Surrogacy Support

Surrogacy is a multi-step process designed to help individuals or couples who cannot conceive or carry a pregnancy. The key steps are:

1. Decision and Research: The intended parents decide on surrogacy and conduct thorough research to understand the process, legalities and financial implications.

2. Choosing a Surrogacy Agency: Many intended parents work with a surrogacy agency to navigate the process. Agencies help match intended parents with a suitable surrogate.

3. Finding a Surrogate: Surrogates can be found through agencies, clinics, or personal connections. Surrogates undergo rigorous screenings – medical and psychological.

4. Legal Contracts: Both parties, the surrogate and intended parents, sign legal contracts. These agreements outline each party’s rights, responsibilities and expectations.

5. Medical Preparation: For gestational surrogacy, the intended mother or egg donor undergoes an egg retrieval procedure. The eggs are then fertilised with the intended father’s or donor’s sperm to create embryos.

6. Embryo Transfer: The surrogate undergoes a medical procedure to transfer the embryo into her uterus.

7. Pregnancy and Monitoring: Once the surrogate is confirmed pregnant, she receives regular prenatal care to monitor the health of the baby and herself.

8. Birth and Legal Finalisation: The surrogate delivers the baby and legal procedures are followed to ensure the intended parents are recognised as the legal parents. This may involve court proceedings depending on local laws.