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Gestational Surrogacy

In this course, we cover rates of success as well as risks, alternatives, and critical choices for hopeful parents pursuing the gestational surrogacy process.

Gestational Surrogacy
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What you'll learn

In this course, we cover rates of success for hopeful parents pursuing surrogacy using their own eggs or those of an egg donor. We also look at the physical and emotional implications to both parents and offspring. We also outline the major decisions to be made and their impacts on timelines, budgets, and more. Specifically we address if to or how to work with an agency, criteria in selecting a gestational surrogate, regional nuances, as well legal and medical decisions that need to be settled.

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