provider operations, location, transport, communications, medical access, documentation routes, and contingency options. A public webpage cannot guarantee safety or uninterrupted service. Decisions are updated as conditions change.
Which programs are available in Ukraine and Ghana?
Delivering Dreams publishes Ukraine pathways for intended parents using existing frozen embryos, donor eggs, or the intended mother's own oocytes. It also publishes a Ghana donor-egg pathway for single intended fathers. Eligibility and availability must be confirmed for each person and destination country.
What is Delivering Dreams's role compared with a clinic or lawyer?
Delivering Dreams coordinates the journey and keeps responsibilities visible across providers. Clinics make medical decisions and deliver treatment. Lawyers advise on legal rights and obligations. Insurers decide coverage. Registries, courts, embassies, and governments control official documents and recognition.
How does Delivering Dreams approach pricing transparency?
Delivering Dreams aims to state included services, exclusions, variable third-party costs, payment stages, and responsibility boundaries before a client commits. Published figures are general program information, not a personalized quote or contract, and should always show an effective date.
How are parentage and exit documents handled?
The process depends on the birth jurisdiction and the intended parents' nationality and residence. Delivering Dreams coordinates with independent legal and documentation professionals, but does not provide legal advice or issue official documents. Families should obtain advice for every relevant jurisdiction before beginning.
Can journalists interview Susan or former clients?
Susan is available for on-record interviews, background briefings, and written comment, subject to schedule. Former clients may be approached only when they have expressly opted in; Delivering Dreams does not provide client contact details or guarantee access.
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Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency LLC is a U.S.-based agency providing consultation, coordination, and oversight for international surrogacy programs in Ukraine and Ghana. Founded in 2007, the agency coordinates among intended parents, surrogate-care teams, clinics, independent lawyers, logistics providers, and documentation professionals. Delivering Dreams is not a clinic, law firm, insurer, embassy, or government authority. The agency states that it has helped more than 500 families from over 30 countries. Learn more at international-surrogacy.com/mass-media-about-us.
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Assets marked "For media use" may be used only in editorial coverage that identifies Delivering Dreams or Susan Kersch-Kibler and preserves the supplied caption and credit. Assets may not be sold, used in advertising, materially altered, or used to imply endorsement. Identifiable babies, children, families, surrogate mothers, donors, clients, or staff require a separate written media release. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before any use outside these terms.
Research & Program Facts
Background context for journalists and researchers. Not medical or legal advice.
Delivering Dreams publishes programs for eligible intended parents using existing frozen embryos, donor eggs, or the intended mother's own oocytes. Medical treatment and pregnancy care are delivered by independent providers; eligibility and parentage requirements are jurisdiction-specific.
View Ukraine program →Delivering Dreams publishes a donor-egg surrogacy pathway for single intended fathers. Eligibility, medical steps, parentage, citizenship, and exit requirements require individual review.
View Ghana program →Typical process milestones
Responsibility boundaries
Cost-transparency principles
- ·Show an effective date on every price.
- ·Separate included services, exclusions, optional protections, and third-party costs.
- ·Explain payment triggers and refund or cancellation terms.
- ·State which costs can change and who bears the change.
- ·Never publish a success rate without a defined population, time period, denominator, and methodology.
Contact
For media inquiries, interview requests, and asset access, contact Susan Kersch-Kibler directly.
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Former clients
Former clients may be approached only when they have expressly opted in. Delivering Dreams does not provide client contact details or guarantee access.
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