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Date Posted: Sat 09 April, 2005 14:57:28
In reply to:
lana
's message, "how to become a surrogate mother" on Fri 08 April, 2005 21:04:37
There are many sites on the web
for example:
http://www.babies-by-levin.com/spa_google.htm
http://intendedparents.com/index.asp
http://www.surrogatealternative.com/
http://www.lfc.org.uk/donation/Surrogacy.htm
We also differentiate between a TRADITIONAL or partial surrogate, impregnated with the sperm of the child's father, where the woman carrying the child is its genetic mother, but agreed to give up the child for adoption to the intended couple
and a GESTATIONAL surrogate, where the women is implanted with a fertilized egg from the other couple.
Depending on the law of the land, you are allowed the expenses (something that you can define rather flexibly) or more... In the US, the going price is somewhere around 15k.
Here is a full description of the procedure cribbed from the London Fertility Centre.
Procedures:
• Full Surrogacy
We need to synchronise two women in the same phase of the cycle so that when the intended mother produces the eggs, the surrogate's womb will be receptive for the created embryos. The surrogate mother receives an injection (Prostap) to stop the pituitary gland to control the ovaries (down regulation). The Prostap injection is given either on day 21 or day 2 of the cycle and the effect lasts for 4-6 weeks. The drug is fully effective in about 12 days and this is confirmed by a vaginal ultrasound scan to show a thin lining of the womb and inactive ovaries. Once the surrogate mother is down regulated, she is on stand by waiting for the intended mother to be ready to start the treatment. The protocol of treatment of the intended mother will differ depending on several factors including age, weight, FSH level, regularity of her cycles and whether she has had a hysterectomy. Once the intended mother starts the daily injections to produce the eggs, the surrogate mother will start daily tablets of Oestrogen (Progynova tablets) to build up the lining of the womb. Both women will be monitored by vaginal ultrasound scan. It usually takes 12-14 days for both of them to be ready.
Once the eggs are collected, they are fertilised by the quarantined sperm. The embryos will be replaced two days later into the surrogate's womb.
• Partial (straight) surrogacy
This could be by intrauterine insemination or IVF using the quarantined sperm of the intended father. If there is no significant male factor infertility the treatment can be by intrauterine insemination (IUI). The patency of the tubes of the surrogate mother need to be ascertained either by hysterosalpingogram, (x-ray) or laparoscopy and dye tests. IUI can be carried out in a natural cycle or preferably in a stimulated cycle aiming to produce 2-3 eggs. The chances of pregnancy are higher with the latter but it carries a small risk of a multiple pregnancy. If there is a sperm factor or the surrogate's tubes are not open, the treatment has to be by IVF where the surrogate mother will have ovarian stimulation treatment to produce the eggs that will be fertilised in the laboratory using the quarantined sperm of the intended father. The embryos will be transferred into her womb two days later.
Best Wishes and Good Luck!
>I want to become surrogate mother, how can i do it?
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