EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCREENING PROCESS OF SURROGATE MOTHERS By – Rite Options
DECIDING TO PURSUE SURROGACY
Deciding to pursue surrogacy for extending families is not easy. You must
choose – • Which is the best surrogate agency? • Will you find the surrogate independently or take help from an agency? • Do you need a beautiful egg donor?
Thing To Know Before Committing To Your Decision Is – Deciding to pursue surrogacy is not enough; you need to have complete knowledge of the process. • You should know how surrogacy will take place?
• How egg donor agencies screen surrogates? • You might be thinking, why is it important? The screening process can give you essential information
about the surrogate mother.
WHY IS SCREENING IMPORTANT?
The surrogate screening process can help in determining the most successful match with the intended parents.
Screening Is Important Because Of: It will help the intended parents and the surrogate to understand the complete process. Many women agree to become surrogate mothers before even understanding the process.
It will help in filtering the healthy and unhealthy surrogates. Medical screening allows the doctors to ensure her physical fitness, medical, and pregnancy background.
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The surrogates are informed about the ups and downs of the process so she can understand the process inside-out.
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It also helps in ensuring that the surrogate mother has the support of her partner or family.
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Different egg donor agencies follow various methods to
THE PROCESS
screen surrogate mothers. Most of the agencies require their surrogates to meet specific criteria like allowable age, healthy
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body-mass index (BMI), prior successful pregnancies (at least one), not a smoker or drug addict, etc.
DURING THE SCREENING THE SURROGATES ARE SCREENED FOR:
Medical And Drug History
The agencies can ask the surrogates to present original medical documents and previous reports from their physicians. The surrogates are not expected to
hide any previous medical complication.
Pregnancy Reports
Prospective surrogates must also provide the birth reports of their previous pregnancies.
Background Check
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background check to ensure that surrogates have no prior criminal cases registered against them.
Counseling and Support
The agencies arrange a meeting of the surrogates with a psychologist who will then analyze whether the surrogates are emotionally ready for this decision or not.
Thank You The screening process helps all parties involved in the surrogacy experience a safe and secure process. Do contact your Rite Options donor egg agency to know more about the surrogate screening process. Visit – www.riteoptions.com
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