No Cutting Corners: Our Commitment to Ethical Surrogacy

Are you price shopping for a surrogacy program?

Many foreign "turnkey" programs offer very low prices. You need to examine what they include and what they exclude. Are they excluding items to save cost that are not ethical or possibly a medical or legal liability? Are they not listing items that later will be surprise add on items once you commit?

You not being an expert on surrogacy, despite your personal research, will not know. what important things might be skipped in a surrogacy journey. At Eternal Spring, we know a few things after 450 successful surrogacy journeys.

Well constructed and managed ethical surrogacy programs do all they can to mitigate risk and factor in success as defined by a full-term healthy baby. Only experienced people with medical knowledge can fully delineate a full course of action for a surrogacy journey. "As a doctor, having 450 cases under my watch, I know a few things about proper surrogacy programs. " says Dr. Kramer, our surrogacy expert.

Does the surrogacy agency include:

• Psychological screening of both the egg donor and gestational carrier (GC)?

• Is your egg donor being karyotyped? https://www.eternalspring.gt/post/karyotyping-chromosome-analysis-basics

• Will both your egg donor and GC be fully tested for all communicable diseases?

• Is your GC being provided good nutrition, proper hormones (mainly progesterone) and vitamins?

• Will your baby be born in a public hospital?

• Will your baby be born in a hospital that has a proper neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)?

• Is your GC left to take public transportation to her appointments?

• Is anyone from your agency attending the appointments with your egg donor and GC?

• Does your price quote include sperm and embryo storage beyond the initial IVF?

• Is your GC working a stressful job or is she paid to stop working?

• Is your GC being seen by an obstetrician at least once per month?

• Does your price quote include all legal documents needed to exit the country with your baby?

• How many embryo transfers are included in your IVF package?

• Does your IVF package include Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)?

• Is anyone checking on/visiting your GC on a weekly, semi-monthly basis?

• Is your GC provided extra money for maternity clothes?

• How do you know the GC is fully paid in the end?

  
  

  We’ve observed that some competitors skip important steps or charge for services they don't fully provide. Our advice: ensure your agency covers everything. If you’re uncertain, feel free to reach out—we're happy to offer guidance, even if you don’t choose to work with us.

  
  

In conclusion, we never cut corners. We prioritize ethics, responsibility, and care, ensuring you and the gestational carrier are supported every step of the way—so you can welcome a healthy baby into your arms.