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| What a Surrogacy Agency is to Provide | One of the most important decisions for every couple of future Intended Parents is choosing a surrogacy agency to plan and carry out a surrogacy arrangement. It is extremely important to have confidence in the staff of the chosen agency as well as in their knowledge in the field of surrogacy.
The first consultation is the very point, at which a couple of potential Intended Parents usually decides whether they can trust and desire to establish any contact with the given agency. This consultation is to be free of charge and last not less than one hour with time set aside for the couple to be able to address all their concerns and ask questions. The initial consultation is expected to be free, simply because the couple will spend a great deal of money with it, in case if it chooses this agency, that is why is should not cost any money to decide whether they would feel comfortable with a particular group of people.
This first consultation usually consists of a meeting with the director, because it would be extremely difficult to get to know how the agency operates without being aware of the philosophies of its leader; and with the attorney of the surrogacy agency. It is considered to be imperative that the couple of potential Intended Parents would be aware of, as well as understand all the laws considering surrogacy in the state or country they are going to work in. it is the lawyer, and not the social worker, who is to explain this to the couple without taking any money for the consultation.
There is no doubt, that a couple of future Intended Parents would be much better prepared to enter into a contract with the given surrogacy agency, in case if they understand all the agency’s procedures and if they possess a high level of confidence in the director and the agency lawyer of a given surrogacy agency. In addition, the agency is to provide contracts, which summarize the intentions of all the participants of the surrogacy agreement. The cost of these contracts is to be included in the agency’s fee. A good surrogacy agency would already have all these contracts ready for any type of surrogacy arrangement. And in case if there is a necessity to make some minor changes in the surrogacy contract, this will not cost an agency much, if any. It should be pointed out, that the couple of potential Intended Parents should not be fooled by any large addition to fee schedules, which claim it costs a large sum of money to prepare the contract; it is necessary to keep in mind, that in the majority of cases the agency does not pay anything for this.
Any good surrogacy agency is to provide a thorough screening for all its Egg Donors and Surrogate Mothers. There is usually a list of requirements, which is covered with a potential Surrogate Mother during her first call to the surrogacy agency. The woman, who is chosen, is to meet all these criteria before filling out an application form. As soon as a potential Surrogate Mother has turned in an application form, which also includes her photo and medical records as for her previous delivery / deliveries, she is to be interviewed by a qualified staff member in person. Moreover, the husband or boyfriend of a potential Surrogate Mother, in case if she has any, should also be interviewed and assessed for his willingness to provide a support to the Surrogate Mother during the entire process, as well as for his willingness to undergo physical testing.
Moreover, the male partner of a future Surrogate Mother is to agree to abstain from sexual intercourse during times, which are instructed by the surrogacy agency’s physician. It is necessary to point out, that all the steps, which are described above, are to be taken yet before the Surrogate Mother is presented to a couple of Intended Parents.
When the couple of future Intended Parents has chosen the surrogacy agency, the next step of the agency is to schedule all necessary physiological and physical evaluation of the suitable Surrogate Mother. Every single the actual result of the screening, and not a summary of the results, written by the given agency, is to be presented to the couple. In addition, future Intended Parents are to be invited to know the entire screening protocol before they sign a contract with the chosen surrogacy agency. It is also necessary, that the self – respecting surrogacy agency should provide couples of future Intended Parents with careful and individualized matching, as the couple is to have the opportunity to visit the leader of the agency with the aim of discussing the characteristics they desire in a Surrogate Mother and in an Egg Donor, if it is necessary to apply to her service.
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