How Can the Bumpdate App Help Intended Parents Through Surrogacy?

Gabrielle Iorio Sylk for Surrogacy Simplified

The importance of connection during surrogacy

Connection is important during any pregnancy journey, especially surrogacy. Folks who pursue surrogacy tend to be people who have struggled with infertility, prospective single parents, same-sex couples, or anyone who is unable to safely carry a pregnancy to term. 

There can be a disconnect between intended parents and their support circles because their friends and families don’t see the soon-to-be parents (also known as intended parents) as physically pregnant. Therefore, many pregnancy milestones are overlooked. I’m here to share a little bit about Bumpdate and how our app, which evolved out of friendship and love, can help encourage connection and improve mental health during your surrogacy journey!

How much contact will intended parents have with their surrogate?

Two of the frequently asked questions by intended parents from surrogate.com is, “How much contact will we have with our surrogate? How involved will we be during the pregnancy?” The answer they give is, “The frequency and type of contact you have with your surrogate before, during and after the pregnancy will be addressed as part of your surrogacy plan. You can have as much or as little contact as both parties are comfortable with. Many surrogacy agencies or consultants offer contact mediation services for this purpose.”

How can surrogates and intended parents use the Bumpdate app?

The beautiful thing about Bumpdate is the surrogate can create a profile on the Bumpdate app and share the due date and all the appointments with the intended parents, allowing the intended parents to have all the calendar specific information at their fingertips. The intended parents can then consider which appointments they’d like to attend. When they make profiles for themselves, they can add their soon-to-arrive baby and include any appointments they wish to share with their support circles. 

Friends and family following along your surrogacy journey

Friends and family can follow along the intended parents’ journey on the Bumpdate app just the same as if they were pregnant themselves. What this does for the intended parents is it encourages their support circle to remember and reach out for major milestones. The intended parents can even include their registry link and nickname for baby or name if chosen (this is really nice if friends want to purchase a personalized gift in advance of the baby being born).

Announce your baby’s arrival on Bumpdate

The intended parents can also announce, via the app, to their supporters when baby arrives and make announcements that remain viewable for 24 hours to share status updates with how baby is doing or when they intend to bring baby home from the hospital.

The power of social support

Reaching out during special or even nerve wracking times, is nowadays referred to as social support. We at Bumpdate believe deeply in the power of social support, the power of checking in, the power of sending a kind text during an important time in a loved one’s life. Bumpdate is here to help you feel connected to your loved ones during one of the most special times in your life, building your family.