20.12.2022
Parents' fears about surrogacy
The most popular fears of expectant parents
If you are thinking about becoming parents with the help of a surrogate mother, it’s normal to worry - after all, the health and well-being of your baby depends on the quality of the program. However, many common concerns about surrogacy are actually misconceptions. We have collected six main fears of potential parents and explained why you should not believe them.
This is perhaps the main fear future parents. However, it is important to remember that all surrogate mothers have their own children, and her main desire is to help you experience the joy of parenthood. In addition, the potential surrogate mother undergoes thorough medical and psychological examinations, which confirm that the woman enters the program voluntarily and consciously. And a detailed legal agreement between the surrogate mother and the agency guarantees the parents that after the birth of the child, they will be indicated on his birth certificate. You can be sure that the baby will go home from the hospital with you, and not with the surrogate mother.
Some potential parents They are afraid of becoming a victim of scammers who will not fulfill their obligations and disappear along with the money. Before you decide to enroll in a program, you might want to do a little research—make a list of agencies you're interested in and make a few one-on-one appointments at the office. Evaluate how thoroughly the staff answers your questions, whether they clearly explain how the entire surrogacy process will take place, what financial obligations and legal guarantees you have.
Remember: a qualified agency is necessary to protect your rights throughout the surrogacy process, as well as for your peace of mind and confidence.
The child will look not like me, but like a surrogate motherMore one concern is that the surrogate mother will smoke and drink alcohol, eat poorly and skip medical examinations. This option is impossible, because the woman’s well-being and daily routine are constantly monitored by doctors and agency curators. A whole team of different people, and especially the surrogate mother, will do everything possible to ensure that your baby is born strong and healthy.The surrogate mother will take poor care of the baby Do you still have any concerns or doubts about surrogacy? Let us know. , so future parents have nothing to worry about worry - agency employees and doctors minimize any risks associated with the child’s health. Throughout the entire pregnancy, our caring curators will send you examination data, photographs and videos so that you know how the child is developing and live every stage of the journey together with the surrogate mother. Immediately after the birth of the child, you will be able to take him in your arms, hold him close and kiss him. The character, appearance and other personal qualities of a child are influenced by two people - those who transfer their reproductive cells to create an embryo. The pregnancy process itself does not form a genetic connection between the surrogate mother and the baby. Therefore, children born in a surrogacy program are similar to their biological parents. I will not be able to get close to my childMany people they think that surrogate mothers see only financial benefits in the program, and the well-being of the child is not in the first place for them. This is absolutely not true. Pregnancy is a difficult journey, so only kind, caring and selfless women who are ready to go through difficulties and restrictions in order to give another family the happiness of being parents become surrogate mothers. From the first minutes you will be together, and the family connection established thanks to love, care and upbringing does not depend on the one who carried and gave birth to the baby. The surrogate mother will infect the baby with some disease curatorsIn addition, the surrogate mother undergoes a thorough medical examination before entering the program , and during pregnancy itself she constantly undergoes tests and visits doctors - this is how specialists control that nothing threatens the well-being of the baby and the woman herself. The lifestyle of the surrogate mother is monitored by With gestational surrogacy - the only form of SM, which is allowed in Russia, this is impossible. Specialists create an embryo from the germ cells of potential parents or donors (a surrogate mother cannot be a donor), and then implant it into the uterus of a surrogate mother. During pregnancy, thanks to the placenta, the blood, cells and DNA of the surrogate mother and the child do not mix. So the surrogate mother is not genetically related to the baby at all, which means his health status depends only on the child’s future parents and/or donors.Contact us a> today to discuss any questions you may have. We will be sincerely happy to help you take the first step on the path to parenthood.
