There is another important qualification for a suitable Surrogate Mother – it is the woman’s ability to get pregnant and deliver a child / children successfully and safely. The woman’s previous successful pregnancy and delivery of at least one of her own children may truly be considered as the best indicator of this ability. In case if the potential Surrogate Mother does not have any children of her own, it is impossible to be certain that she does not have her own fertility problems. In addition, choosing a Surrogate Mother out of women, who do not have at least one child of their own does not only raise the question of whether the uterus of such a woman can carry a pregnancy to term without any problems, it also brings into doubt whether she is able to realize all the physical and emotional aspects of pregnancy and of the very process of delivery. There is also a question whether such a woman will be able to survive all the emotional aspects of pregnancy and to safely and reliably commit to carry a child / children to term, deliver him or her / them and them relinquish the custody of the child / children custody to the couple of the Intended Parents. The possibility that the Surrogate Mother may change her mind simply because she did not understand all the emotional aspects beforehand is really considered to be the biggest fear of the majority of the potential Intended Parents. This is why it would be extremely crucial to find a Surrogate Mother, who has already carried at least one pregnancy to term and delivered successfully.
All of the factors, which are discussed above are part of the psychological and emotional make – up of a potential Surrogate Mother, in addition they bear strongly on a Surrogate Mother’s ability to follow through cooperatively with the intention of a surrogacy agreement. This is the reason why the overall psychological and emotional health of any potential Surrogate mother is important to be taken into consideration for the successful surrogacy journey. In addition, every future Surrogate Mother is to be psychologically screened and “approved” as a suitable participant of a surrogacy arrangement by a licensed and well experienced in third – party reproduction issues psychologist. It should be noted, that psychological screening is an important part of verifying the absence or presence of the other characteristics, which are mentioned above.
However, it is important that every couple of future Intended Parents would be aware of the fact that there do not exist such tests, as well as there are no combinations of character traits or habits, which can be plied with the aim of predicting any person’s behavior with absolute certainty. There is no psychological screening and / or background investigation technique, which can show 100 % of success reliability. All psychological measures can simply be applied to be able to evaluate some general traits and tendencies. Therefore, if a Surrogate Mother would be selected with the foregoing considerations and qualifications, kept in mind of any couple of the Intended Parents, then their chances of success are high enough. In accordance with the informal statistics as for the outcomes of surrogacy agreements in the USA, out of about 1,000 surrogacy agreements implemented, only about 8 result in actual disputes between their participants. This means that the success rate of surrogacy agreements is more than 99,5 percent. Of these disputes no more than 3 are caused by a Surrogate Mother who threatens to change her mind (it often occurs with the aim or leveraging better compensation). The rest disputes are usually caused by the couples of the Intended Parents, who do not want to accept the child / children of a Surrogate Mother because of some unexpectedly changed circumstances, such as: they may get divorced, become unemployed, become pregnant, etc. anyway, contrary to some generally accepted consideration, entering into a surrogacy agreement with a Surrogate Mother, who is a properly motivated, thoroughly screened and well – matched woman is, of no doubt, quite a reliable alternative for family building.
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