1. Register with us online and complete our Pre-approval application to see if you meet all the criteria of becoming a Surrogate Angel. Once accepted, you will continue moving forward with the complete application, to create your online profile for our database. If for any reason your preapproval application is pending or rejected, one of our coordinators will contact you directly to discuss further.
2. Once your application has been reviewed, and preliminary qualifications are met, prospective egg donor will meet with an egg donor coordinator in-person or via our video conferencing system; for an interview. Yvision will begin requesting all necessary documents for your acceptance into our program. Your coordinator will review all required documents and prescreening information to ensure you are prepared to begin the next steps in your prescreenings.
3. Medical screening will be done by an infertility specialist who is knowledgeable in the field of third party reproduction. Your screening will include a thorough examination that involves a physical and lab testing for sexually transmitted diseases. You are also screened for certain viruses that can seriously affect the health of an unborn child. A urine drug screen is also performed to detect the presence of certain prescription and illegal drugs. Once your test results are received, your husband/partner is also sent for screening which includes Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, HTLV-1, Syphilis, and a urine drug screen. All billing for this medical screening will be sent directly to YVISION. You are not expected to pay for lab tests or medical charges. Surrogate mothers are also screened through an intensive and lengthy interviewing process, on site home visits, and independent psychological testing.
4. Once you and your couple have agree to help one another, we have an official “match”. It is at this time that your couple goes for their medical screening. When your couple joined the program several months before meeting you, they tested for HIV and Hepatitis C. Now they must take these tests again along with Hepatitis B, HTLV-1, Syphilis, Herpes, Blood type and RH, and cultures for Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and bacterial infection. A urine drug screen is also performed. Your medical results, along with your couple’s, are reviewed by the fertility specialist. Medical procedures can only begin once all testing is completed.
5. We can now proceed with legal! It is critical that all parties to a surrogacy agreement have an opportunity to properly evaluate the risks involved and the possible legal ramifications arising from their decision to pursue surrogate parenting. Since the medical bills will be in the name of the surrogate mother, it is important that the contract protect her and her family against any claims arising from unpaid bills. It is also very important that the Intended Parents are recognized as the legal parents to the child and therefore all medical bills incurred by the child. Comprehensive and sophisticated contracts should be executed prior to entering into a surrogacy arrangement. These issues are critical, as misunderstanding the law could result in criminal penalties! The surrogacy contract covers a myriad of critical legal and logistical issues, including the issue of custody of the child, establishing parental rights, methods of payment to the surrogate mother, medical assurances, physical and psychological evaluations of all the parties, and the possible selective reduction of multiple pregnancy.
6. Pregnancy and beyond! Yvision will be with you every step of the way, from your embryo transfer and up until the delivery of the baby(ies). We accompany all Giving Angel Surrogate Mothers on their medical appointments throughout, as well as handle all necessary documentation to help prepare for delivery. Our hands on approach will allow you the opportunity to truly enjoy every moment of the life changing journey. Our goal is to create a stress free environment throughout the entirety of your journey.