Why Do Surrogacy Clinics Require Mental Health Screenings?
If your clinic requires you to meet with a mental health professional before moving forward with using an egg donor or sperm donor, you may feel angry and defensive. This reaction is common and normal as the assumption by most intended parents are that they are going to be “assessed” or “evaluated” to determine if they are fit to be parents.
This is NOT the reason for the required meeting. Unfortunately that is not typically explained by the clinic’s staff simply because they may not have the time or information to accurately explain the purpose and intent of the required meeting.
The purpose of the meeting is to help you, educate you, and advocate for your unborn child. The intent is to prevent psychological harm or distress to your current and future family.
To better understand all aspects of using an egg donor to build and grow your family, visit our website 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.
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.
Egg Donor IVF In Kansas City: What Are Your Chances of Success?
Choosing to do in vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor eggs greatly increases the chances of pregnancy for women and couples who cannot use their own eggs. It is also expensive, but well worth the investment if the outcome is the birth of a long awaited baby, or babies!!
So what are the chances of getting pregnant when doing IVF with an egg donor? The national average is that 56% of all IVF cycles using donor eggs results in a live birth. Success rates vary among clinics and are influenced by variables that are important to understand before making a decision about which clinic you entrust with your care. You can research this data for yourself on the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology’s website at https://w3.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/SARTIVF/.