Financial & Legal Comparison of Options
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We coordinate all medical, travel, and legal procedures.
AI--artificial insemination;
IVF/ET--in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer
IVF/ED-- in vitro fertilization/egg donor (where the donor's eggs are combined with our client's sperm, and the embryos are transferred to a surrogate)
AID--artificial insemination by donor (where both H and W are infertile)
ED--egg donor (not involving surrogacy, but where the wife can carry a child, but is not ovulating)
H--husband; W--wife; S--surrogate
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Option |
Geneti- |
Who Carries Child? |
Who Adopts? |
Avg. |
Legal Fees 2 |
Sur. Fee 3 |
Medically
Compli- |
Legally
Compli- |
|
AI |
H--yes |
S |
H--no |
$60,000 |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
No |
Usually Not |
|
IVF/ ET |
H--yes |
S |
H--no |
$65,000 |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
Yes |
No |
|
IVF/ED |
H--yes |
S |
H--no |
$75,000 |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
Yes |
No |
|
AID |
H--no |
S |
H--yes |
$60,000 |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
No |
5 No |
|
ED |
H--yes |
W |
H--no |
$20,000 |
$2,500 |
N/A ED fee-- $5,000 |
Yes |
No |
1 These figures represent an average total cost, including all expenses, but assume two things: 1) that your surrogate is charging $15,000 for her fee and has insurance which covers the pregnancy, and 2) that your surrogate conceives within the first 2 AI attempts or on the first IVF/ET or IVF/ED attempt. Total actual fees depend, of course, on the location of your surrogate, how many tries it takes before she conceives, her fee, etc.
2 The legal fees, as explained in the accompanying information, are divided into 2 parts with the initial $10,000 withdrawal coming after you sign a contract with your surrogate, and the remaining $5000 when we get a pre-birth court order.
3
Most
surrogates ask for around $15,000, although from time to time
we see somewhat higher or lower fees. ,and if your surrogate is carrying multiples, the typical fee is around $20,000.
If you select a surrogate
who is charging more than this amount, you would add the difference
to the total cost of the program. You will know this information
prior to selecting her. Your surrogate's fee is deposited
with SMI within 5 days after she conceives.
5
AID surrogacy is generally difficult to do unless you and
your surrogate are from the same state. If you are, then the
procedures are treated the same as any other traditional adoption.
6 Even though with an egg donor only, the wife is not biologically related to the child, the law presumes that a woman who delivers a child is the child's mother, and we need not pursue any court action because of this.
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