One of the obvious benefits of being a surrogate mother, is the financial benefit associated with some types surrogate mothering. While there are financial benefits associated with some types of surrogacy, there are also emotional benefits. It is very rewarding to help others.

Being a surrogate mother assures a woman that she is providing a child for a couple that desperately wants one. Intended parents would not go through all of the effort or finding a surrogate mother if they did not desperately long for a child. Because of all of the effort surrogate mothering entails, the surrogate knows that the intended parents will strive to be the very best parents in the world.

Being a surrogate mother will most certainly be a rewarding experience. When deciding if surrogate mothering is right for you, be sure that you are comfortable with the couple. The three of you will be spending a lot of time together throughout the pregnancy. You will want to be comfortable when you speak with them or when they spend time with you at doctor appointments.

Being a surrogate mother will be a much easier process when you are certain you have picked wonderful parents for the child you will be carrying. You are helping them build the family they have longed for and those rewards will last a lifetime.

It takes a special person to be a surrogate mother. Surrogates give of their time and of their bodies in order to help someone else.

Becoming a surrogate mother involves intense medical and psychological testing. Doctors will want to be sure that you are physically healthy enough to carry a child to full term. They want to ensure that there will be no danger to your health or to the baby’s health during the pregnancy. They will check simple things like blood pressure and weight.

However, becoming a surrogate mother will also entail much more intense medical testing. Among other things, doctors will check that your reproductive system is in working order and that you do not carry any diseases that may be passed onto the child.

There is also psychological testing and counseling involved in becoming a surrogate mother. A psychologist wants to be sure that you are mentally prepared to carry a child that you will not likely see after birth.

You may feel that your medical and mental health are under scrutiny. However, it is important to remember that the tests exist in order to try to avoid any complications during or after the pregnancy. Doctors and psychologists want to ensure the health of a surrogate mother, the baby, and the intended parents. Although a surrogate mother is likely to experience some emotional difficulties after giving birth to the child, they are assured access to follow up care.

After all medical and psychological testing has been completed, your agency will match you with a couple. In some cases, you already know whose child you will be carrying because you may be doing it for a family member or a friend.

In either case, be sure that you have an open dialogue with both the couple and any doctors that are involved in the process. By speaking freely with one another, you all ensure an easier and more healthy process.  

Commercial surrogates choose to help for a variety of reasons. One reason they choose to be a surrogate is because of the financial considerations. A surrogacy mother found through an agency may receive varied amounts of compensation. The surrogacy mother is compensated for any pregnancy-related expenses, but also receives additional funds for her time and services. 

There are many types of women that choose to be a commercial surrogate. Women who are unable to pay for their education on their own may see surrogacy as a way to help pay for school. Single mothers that are having difficulty in paying their bills may also consider surrogacy as a source of income.

Whatever a surrogacy mother’s circumstance, the couple can be certain of several things. They can be assured that the surrogacy program has effectively screened the surrogate both physically and psychologically. Equally important, intended parents can be assured that a surrogacy mother is the type of person that wants to help people.

No woman would choose to be a surrogacy mother without considering the great hardship that intended parents have endured while trying to have a child.

Altruistic surrogacy makes the considerate nature of a surrogate more obvious. In the case of an altruistic surrogacy, the surrogacy mother is only receiving compensation for medical bills incurred as a result of the pregnancy, if any. An altruistic surrogate is likely related to the couple and has chosen to help because of that relationship.

Friends of intended parents may also choose to help by being their surrogate. In both cases the nature and personality of the surrogate suggests that they want to help others.

Any woman that chooses to be a surrogacy mother is likely to be of a loving and giving nature. Whether there is compensation involved or not, pregnancy is a long and intense time for any woman. In any case, a surrogacy mother gives of herself completely.

She will give up her time, will struggle emotionally, and will especially give of her body. Money may be a motive for choosing to be a surrogacy mother, but a loving and considerate nature is the personality trait that makes it an option in the first place.

There are many reasons that a couple may require a surrogate mother. There are various medical ailments that prevent couples from getting pregnant. The father may have problems with the viability of his sperm. The sperm may not get to the egg fast enough, dieing before it can fertilize the egg.

The intended father may also carry genetic characteristics he does not want to pass to his child. In this case the couple would choose not use the husband’s sperm when attempting to conceive. Thus, the couple would not need a surrogate mother and may instead seek artificial insemination of the wife.

Intended mothers can have a huge variety of health issues that make pregnancy impossible or undesirable. For example, some women have a womb that will not support a fetus and may miscarry many times. 

There are also women that have other biological problems that affect their ability to reproduce. Women can have cysts on their ovaries which make it impossible to release eggs when they should. There are also women that have only one ovary and have not been successful in achieving pregnancy. The reproductive system is complex and can cause various ailments which make pregnancy impossible.

Some women may turn to surrogate mothers because of severe health problems. While the woman may be healthy enough to be an effective mother, her body may be unable to survive pregnancy. There are, for instance, some women that choose to use a surrogate mother because they have heart problems which may cause the mother to be unable to survive a traditional child birth or a C-section. There are also women that have medical conditions that can be passed through birth or during gestation.

Sometimes the reason that a couple is unable to get pregnant is never identified. Infertility can be caused by something as simple as stress. On occasion, a couple has been able to achieve successful pregnancy on their own after having a baby through a surrogate mother. There are sometimes simple lifestyle changes that affect a couple’s ability to get pregnant and they may make those changes without even realizing it.

Surrogate mothers provide the option to have a biological child that intended parents would not otherwise have. No matter what health issues may plague potential parents, they have the option of selecting to use the services of surrogate mothers. By using a surrogate mother, couples are assured that they have done everything to ensure their baby will be healthy.

They may have eliminated the potential for passing on dangerous genes or disease. Potential parents may also be taking the health considerations of the intended mother into consideration. There is a wide array of health reason that contribute to the choice of surrogacy.

Surrogacy costs are mostly comprised of medical bills. One of the first things a couple pays for is medical testing. Couples and their doctors will search for the reason that they were unable to conceive. Even after an infertile couple has chosen to use a surrogate, there are many medical tests involved.

Doctors will want to be sure that both potential parents are free of any disease or defect that will be passed onto the surrogate or baby. Once a surrogate has been selected, the doctors will also want to screen the surrogate extensively. They will want to be sure that the surrogate is physically able to carry a pregnancy to term.

There will also be medications necessary and regular doctor visits once a successful pregnancy is achieved. Psychological testing, for both the couple and the surrogate mother, is also necessary and expensive.

While surrogacy costs are very expensive, they rise when a commercial surrogate is used.    

The cost of surrogacy can be measured financially and emotionally to both the surrogate and the couple. While the cost of surrogacy can be much higher than the cost of the wife having her own healthy pregnancy, it affords the ability of parents to have a biological child that they would not otherwise be able to have. 

Surrogacy costs sometimes prevent a couple from achieving their dream of having a child of their own. In this case, parents may want to consider adoption or search for an altruistic surrogate. In this case, the parents would only be responsible for medical bills incurred due to pregnancy. Therefore, the surrogacy cost would be no different than the intended mother getting pregnant on her own.