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The Arrival Retreat
Give your intended parents space to experience becoming a family—not just navigate the process of getting there.
Surrogacy is filled with milestones.
Matching. Contracts. Medical clearance. Transfer. Appointments. Decisions. Birth plans.
For intended parents, so much of the journey can become focused on what happens next.
The Arrival Retreat creates space to focus on what all of those steps are leading toward: becoming parents.
Designed specifically for intended parents welcoming a baby through surrogacy, The Arrival Retreat is an intentional experience centered around connection, reflection, preparation, and the transition into parenthood.
For agencies, it's an opportunity to offer families something different—an experience created around the people behind the process.
WHAT IS
The Arrival Retreat?
The Arrival Retreat is a private, guided experience for intended parents navigating surrogacy.
It combines meaningful education, thoughtful preparation, and intentional time away so you leave feeling both more connected and more prepared for the journey ahead.
You'll gain practical knowledge. You'll strengthen your connection as a couple. And you'll create space to simply be present before life changes forever.
What Your Intended Parents will Experience
Moments of Connection
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Birth Preparation
Understand the surrogacy birth experience, hospital dynamics, roles, and decision-making with greater confidence.
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Early Parenthood
Prepare for the first days and weeks with realistic guidance on newborn care, emotional transitions, and life after birth.
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Connection as a Couple
Strengthen communication, align expectations, and intentionally step into parenthood together.
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Rest & Reflection
Slow down, reconnect, and create space to appreciate this extraordinary chapter before your baby arrives.
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A REtreat
Designed with Intention
This isn't a conference.
It isn't a packed itinerary.
And it isn't another educational course.
Each day balances guided sessions, meaningful conversations, private one-on-one support, and open space for rest, reflection, and connection.
There is no pressure to be constantly learning or doing.
Instead, you'll find a rhythm that allows you to absorb, reconnect, and simply enjoy this season together.
A Glimpse of Their Day
Morning
Guided education and connection sessions
Midday
Private coaching or shared experiences
Afternoon
Free time to rest, explore, or simply be together
Evening
Shared dinner and relaxed conversation
A full itinerary is provided prior to the retreat.
What's Included
Guided retreat programming
Private one-on-one support
Birth and early parenthood education
Relationship and communication sessions
Select shared meals
Curated retreat environment
Time for rest, reflection, and connection
Opportunities to add massage or spa experiences
*Travel and accommodations are specific for each retreat and may vary on availability and location.
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A REtreat
Made for Intended Parents
This isn't a traditional childbirth class.
And it isn't a traditional babymoon.
It lives somewhere between the two.
Intended parents aren't simply learning.
Intended parents aren't simply getting away.
We're creating intentional space to prepare for parenthood while fully experiencing the journey that brought you here.
This retreat is for your intended parents if they...
Want to feel more connected to the experience—not just the process.
Value preparation as much as presence.
Long for intentional time together before their baby arrives.
Believe becoming a parent deserves more than another item on the calendar.
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Become an Agency Partner
Bring Intended Parents - The Arrival Retreat to Your Families
Two ways to partner with Flourishing Families.
Every agency creates its client experience differently. The Arrival Retreat can be offered as a trusted outside resource for your families or incorporated into your agency's experience through a customized, white-labeled partnership.
White-Label Retreat
Your agency. Your families. An experience designed just for them.
For agencies looking to create something even more distinctive, The Arrival Retreat can become part of your own intended-parent experience.
Flourishing Families can provide a customized, white-labeled Arrival Retreat exclusively for families connected to your agency.
Your families receive an intentional experience designed around the transition into parenthood while your agency is able to offer something meaningful and differentiated without developing or facilitating the retreat internally.
Flourishing Families handles the experience directly with your intended parents.
Together, we'll establish how the retreat fits within your agency's client experience, how families access it, and how Flourishing Families is represented throughout the process. The result is an elevated experience that feels connected to your agency while being supported and facilitated by the Flourishing Families team.
Referral Resource
Provide Your Agency Specific Page with our program InformatioN
Want to provide the option without incorporating the program into your packages? Simply request an agency specific page to share with your intended parents about the Intended Parents - The Arrival Retreat.
Families can explore The Arrival Retreat through your agency page and connect directly with Flourishing Families to learn more and book their experience.
This option does not require any purchase or program commitment from your agency.
You connect them with the resource through your agency specific page. Then we'll guide interested families from there.
As an official Agency Partner, you will also be listed on a partner resource for intended parents and surrogates that may be looking for reputable agencies to work with.
