




{"id":1498,"date":"2022-01-30T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:18:45","slug":"mental-health-professional-in-surrogacy-egg-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/blog\/parenting\/mental-health-professional-in-surrogacy-egg-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Using a Mental Health Professional in Surrogacy &#038; Egg Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therapists with an expertise in fertility provide three types of services that can help make the complex and challenging surrogacy journey run more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#1d536a\"><strong>1. Surrogate and egg donor screening<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psychological assessment and psychoeducation are intended to explore readiness, informed consent, expectations, support, boundaries and potential psychosocial concerns. They complement medical screening but do not guarantee that a match or journey will be successful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are able to use an open donor (some clinics do not have donors who are willing to be open, but you can usually use outside sources like <a href=\"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/\">Expecting.ai<\/a>), before&nbsp; you make your final choice it\u2019s important to make sure that you and your surrogate or egg donor have similar expectations from the journey ahead and that you agree on the type of relationship you will have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that the first thing to think about is to make sure that the donor is screened properly. The donor needs to be screened medically and psychologically, properly. Sometimes donors do not have proper screenings. There was an article\u2026in the Wall Street journal about someone who committed suicide and it turned out that his donor also had mental health issues. There have been many court cases where people discover that their donors have psychiatric or medical issues that have not been disclosed. That is why we need to make sure that they have proper screening,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/familybuilding.net\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Schuman<\/a>, a mental health professional who has been working in the family building field for over two and half decades, and the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/familybuilding.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center for Family Building<\/a>. Her program provides resources to help intended parents have an easier journey to parenthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith a surrogate and an <a href=\"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/blog\/parenting\/how-to-choose-the-right-egg-donor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">egg donor you are looking for<\/a> different things, right? But in both of those cases, the agency should follow the guidelines put forth by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, which include psychological screening by a qualified mental health professional and also a test called a PAI: personality assessment inventory, or the MMPI. Those are objective tests [that] are very important, because even though there is no bullet-proof solution, it is essential to screen for psychopathology. Also, there are indicators for deception in both of those tests. This is important because if the donor is lying on the test, either trying to impress the therapist or trying to hide aspects of themselves they don\u2019t want anyone to see, they could also be lying about their medical information. Ideally, the patients should have an objective person screening the donors&nbsp; and surrogates so there is no incentive to pass them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#1d536a\"><strong>2. Emotional support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s the best way to address questions from family members, friends, colleagues and even your kids? How can women (and men) cope with the emotional impact of infertility? How can you maintain your relationship during the emotional rollercoaster that is the fertility journey? How do you determine what type of egg donor\/surrogate-intended parent relationship is right for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many questions that come up during the <a href=\"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/blog\/parenting\/the-surrogacy-journey-roadmap-step-by-step\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">journey to parenthood <\/a>and most of the people who went through it say that it\u2019s not easy to find all or any of the answers alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&#8230;this is part of the guideline of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asrm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Society for Reproductive Medicine<\/a>, that before anyone embarks on a donor conception journey or a surrogacy journey, they have an educational consultation with a qualified mental health professional. It&#8217;s important for them to make sure that they understand&nbsp; the long and short-term implications of their decision for themselves and their future children, how this decision will affect them later, how to understand issues such as talking to their children about their origins and to be educated on many things they may have not thought of yet,\u201d says Lisa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt is important to avoid regret when possible and to feel prepared for a good journey.&nbsp; Education is a vital part of this.&nbsp; I have had many people come to me years later saying, \u2018I regret doing it this way\u2019, or \u2018I wish I could have done this differently\u2019 and \u2018if I had only known I would have done something differently\u2019. And it&#8217;s a shame, it really doesn\u2019t have to be that way.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#1d536a\"><strong>3. Support groups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s something about being a part of a group. Many intended parents who completed their journey say they wouldn\u2019t have made it through if they didn\u2019t have the support of a group of people who went through the same process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support is super important and luckily, there\u2019s an abundance of online and real-world communities intended parents can join.&nbsp;&nbsp;For that reason, Lisa holds a donor conception support group that meets weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;You have to have a support system. You cannot go through this alone,&#8221; says <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/lenaridley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elena Ridley<\/a>, an influencer who turned to egg donation to build her family, in our <a href=\"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/blog\/my-journey\/my-journey-elena-ridley-the-infertility-warrior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expecting Answers interview<\/a>. \u201cFriends and family are always a good start, but finding a community that you can truly connect with and that knows exactly what you\u2019re going through will truly get you through so much of what happens when you\u2019re infertile. Whether it be an online or an in person community &#8211; find your community, find your village.\u201d<\/p><cite><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/expecting.ai\/contact-us\" style=\"color:#1d4664;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book a free consultation with Lisa<br> or join her support group<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental-health professionals can support third-party reproduction through psychoeducation, assessment, relationship preparation and ongoing support. 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