Ask the Surrogacy Experts…

Ask the Experts

Category: Blog

Questions from the Sensible Surrogacy community, answered by our team of consultants…

PLEASE NOTE: Information in this website is based on personal experience gained over many years of assisting infertile couples. Comments are intended as a Guide for those in need, but should not replace professional medical or legal advise. Any medical questions should ALWAYS be referred to a credentialed medical specialist before beginning any treatment.

Know the Risks for a Surrogate with Twins

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“We signed with a clinic in the United States, performed all of the genetic screening and FDA blood work, and signed with an egg donor agency for an IVF cycle. Now we are looking for a surrogate...

Surrogacy in Canada or Ukraine: Which is the more secure?

newborn wrapped in american flag
“Based on some Web reading, surrogacy laws in Canada seem to be the most secure outside of the US (and the US is too expensive for us). We considered Ukraine, but we’re nervous about being...

Will hiring two surrogates leave us stranded?

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“We want to have twins but have been advised to use two surrogates because a twins pregnancy is so dangerous. What makes me doubtful about attempting two surrogates at the same time is that simu...

Should I have my baby circumcised?

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Can ask your personal advice, with your two boys did you have them circumcised when born? As our boy is being born in the USA, I think this is the common practice to do there and are there any disadva...

Using Both an Egg & Sperm Donor?

I’m a single woman in my 40s. I have always wanted to have children, but I never found the right partner. Now I’m too old to donate my own eggs, and I still don’t have a partner to b...

Will my surrogacy baby look like me?

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We’ve been looking at egg donors for months, but I really want my baby to look like me. None of the possible donors seem to fit. Are we being crazy, or should we just give up the idea that we wi...