Mom.me has a new post, "Understanding the Costs of Surrogacy" by Antonia Blyth that features our Director of West Coast Surrogacy, Amy Stewart Kaplan, and one of our Case Workers, Laura Davis. This an excerpt from the article but the link to the whole story is below.
http://mom.me/parenting/7302-understanding-costs-surrogacy/If you're considering having a baby through surrogacy, you might be overwhelmed by all the information available. It's important for you to know what surrogacy involves, both financially and emotionally, and to compare it with other methods of conception before you make a decision.
Your Egg or Theirs?
Two main varieties of surrogacy are available. Traditional surrogacy uses the surrogate’s own egg fertilized by donor sperm from the male parent or a donor bank. Then there’s the type of surrogacy you find through an agency, which uses a donor egg and donor sperm either through an agency or the parents for in vitro fertilization.
“We don’t do traditional surrogacy here,” says Amy Stewart Kaplan, director of West Coast Surrogacy. “The emotional and legal risk of a woman using her own egg for the surrogacy is not necessary with the technology we have and the egg donors available.”
“People think ... you’re giving the baby away, but we’re never giving the baby away because the baby was never ours.” –Laura Davis, three-time surrogate and caseworker at West Coast SurrogacySome couples looking at surrogacy might be tempted to ask a friend or family member to be their surrogate, but they should be aware that the legal situation may be more difficult in those cases.
MORE: One Mom's Personal Surrogate Story
Additionally, if the surrogate uses her own eggs, this could pose legal problems down the road. "The legal implications are more complicated ... because the surrogate will be pregnant with her own eggs, making her the biological mother,” says Dr. Vicken Sahakian, medical director of Pacific Fertility Center in Los Angeles.
Some parents not only want absolute legal security but also want to choose a biological mother with specific attributes, such as youth and perfect health, which may only be available to them via an agency egg donor.
1 comment:
There are many infertile couples who have no hope of bearing a child on their own. However, surrogacy is another way for them to have children, through the aid of another woman. A surrogate mother will be pregnant with a child who is not her own. I read your article it is really full of information. Thanks for sharing us your experiences of surrogacy. I also want a baby through surrogacy.
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