How Successful is Gestational Surrogacy?
If you are considering gestational surrogacy as an option for meeting your family’s needs, you have likely wondered how successful it is. Because there are a few complex steps associated with the gestational surrogacy process, it can be useful to break each part down. However, you should rest easy knowing that gestational surrogacy is an overall great way to help achieve your dreams of having a child!
In order to learn more about the process, Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado is here to outline just how successful gestational surrogacy really is.
How Successful is Gestational Surrogacy?
The gestational surrogacy process typically consists of a few steps that every intended parent and gestational surrogate must go through. Therefore, in order to understand how successful gestational surrogacy is, each step will be broken down.
Here are the different parts of the gestational surrogacy process, as well as how successful they each are:
Making an Intended Parent/Surrogate Match in Colorado
One of the very first steps in the gestational surrogacy process is making a strong match between prospective intended parents and a gestational surrogate. While this can seem daunting, a surrogacy agency, such as Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado can make the process a lot smoother. With considerations like varying levels of involvement, surrogacy contracts, and more, finding a perfect intended parent and surrogate match is very important. A good surrogacy agency can help make sure that the different needs of intended parents align with those of a surrogate, and also help to facilitate a match.
This step is typically very successful with the help of Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, as they will serve to facilitate the match. By taking into account everyone’s needs and ensuring they are respected, a perfect match ensures smooth sailing in the gestational surrogacy process. In fact, many of the relationships formed between intended parents and surrogates are so strong that they can last lifetimes!
In Vitro Fertilization for Surrogacy
The next step in gestational surrogacy is often in vitro fertilization, where an egg is fertilized by a sperm in a laboratory setting and an embryo is implanted into the surrogate. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the more variable aspects associated with gestational surrogacy, but is still largely effective. One of the key advantages associated with IVF is the ability to use egg or sperm from various donors, so intended parents in same sex relationships, single parents, and parents dealing with fertility issues can still look to gestational surrogacy as an option.
Because in vitro fertilization sometimes requires various rounds of egg retrieval and fertilization, it can sometimes take a bit longer than expected. Implanting the fertilized embryos into the surrogates might also have a few complications, but it’s entirely possible to go through the process again. Although IVF isn’t always successful on the very first try, with enough time, it is almost always effective! It also provides the opportunity for intended parents to maintain a genetic link to their child born through gestational surrogacy, so the pros outweigh the cons.
Pregnancy and Delivery during Surrogacy
Pregnancies can often be very unpredictable. In the modern day, though, successful pregnancies have increased dramatically! To help ensure the best possible outcome for both the gestational surrogate and the child who is born, there are many requirements for surrogates prior to impregnation. For example, the surrogate must have had at least one complication free pregnancy and delivery, which raises the chances of having another. She will also undergo many different health checks and screenings to ensure she is fit for carrying another child.
In the long run, most gestational surrogacy pregnancies and deliveries are successful. However, it is important to keep in mind that each scenario is unique, and there’s no guarantee complications will not arise. With the help of a surrogacy agency, though, the process can be made as smooth and comfortable as possible.
Gestational Surrogacy in Colorado
In the end, gestational surrogacy generally has very high rates of success. While compilations may arise in rare cases, there are options for both intended parents and gestational surrogates to move forward. Gestational surrogacy truly is a great option for growing a family, so don’t let the small amount of risks deter you from considering it as an option!
Interested in Gestational Surrogacy in Colorado?
If you are interested in or have questions about becoming a gestational carrier in the state of Colorado, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado. We will help to make sure you have legal representation, medical care, and hands-on support throughout the entire surrogacy process.
Becoming a gestational surrogate is a life-changing and super rewarding experience. We would love to support you through the journey and match you with possible intended parents!
If you are interested in surrogacy and want to learn more about your options, contact Adoption and Surrogacy Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
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Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!