From Sign-Up to Birth: Léa's Full Journey

Month 1: Léa creates her profile, unsure what to expect. She spends the first weeks simply reading other members' stories and refining what she's looking for.

Month 3: She starts exchanging messages with a handful of candidates, and has her first video call with Baptiste. Month 4: their first in-person meeting, followed by four more over the next two months, each going deeper into logistics and expectations.

Month 7: they draft their parenting agreement with a family lawyer. Month 9: they begin trying to conceive. Month 18: their daughter is born. "Looking back, the slow parts were the most important ones," Léa says. "Nothing about this should be rushed."

— Léa, 34, Nantes