Emotional Support for Gestational Carriers

from a therapist who’s also an experienced surrogate

You’re carrying a baby that isn’t yours—but the experience is still profound.

Becoming a gestational carrier is powerful and beautiful, yet emotionally complex.
The weight of responsibility, the hopes of others, and the physical and emotional toll of the journey are experiences often not fully understood by those around you.

This path is unlike any other — and it deserves support that is, too.
Carried With Care offers a unique blend of clinically grounded, relating, and guiding peer support. It’s freed from the medical model—with its built-in power dynamics and focus on diagnosis or medical necessity—but infused with the insight and empathy that only a seasoned therapist and experienced surrogate can offer.

Ready to explore this journey together? Work with me!

Hi, I’m Jana!

I’m a licensed psychologist based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. I’m passionate about supporting clients through the emotional landscape of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. As an experienced gestational carrier, I created Carried With Care as an extension of my practice to offer personalized, compassionate mental health support for surrogates—before, during, and after their surrogacy journey. Learn more about me here.

This space is for you to feel seen, heard, and supported by someone who truly understands your path — both clinically and personally.

What We Can Work On

Designed specifically for gestational carriers at any stage, we can work through:

✅ Clarifying your needs, wants and boundaries going into a journey
✅ Emotional preparation for IVF and embryo transfer
✅ Anxiety about carrying someone else’s baby
✅ Navigating boundaries: your body, pregnancy, and delivery, but their baby
✅ Communication with intended parents
✅ Relationship shifts with your partner, family, or friends
✅ Pregnancy loss or unsuccessful transfers
✅ Processing birth and adjusting post-delivery
✅ The emotional “gray zone” of postpartum when the baby goes home with someone else
✅ Feeling proud, anxious, relieved, regret, confused, sad — or all of the above

Let’s navigate this journey together — work with me!

The Carried With Care Package

10 virtual sessions — $1,500 flat rate or $200 per individual session – you choose

✅ No mental health diagnosis required
✅ No insurance needed — all self-pay
✅ Eligible for reimbursement through most surrogacy agency wellness packages

This is a focused, intentional offering that combines the best of therapy and coaching to help you in this specific chapter of your life.

All Sessions Are Online

Secure, HIPAA-compliant video sessions.
Available to clients in Oregon or Washington State. Other states coming soon.

You Don’t Have to Be in Crisis to Need Support

Many gestational carriers experience:

💙 Quiet anxiety about having a healthy pregnancy, especially if you’ve never experienced complications before
💙 Emotional tension around IVF or unexpected complications
💙 Loss or grief that’s hard to name — especially when it’s not your baby
💙 Emotional shifts and role changes after delivery
💙 Processing (sometimes traumatic) birth experiences
💙 A need for support — without a diagnosis

If that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.

Let’s work together to find that support — contact me today!

Let’s Work Together

You’ve chosen a path that’s as emotionally layered as it is meaningful.
Let me hold space for you through it — with compassion, experience, and care.

Interested in starting this journey? Work with me!

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Because surrogacy is more than a medical journey —
It’s an emotional one. And it deserves support that’s just as unique.

Carried With Care