Gestational surrogacy to grow your family

Pregnancy is a blessing for every woman alive on this planet. Since their childhood, women tend to have motherly instincts and wish to become a wonderful mother one day. However, life is not always the same for everyone. Some women are unfortunate to be blessed with this greatest happiness. Infertility is one of the curses that every woman is afraid of. It may appear in many forms, for example women having problems in ovulation, or absence of uterus to carry the embryo, recurrent miscarriages etc.

Infertility never comes alone, it brings a lot of sadness with it. Life gets changed in a single moment that affects your relationship with your partner, that’s the worst part of infertility. There stays silence, hopelessness and coldness in your relationship leading to intimacy issues, understanding issues, self-love issues and many others. Because having a child after marriage completes the relationship of the parents and as a lot of parents out there claim that life got more beautiful when they had their first child, they also add that a lot of misunderstandings get ignored because of that little bundle of joy.

As we live in an era where technical advancement has taken over the world, in the 20th century, to overcome the saddest phase of a couple’s life, gestational surrogacy was introduced when Mary Beth Whitehead gave birth to baby Melissa as a surrogate mother and was liable to give the custody of the baby to the couple whose genetic elements were used for the surrogacy, but she refused to do so.

This medical revolution has brought many cures for incurable diseases. Gestational Surrogacy is one of them and is basically a medical technique called In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) when a woman agrees to be the surrogate mother hence carry the child of a couple who are unable to conceive successfully or should we say, are infertile. The sperms and eggs of the infertile couple are injected into the surrogate mother’s uterus and then the process gets started. But the difficult part is to decide, whether to go for surrogacy or just adopt a kid and live happily ever after. Most couples confidently go for surrogacy without a second thought, because of the emotional and genetically connection between them and their child. No judgments!

Even the forever iconic T.V show “Friends” also showed us this face of life when Phoebe Buffay became the surrogate mother for her brother’s (Frank Buffay Jr.) and sister-in-law’s (Alice) eggs and sperms and gave birth to the healthy triplets.

Factors to Consider Before Going for Gestational Surrogacy

Proper Consultation

To go for Gestational Surrogacy it is advised to the couple to first visit their doctor in order to make a firm decision whether to go for it or not, after measuring all future possibilities or should we say impossibilities. The doctor should be connected to the couple from the start of their complications and should do the proper counselling. 

Calculate the Finances

The most important aspect to consider is, the intended couple should be financially stable because this treatment costs way more than a normal pregnancy, first there is the expense incurred on the medical technique (IVF) and then the expenses of a surrogate mother. 

Chances of Multiple Pregnancy

As linked to the above aspect, finances should also be forecasted for multiple pregnancy. There are chances that there could be twins or triplets as a result of treatment done on a surrogate mother.

Chances of Birth Defects There are chances of birth defects after the IVF method, the baby could be handicapped or born with other deficiency. So before opting this technique, a couple should consider all the aspects related to surrogacy.