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Building Healthy Donor Conceived Families in Kansas City

When making the decision to use an egg donor to build and grow your family, it is helpful to utilize reliable resources to gather information.  The American Fertility Association is an organization that provides useful information about infertility and family building options.

If you are considering building your family using an egg donor, this article from The American Fertility Association offers valuable information.

https://www.theafa.org/

For information about using an egg donor in Kansas City to build and grow your family, visit our website today at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.

Using an Egg Donor or Surrogate in KC: Key Considerations

Using an egg donor, sperm donor, or gestational surrogate can be can effective option for those struggling with fertility.  With appropriate medical, legal, and psychological preparation, egg donation and gestational surrogacy can help build families and provide a rewarding experience for all involved.

The American Society For Reproductive Medicine is an excellent resource for reproductive health topics.  The list of key considerations listed below is taken form their Fact Sheet about Gamete (egg and sperm) and embryo donation.

Click here to access the full article.

These key considerations can help you to avoid unmet expectations or disappointments in the future.

Key considerations:

• Consult with specialists in reproductive medicine who are qualified and experienced.
• Use legal counsel that is well-versed in reproductive law in locations where both the donor and recipients reside.
• Work with a mental health professional who is experienced and familiar with the issues of third-party family-building.
• Consider if, when, what, and how to tell the child and others.
• Understand that:
• Laws regarding reproductive rights are constantly changing.
• Files regarding donation identities may be opened at any time (if they are challenged in court or if current laws change).
• Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.
• Secrets are difficult to keep, and information can be unintentionally shared or discovered with science and technology that are advanced and more widely accessible.
• Making peace with your personal feelings about donation must be done before sharing this information.

For information about using an egg donor or gestational surrogate to build and grow your family, contact us today.

Finding A Surrogate In Kansas City: What Are My Options?

If you are considering using a gestational surrogate to build and grow your family, you are likely trying to decide where to start.  The first place most people start is considering if they have a family member or close friend that would be a good candidate.  If that is an option for you, and the candidate is healthy physically and mentally, then that is most likely going to be the best option from a financial standpoint.  Most people that utilize a family member or close friend do not pay any compensation and therefore save $20,000-$40,000.

If a family member or close friend is not an option for you, then you are left with trying to find someone on your own, or working with an agency.  There are not many benefits of finding your own surrogate rather than working with an agency.  Although you will save money (maybe) by not working with any agency since you will not pay an agency fee, many people that do try to find a surrogate on their own spend thousands of dollars on candidates that ultimately do now work out to be a viable candidate.  In addition the emotional burden of the process can be very difficult to manage.

For more information about working with an agency to find your gestational surrogate, contact us today at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.

Reproductive Family Law Center Joins Kansas City Community

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Reproductive Family Law Center to the reproductive health and medicine community in Kansas City.  Christina Miller, the owner of the Reproductive Family Law Center is a frequent speaker and moderator for the Missouri Bar and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association on the topics of reproductive law and ethics.  She is licensed to practice law in Missouri.

Reproductive Family Law Center represents intended parents, donors, surrogates, medical practitioners and other related clients in all aspects of reproductive rights law.  To learn more about Reproductive Family Law Center, visit their website at www.kcbabylaw.com.

In the next few weeks, we will be posting information about the legal aspects of assisted reproductive technology and the importance of the legal agreements in third-party reproduction that Ms. Miller has agreed to write.

To learn about building and growing your family through egg donation and gestational surrogacy, visit us today at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.