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Surrogates

What Can Disqualify You From Becoming A Surrogate in the US - 6 min read

In addition, it’s also crucial to make sure that the surrogate isn’t risking her physical or mental health and that all parties involved in the process, and especially the gestational surrogate, are protected.   Although there are several factors that can automatically disqualify women from becoming surrogates, each agency and clinic has its own requirements.  Think you can make it as a surrogate? Take our 2-minute…

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Egg Donors

How to Become an Egg Donor? The Complete Breakdown - 5 min read

Choosing your agency or clinic There are two types of providers you should consider for your egg donation. The first is fertility clinics that offer egg donor programs to their IVF patients. The second is egg donor agencies that may work with intended parents from various locations, which means travel could be part of the process.  Generally speaking, there is no right or wrong agency…

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Parents

Where Are All The Surrogates? - 3 min read

The surrogacy market is exploding and more and more couples and individuals are using a surrogate to fulfil their dream of a family.  This strong upward trend is driven by three powerful forces. First, the growing number of couples struggling with infertility (one in six in the world); second, celebrities using a surrogate to bring their child into the world, turning surrogacy into a popular…

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Parents

Considering A Twin Surrogacy? Read This First - 5 min read

Here’s what you should know if you are thinking about a twin pregnancy via surrogacy. How Is Multiple Gestational Surrogacy Even Possible Generally speaking, there are two ways that make it possible to have twins during a surrogacy.  Double embryo transfer. Before an embryo is transferred, the embryos are evaluated to make sure only the healthiest ones are transferred to the surrogate’s uterus. If two…

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Parents

The Egg Donation Process – From Start To Finish - 6 min read

For some, starting or growing a family comes easily, but for others it may take more time and effort, and might require the use of third party reproduction alternatives. One of these is egg donation - an assisted reproductive treatment utilized by women who do not have any viable eggs for whatever reason, as well as by gay or single men who want to start…

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Surrogacy Roadmap
Parents

The Surrogacy Process Roadmap – Step By Step - 7 min read

Surrogacy is quite a long journey and if you’re considering it, it may be useful to know what to expect and understand the timeline. Although each surrogacy journey is different and its length depends on varying factors, the average process takes about 19-22 months. Here is a breakdown of the five steps that make up your journey to parenthood. Surrogacy is a method of assisted…

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Parents

Generous Donors: Egg Donors and Surrogates - 3 min read

Egg donation and Surrogacy process are called the miraculous procedures to welcome a child in your family whether you are a couple facing infertility issues or you are a gay couple that wants to have a child. A third-party reproduction like this might sound impersonal. It’s anything but. The women who donate eggs or become a gestational carrier are sacrificing a part of themselves in…

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Egg Donors

How Many Times Can You Donate Your Eggs? - 2 min read

How many times can a woman donate her eggs? This question is answered here. How many eggs can you donate? It’s important to understand that through each cycle, the ovary matures 10 to 20 eggs. However, only one of these eggs makes their way to ovulation. The rest of them are absorbed back into the body.Taking medication helps your body mature most of all of…

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Egg Donors

Egg Donation Process: Is It Painful to Be an Egg Donor? - 2 min read

The honest answer to this question is that “it depends”. Every woman is different, and multiple steps are involved in the egg donation process, which is likely to affect each donor in a different way. To understand that, let’s break down the egg donation procedure and see how it can affect the donor: Shots and Medication The egg donation process starts with medical testing and…

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Donating Egg Risks
Egg Donors

Health Risks of Being an Egg Donor - 2 min read

The egg donation process requires the egg donor to take hormone injections for stimulating the release of multiple eggs. The egg retrieval requires anesthesia as well. Therefore, the process includes some health risks which may appear later on in life. Let’s start from the top… Physical Risks of Donation Egg donors might want to bear complication and some unwanted side effects. The process starts with…

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Parents

Surrogacy Financing & Loans - 3 min read

Hands down, gestational surrogacy is expensive. Fortunately, financial support is available to help couples start a family. Without further ado, let’s check out the financial aids available: Surrogate Health insurance Although most of the time you have to purchase a supplemental surrogate health insurance plan because health insurance doesn’t cover surrogate, it’s kind of financial support. This insurance covers the cost of surrogate pregnancy and…

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Parents

Surrogacy In The Time of COVID - 2 min read

The surrogates, egg donors, and intended parents have to adapt to the shifting regulations during the COVID era. If you are opting for gestational surrogacy, there is a risk of contracting the virus since the entire process involved visiting the clinic to donate the egg and then the embryo transfer procedure. It becomes pertinent to follow the Safety protocols to ensure that all parties involved…

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