Infertility is the inability of reproducing a child after trying to make one for one year. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, USA, “approximately 10% to 15% of couples in the USA are infertile.” Infertility is not only a common issue found among heterosexual couples, but it is a major issue among homosexual couples. Homosexual couples cannot physically reproduce a biological child of their own. In order to reproduce a child, an egg and sperm must meet. Society can only provide a few possible choices, for example, adoption, foster care, or medical procedure for infertile couples and homosexual couples, however, some couples lose their hope and dreams after they have tried everything in their power without any success.
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Choosing a surrogate mother can be challenging but also just the thought of considering surrogacy. In order to consider surrogacy, a couple has to first take into consideration each other’s feelings about surrogacy. Communication with your partner is very important. After deciding that surrogacy is something you and your partner would want, you’ll have to decide who you want as your surrogate. You want to take into consideration if you would want someone you personally know or a complete stranger. If you decided you want a close friend or family member to be your surrogate, there are certain aspects you need to be mindful of. For example, a contract, open communication, state laws and any family conflict. In a contract you establish certain grounds, for example, “you may want to consider including who will pay for prescriptions, co-pay fees, money for lost wages, or even helping pay for babysitting or housecleaning while your surrogate is on bed rest.” (SurrogateSolns) You would want to have a very strong communication with every person involved in the process. For example, how far is your surrogate willing to go. It might take several tries until the surrogate can get pregnant and sometimes it can be more than one child at a time, for example, there can be twins. You will have to research your state's laws, “the advantage to surrogacy in the United States is that most of our states have laws …show more content…
I want to learn the relationship between the parents, donor (if any is used during the process), and the surrogacy mother. I believe further research about this topic can bring awareness and help inform couples who are considering using a surrogate mother. It must be frustrating to a couple having to physically do everything possible to reproduce a child but find themselves useless not being able
Choosing a surrogate mother can be challenging but also just the thought of considering surrogacy. In order to consider surrogacy, a couple has to first take into consideration each other’s feelings about surrogacy. Communication with your partner is very important. After deciding that surrogacy is something you and your partner would want, you’ll have to decide who you want as your surrogate. You want to take into consideration if you would want someone you personally know or a complete stranger. If you decided you want a close friend or family member to be your surrogate, there are certain aspects you need to be mindful of. For example, a contract, open communication, state laws and any family conflict. In a contract you establish certain grounds, for example, “you may want to consider including who will pay for prescriptions, co-pay fees, money for lost wages, or even helping pay for babysitting or housecleaning while your surrogate is on bed rest.” (SurrogateSolns) You would want to have a very strong communication with every person involved in the process. For example, how far is your surrogate willing to go. It might take several tries until the surrogate can get pregnant and sometimes it can be more than one child at a time, for example, there can be twins. You will have to research your state's laws, “the advantage to surrogacy in the United States is that most of our states have laws …show more content…
I want to learn the relationship between the parents, donor (if any is used during the process), and the surrogacy mother. I believe further research about this topic can bring awareness and help inform couples who are considering using a surrogate mother. It must be frustrating to a couple having to physically do everything possible to reproduce a child but find themselves useless not being able