Traditional Surrogacy

Aren’t all women who volunteer to become surrogates/carriers considered “compassionate”? Most are but because money is involved the altruistic part is often overlooked and the focus becomes more financial. However, there are women out there who are willing to carry a baby for another couple/individual because they feel compassion….sympathy even, for the plight of the Intended Parent. This doesn’t diminish because financial compensation is included in their contracts.

At Los Angeles Surrogacy Center we believe that choosing an agency to assist you in beginning or expanding your family should be affordable. Not only should the agency be reasonable in price, but equally as important is the level of personal, attentive service given to both the recipients as well as the surrogate mothers. We pride ourselves on providing our recipients with compassionate guidance throughout the entire surrogacy process, from the moment a potential recipient contacts us through and beyond the successful birth of a baby via surrogacy.

On ward with our 14 Mistakes to Avoid For Women Considering Becoming Surrogate Mothers or Gestational Carriers.

Mistake #2-Not having a face to face meeting before any contracts are signed

Last month I posted 14 Mistakes to Avoid For Women Considering Becoming Surrogate Mothers or Gestational Carriers. I have had quite a few questions and suggestions. Over the next few days I will be going through each "mistake" and explaining the reason why it made the top 14!

Your comments, as always, are welcome!

Mistake Number 1-Giving out personal information, especially before a contract is signed, such as social security numbers and release of medical information to anyone but the attorney, psychologist or clinic.

If you are a woman who wants to be a gestational carrier or traditional surrogate independently, without the help of an agency, then you need to really consider what you are getting yourself into. Surrogacy is a life changing endeavour and as great as it sounds in theory, in practice it's a huge undertaking. Financially, the surrogacy process sets back most Intended Parents anywhere from $65,000-$100,000+ and that amount does not come with a guarantee of a take home baby.

There's some thing to be said for being naturally fertile, but for the rest a process of understanding fertility terminology and the various types of fertility treatment including the assistance of third party reproduction. Options range from ivf, egg donation, surrogacy,artifiial insemination donor, hormone treatments and other types of intervention all in the interests of obtaining a pregnancy. Infertile people will go to great lengths to fulfil dreams of becoming parents.

There are two types of surrogacy and it is important to understand the actual diiferences between these types of third party reproduction - not purely from a defintion perspective, but also from an emotional and psychological angel. The donor surrogacy is less frequent.