Many women cannot carry pregnancies due to general medical conditions and problems with their reproductive systems. Fortunately, Nova IVF offers gestational surrogacy services for couples struggling with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Mountain View.

What should you know about gestational surrogacy?

Gestational surrogacy is an agreement that involves a woman offering her womb to carry your child, giving you and your partner a golden opportunity to have a biological child. Your physician creates an embryo through in vitro fertilization using your egg and your partner’s or donor’s sperm and then places it into the surrogate’s uterus for development. This cutting-edge technique restores lost hope for couples who have infertility issues. Infertility should not prevent you from experiencing the joys of parenting when you can make that possible with gestational surrogacy.

Who can benefit from gestational surrogacy?

Gestational surrogacy is a safe and uncomplicated way for couples with infertility problems to grow their families. This arrangement makes it possible for LGBTQIA couples to become parents without necessarily undergoing the tedious adoption processes. If you also have a history of miscarriages, gestational surrogacy might be what you need to do to finally get your bundle of joy. Parents with known medical conditions that inhibit or make pregnancy life highly risky for the unborn baby and the mother may benefit from gestational surrogacy. Such health disorders may include lupus, kidney disease, and heart disease.

What does the procedure include?

Before conducting the procedure, your provider conducts several screenings of you, your partner, and the surrogate, including an ultrasound, pap smear, blood work, an infectious disease screening, and a physical exam. You can request your closest friend, family member, or someone from an agency to be your surrogate. Your provider reviews the surrogate’s medical history to ensure that she is in good condition to carry a child. One of the requirements is that she must have had at least one child previously to ensure the child’s safety and the surrogate. The gestational surrogate should be between 21 years old and 42 years for higher chances of full delivery.

Is surrogacy a legal procedure?

In some countries, you may not have guaranteed rights over the baby after a surrogate delivers. As time goes by, the law revises surrogacy laws, altering the actual definition of a parent and making these procedures more technical compared to the past several years. After delivery, you may need to pass through several adoptions to have full custody of the baby in question. A “declaration of parentage” during pregnancy prevents you from undergoing the frustratingly long adoption procedures in other countries. To protect your rights over the child, it would help if you involved an attorney specializing in reproductive law. The attorney drafts a contract, spelling out terms aggregable to both birth parties before your provider conducts in vitro fertilization to avoid any future hurdles over the baby.

Call the Nova IVF office or book your spot online today for more information about gestational surrogacy.