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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.
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Gestational Surrogacy
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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Heather Huddleston

Director
University of California San Francisco

Dr. Daniel Kaser

Director, Third Party & LBGTQ
RMA of Northern California

Natalie Gamble

Assisted Reproduction Attorney
Co-founder, Brilliant Beginnings Surrogacy Agency and NGA Law

Dr. Meera Shah

Reproductive Fertility Specialist
Nova Fertility

Dr. Serena Chen

Medical Director
Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Brian Esser

Reproductive Attorney
Law Office of Brian Esser

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.

Course Syllabus7 Lessons2h 5m

  1. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. What Is Gestational Surrogacy?
    2. Does It Work?
    3. Psychological Follow-Up at 10 Years
  2. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. Wide Variety of Intended Parents
    2. Ages
    3. Previous Cycles
    4. Use of Donor Eggs
  3. Lesson 3 (5 min)
    Regional Nuances
    In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. By Country
    2. Cross Border Challenges
    3. Within the United States
  4. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. High Level Details
    2. Countries with Compensation
  5. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. Quick Summary
    2. Gestational Carrier Compensation
    3. Agency
    4. Health Insurance
    5. Legal & Psychological
    6. Travel
    7. Breast Milk
    8. Lost Wages
  6. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. High Level Summary
    2. Consult Local Regulations
    3. Independent Search or Agency Guidance
    4. Selecting a Gestational Carrier (or Having a Carrier Select You)
    5. Medical & Psychological Screening
    6. Sign Agreements
    7. IVF & Embryo Transfer
    8. Heartbeat on Ultrasound
    9. Finalizing Health Insurance Details
    10. Parental Establishment
    11. Hospital Plan, Delivery & Post-Delivery
  7. Lesson 7 (20 min)
    IVF Treatment Decisions
    In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. Introduction & Additional Resources
    2. Growing Embryos to Blastocyst Stage
    3. Pre-implantation Genetic Testing of Embryos for Aneuploidy
    4. Single Embryo Transfer
    5. Doctor Doing the Transfer

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