Surrogate Parenting Focus: An Introduction To Surrogacy

By Calli Kuzon

Many people are unable to have a child through natural means. If adoption is not for you maybe surrogate parenting is. You will have to sign a legal contract to partake in this. A woman will become pregnant with another woman's baby after she has went through an in vitro fertilization process. She will give up any legal rights to the child she has at birth. The surrogate may or may not have any involvement in the child's life depending on what was in the legal agreement.

If you have thought about becoming a surrogate or even want to hire a surrogate, it's a decision that demands some serious attention. As well as getting paid for this the surrogate mom's expenses relating to the pregnancy and birth of the child will also be paid for.

So basically the surrogate goes through the pregnancy and childbirth then gives up the baby. If the surrogate is close to the parents, maybe a friend or a sibling of them, it can make the process easier on them. At other times the surrogate is unknown to the couple and it is more of a business transaction, or perhaps they see themselves as a good benefactor.

Surrogacy is a serious business, and you need to fully understand the implications if you decide to become one. Professional opinion agrees that a surrogate should have her own children and should not desire to have any more of her own. That is after all the one of the major reasons a contract has to be drawn up in the first place.

If you cannot have children and are interested in surrogacy you can gain further information from these resources. Have a look at surrogate parenting sites on the web. As the law differs in various counties try and find out the regulations for your state. Sign up to surrogacy forums as you will meet people who have been through it before. Check out some books on the subject to extensively research the subject before you agree on anything. - 30525

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