# @matttolbert on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKDE4KsO152
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30917408-matttolbert-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/40f0dbf3df.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-24T19:30:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Matt Tolbert (@TolbertTweet) — https://gondola.cc/TolbertTweet

## Caption

One of the questions we get asked most often is about the financial side of our international surrogacy journey. 

Here’s a breakdown of what we’ve spent to date on our two concurrent surrogacy journeys:

INITIAL STEPS & EARLY PREP:
- Sperm/Blood Testing: $652
- Travel for Sperm Deposits: $2,380
- First Big Baby Purchase (a crib!): $196 (used a gift card for the second crib)
- Citizenship Process (application fees, shipping): $406

CORE SURROGACY & MEDICAL (through our incredible agency & clinics):
This is the most significant portion and includes payments to our amazing egg donor and wonderful surrogates, agency fees, and comprehensive medical costs for the IVF processes.
- Main Agency, Donor, Surrogate & Core Medical Fees: $118,295
- Additional PGT-A Testing: $4,520
- Embryo Glue: $4,278
- Additional Embryo Transfer: $6,920

PREPARING FOR THEIR ARRIVALS (partial costs booked):
- Initial Travel & First Month’s Stay in Mexico for Births: $5,891 (our initial flights down and the first month of our Airbnb - return flights and additional months are part of our ongoing projected costs!)

THE TALLY SO FAR:
Bringing us to a total spent so far: $143,538
Remaining Projected Costs (over the next ~11 months): ~$78,028
Which would bring our Total Projected Costs to: ~$221,566

We’re sharing this not for sympathy, but for transparency, and for those of you exploring similar paths to have a real-world example. Every journey is unique, and costs can vary wildly, but knowledge is power.

#surrogacycosts #realtalk #ivfjourney #financialtransparency #lgbtqfamily #dadstobe #internationalsurrogacy #buildingourfamily

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 35,824
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 1,225

## Tags

ivfjourney, internationalsurrogacy, surrogacycosts, lgbtqfamily, realtalk, financialtransparency, dadstobe, buildingourfamily

---
Copyright (c) Gondola