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| Medical Testing Requirements | Surrogate Mother, Intended Mother / Egg Donor
Blood Tests
• Test for Complete Blood Count (CBC);
• Test to find out the Blood Group and Blood Type, as well as Fh factor;
• HIV 1 and 2;
• HIV p24 Ag;
• HTLV 1 and 2;
• Test for Hepatitis B Antibodies and Surface Antigen;
• Test for Hepatitis C Antibodies;
• Test for Rubella;
• Test for Cytomegalovirus lgG;
• Test for Cytomegalovirus lgM;
• FSH;
• Test to identify Prolactin level;
• Test to identify Free Testosterone level;
• Test for Cystic Fibrosis;
• VDRL (test for Syphilis) / RPR;
• Test for Herpes Virus
• Cervical Swabs
• C&S for Group B Strep;
• C&S for Gonorrhea;
• Pap Smear Test;
• Test for Mycoplasma / Urealasma Cultures;
• Test for Chlamydia Culture;
Additional Tests
In case if a Surrogate Mother, an Egg Donor / an Intended Mother is older than 48, she will have to undergo an Electrocardiogram (ECG) procedure;
In case if a Surrogate Mother, an Egg Donor / an Intended Mother has never been pregnant before, she will have to undergo a Hysterosalpingoram (Hysteroscopy) procedure;
In case if a Surrogate Mother, an Egg Donor / an Intended Mother is a woman, belonging to some specific ethnic group, she will also be screened accordingly: African Americans are to be screened for Sickle Cell Screen; Jewish are to be screened for Sach’s Screen, etc.
Intended Father / Sperm Donor
Blood Tests
• Test for Complete Blood Count (CBC);
• Test to find out Blood Group and Blood Type;
• HIV 1 and 2;
• HIV p 24 Ag;
• HTLV 1 and 2;
• Test for Hepatitis A Antibody;
• Test for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen;
• Test for Hepatitis B Antibody;
• VDRL (test for Syphilis) / RPR;
• Test for Herpes I lgG;
• est for Herpes II lgM;
• Test for Herpes II lgG:
• Test for Herpes II lgM;
• Test for Cystic Fibrosis;
Urethral Swab
• Test for Chlamydia;
• Test for Gonorrhea;
• Test for Ureaplasma;
• Test for Mycoplasma;
• Sperm Analysis
HIV Testing: Points to Consider
It is extremely important for all participants of a surrogacy agreement to understand that even if they all are screened for HIV (AIDS), still, a negative HIV test does not absolutely mean that a person does not have this disease. In accordance with the proposition of medicine as for this kind of a disease, the best way every surrogacy agreement participant can reduce the risk of HIV transmission is to have the necessary participants tested before the egg retrieval and / or fertilization procedure is / are conducted. All created embryos should be frozen for a 6 month period, during which all the surrogacy agreement’s participants are to be tested for HIV again. And only in case if the HIV test appears to be negative again, the embryos may be considered safe. There is a slight statistical pregnancy advantage to the Surrogate Mother in applying fresh embryos for the first embryo transfer, the Intended Parents need to take a decision whether or not they desire to use the fresh embryos for their first embryo transfer procedure, or maybe they should better freeze all the embryos for subsequent embryo transfer procedure, which will be conducted 6 months later.
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