The Importance of Healthy Relationships With Your Surrogacy Agency And Your Surrogate.
Pathways To Parenthood: An Egg Donor & Surrogacy Agency understands the importance of creating and fostering healthy relationships between all parties for surrogacy arrangements. The elements for these healthy relationships are exactly the same as they would be for any important relationship. However, it is more challenging to accomplish than a one on one relationship as there are multiple relationships involved.
It is essential to learn, understand, and/or review these essential elements before you begin your surrogacy journey. The most important elements for healthy relationships between intended parents, surrogacy agency and surrogate include effective communication, healthy boundaries, clearly defining roles and expectations, and flexibility. There are certainly more important aspects of creating and fostering these very important relationships, but if you can master these fundamental elements, you will greatly enhance the quality of your relationships during your surrogacy process.
Surrogacy in Kansas City: Services of a Surrogacy Agency
If you plan to use a gestational surrogate to build and grow your family, one big decision you will make in the early stages of the process is whether to work with an agency or “go it alone.” To help you make your decision, it is helpful to know what services a surrogacy agency offers you.
The first service a surrogacy agency offers you is the pre-screening and pre-qualifying of gestational surrogate candidates. They save you A LOT of time and stress by offering you candidates that have already committed to being a gestational surrogate, and have been approved to meet the initial criteria of intended parents and clinics.
They also offer the service of matching you with a surrogate who meets your needs. Understanding what is considered to be a good fit for intended parents and gestational surrogates saves time, money, and stress.
Another important service is guidance and support on all of the steps of the process, including the timing of when tasks should be completed. They also offer guidance and support on the legal process, insurance, and medical procedures and treatments.
Fund management services include the monetary transactions between you and your surrogate. Funds are deposited in an escrow account and distributed to the surrogate per the instructions of your legal agreement with your surrogate.
For information about our surrogacy program, visit our website at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.
Pathways To Parenthood: National Infertility Awareness Month
We understand that the path to parenthood can be rocky, long, scary, and lonely! No matter what your story is, or what your journey has been, or what your family building plan looks like, the following quote applies to you:
“Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just
because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean that you aren’t
headed for sunshine.”
Author Unknown
Although family and friends don’t always “get it” there are other people available to help you through the stormy time, to the sunshine!! If you would like information about building your family through egg donation or surrogacy, contact us today and we can help.
Using A Gestational Surrogate or Egg Donor In Kansas City
The meaning of family is a personal one to each of us, and is colored by the unique experiences of our families that came before us and that we became a part of when we came into this big, wide, and beautiful world.
For individuals and couples that are about to embark upon building their family through egg donation or surrogacy, one scary question most people have is: “What will I tell my child about where they came from and who they are?” The answers to that question sometimes brings out fear and anxiety about what their child might think, and if their child will view them as their parent(s) or family.
These fears, that are very common to individuals that build their family in non-traditional ways, typically do not play out to be true. It is important to recognize that the fears that you may be having are yours, not your future children’s. In addition, if you consider your family system and dynamics and those of your spouse or partner, you will likely find that some of the most amazing stories of love and family do not come from genetic connections.
The most important consideration is to take your time and be well informed when making decisions about what to tell your child and children about their conception and birth. Talking with a counselor about any worries you may have will likely give you some peace of mind about your decision-making process. For more information about using an egg donor or gestational surrogate to build and grow your family, visit us today at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.