During the matching process, several delicate issues are to be taken into account by a surrogacy agency:
1. The couple of future Intended Parents is to be matched with their potential Surrogate Mother, which has the same view on the issue of aborting the pregnancy in case if there is something seriously wrong with the health of a fetus;
2. The couple of future Intended Parents is to be matched with their potential Surrogate Mother, who has the same view on the issue of selective reduction, in case if she gets pregnant with twins, triplets and other higher order multiples, and if this number of children would bee too much for the couple. It should be pointed out, that the woman, who is going to become a Surrogate mother, is to be informed of the high risk of getting pregnant with multiples in the result of any form of Assisted Reproductive Technology. It should also be addressed whether or not she has a wish to carry twins, triplets or other higher order multiples.
3. Every couple of future Intended Parents should only be matched with the potential Surrogate Mother, who desires to have the same level of contact all the way throughout the pregnancy term. The main reason of this is that it would be extremely difficult for a Surrogate Mother, who wants to have frequent contact to carry for a couple of Intended Parents, which wants little or no contact;
4. The Surrogate Mother, just as well as the couple of Intended Parents are to have personalities, which will compliment one another. Surrogacy is a long and difficult process, and that is why all participants of a surrogacy arrangement should be able to get along with each other.
In case if it is necessary to apply to the service of an Egg Donor, couples of future Intended Parents should be provided with several profiles to choose from when they are selecting a donor for themselves. Intended Parents should also be able to make a list of their physical requirements for a woman, they would like to become an Egg Donor for them. In addition, the couple should be able to see a photo of their potential Egg Donor.
As for the Surrogate Mothers, it is extremely important to make sure that the surrogacy agency, they are going to collaborate with, will let the woman face all possible difficulties during the counseling and pregnancy periods with the help of a trained professional. The experienced mental health professional may also be able to detect some problems or concerns and help to overcome them yet before they turn into larger issues or become disasters.
Such subjects as release of the baby after the delivery process are also the issue to be discussed with the counselor. There are a lot of Surrogate Mothers, who feel that counseling is the way that they are taken care of by the surrogacy agency, as well as the Intended Parents. It often provides them with the feeling of security and comfort. And as for the surrogacy agency, to determine the willingness of the potential Surrogate Mother to attend counseling before she is matched with the couple of future Intended Parents, is extremely important for it. There is a rule which every surrogacy agency is to provide couples of Intended Parents and Surrogate Mothers with 24 hour access to its staff. In case of some emergency with the Surrogate Mother, or if the pregnancy occurs during the night, it is imperative that the agency would be able to respond without a delay.
There exists another extremely important point to take into consideration – it is the amount of long term, ongoing contract, which the agency is to provide. There are couples of future Intended Parents, which prefer to exchange all information with their Surrogate Mother directly, therefore, others consider it necessary to more on and ask the surrogacy agency to facilitate any contract agreed upon in advance. It is necessary that the surrogacy agency would be available to the couple of Intended Parents and the Surrogate Mother long after the placement of the child / children.
Anyway, every couple of potential Intended Parents should expect the surrogacy agency they choose to be strictly a surrogacy agency, as there also a great number of agencies, offering, in addition to surrogacy, foster parenting and / or traditional adoption services. Such agencies should never be expected to concentrate on the delicate and constantly changing issues of surrogacy.
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