Helping You Pursue Gestational Surrogacy
Before you make any final decisions regarding your surrogacy options, you need to gather all the information you can about gestational surrogacy. I am Ellen Essig, Lawyer and Counselor, and from my office in Cincinnati, I have been helping parents and surrogates through the surrogacy or parentage process since 1986. Because of my experience, I can help you understand the process which will ultimately place you on your child's birth certificate as Parent.
Building Families through Surrogacy
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The gestational surrogacy process relies on in-vitro fertilization and the transfer of the created embryo into the uterus of your chosen surrogate. With IVF, the mathematical possibilities for family creation are seemingly endless. There are a number of ways in which an embryo for gestational surrogacy can be created, including:
- Egg and sperm from donors
- Egg donor and sperm from intended parent
- Sperm donor and ova from intended parent
- Egg and sperm from intended parents
- Donated embryos
While the gestational surrogacy process is medically more complex and medically more expensive than traditional surrogacy, it does offer more legal assurances. While laws vary from state to state, the law tends to favor gestational surrogacy over traditional surrogacy.
If you decide to pursue gestational surrogacy, in most cases you will not have to go through an adoption process. You will want to budget for the cost of medical procedures, cost of the surrogate, the drafting and negotiation of the contract and securing the appropriate birth order. There will be maternity expenses, including hospital and doctor fees, court costs and, possibly, DNA testing. The legal costs of gestational surrogacy, however, may be less than the costs of a traditional surrogacy.
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I have been helping families pursue gestational surrogacy since the early 1990's. If you have any questions about whether gestational surrogacy is right for you, I can provide you with the answers you need to make that decision. Contact me online or call me at 1-866-427-4859 for more information.
