Gay fathers surrogacy
For Gay Dads Starting Surrogacy: How Complete You Choose Whose Sperm to Use?
Every hopeful parent knows they will have to produce many important decisions throughout their journey to parenthood. But for gay dads-to-be embarking on the surrogacy process, one of the first big questions to answer is often, "Whose sperm are we going to use?"
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Beginning Your Surrogacy Journey
Here at Gay Parents To Be and our partner clinic, Illume Fertility, we function closely with dads-to-be as they move through the gestational surrogacy process. After nearly 20 years of supporting gay couples on their path to living fatherhood, we know that some decisions on this journey are “no-brainers,” and others require deep consideration and careful discussion.
One of the first big choices you will have to make is whose sperm will be used to co-create your future infant. For gay male couples (where both partners were born with testes), either one or both partners could be a genetic intended father, meaning your sperm will be joint with donor eggs in the laboratory to build your
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5 commonly asked questions by lgbtq+ dads to be through surrogacy
For same-sex male couples considering surrogacy, there are lots of questions about how the journey will go. To get you started, we have answered some of the most common FAQs we get from gay dads.
Who is going to be bio dad?
This is a very personal judgment to make, but one that you need to agree. For some couples, the decision is obvious: one of you may have a stronger wish to be a biological parent, or may be precluded from entity bio dad due to a hereditary medical condition, or you may decide that one of you has particular characteristics you hope might be passed on to your child (although there are never any guarantees!). If you are undecided, or if you both aiming to be a biological parent if you are planning more than one child, getting your sperm tested may help answer the interrogate. You can speak to your GP in the first instance, or you can go vertical to a private fertility clinic that offers general male fertility assessments.
If you both have viable sperm, you will have the option to split the eggs provid
Surrogacy for Gay Dads
The Illinois Center for Surrogacy is proud to provide family-building opportunities for male lover families in Illinois and around the world.
Modern family building comes in many forms, and we rejoice everyone who chooses to build a family. One increasingly popular option in LGBT family building is gestational surrogacy, particularly for same-sex male couples. The popularity of gay surrogacy has grown among homosexual families, and the Illinois Center for Surrogacy maintains a firm commitment to helping these couples and individuals achieve their imagine of parenthood.
Surrogacy for Queer Male Couples
With an all-inclusive approach, the Illinois Center for Surrogacy offers future parents everything they demand to have a youngster through surrogacy. From legal matters and insurance to financial packages - including our new Family Guarantee Program - and medical procedures, our expert medical team and surrogacy advocates meet every need with experience and compassion. Together, our all-inclusive experience streamlines an often lengthy and complex surrogacy process into a