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Facts and Fees for Intended Parents

The Center for Egg Options' mission is to provide unparalleled Gestational Surrogate and Intended Parent advocacy while expediting the smoothest ART cycle with the final goal being a worry free and successful method to helping people achieve their family building goals. Nancy Block's 25+ years of obstetric and infertility nursing experience and professional medical relationships combined with her sincere and empathic desire to partner with all of her clients in their quest for parenthood makes her a true standout in her field!

Having doubled our Gestational Surrogate placements in 2006 in conjunction with achieving exceptional success rates in surrogate carried pregnancies, The Center for Egg Options Illinois continues in our commitment to expand our recruiting efforts nationwide delivering to you, our Intended Parents, Gestational carriers of all backgrounds.

What is a Gestational Surrogate?

A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a child for someone else, usually an infertile couple. There are two different types of surrogacy. They are traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy. Explanations for both types can be found below.

Traditional Surrogacy
( The Center for Egg Options IL does not do this type of surrogacy)

In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the sperm of the intended father or sperm donor. The surrogate's own egg will be used, thus she will be the genetic mother of the resulting child.

Gestational Surrogacy

In a gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother is not genetically related to the child. Eggs are extracted from the intended mother or egg donor and mixed with sperm from the intended father or sperm donor in vitro. The embryos are then transferred into the surrogate's uterus. Embryos which are not transferred may be frozen and used for transfer at a later time if the first transfer does not result in pregnancy.

Stringent Screenings and Requirements of your prospective Gestational Surrogate

First, The Center for Egg Options identifies that your prospective Gestational Surrogate enjoys easy and uncomplicated pregnancies, having had at least one child that she is currently raising in her home. She is between the ages of 21 and 35, a non-smoker, lives in a stable household, has reliable transportation, isn’t receiving state financial assistance (welfare), and has not been arrested.. We will run a full criminal background check on her and her husband or partner. As well, a urine drug screen, STD screening, HIV, Hepatitis, (full female medical exam) including an ultrasound to look at your uterus will be performed. The Center for Egg Optionsmeets personally with each potential Gestational Surrogate in our offices. Before our meeting, each candidate completes a thorough application that includes questions about their personal and family medical history, reproductive history and other personal information. All candidates then meet with a Psychologist for a comprehensive evaluation which includes taking a MMPI-2 Personality Inventory questionnaire.

Fee Expense Payments for Gestational Surrogacy

There are six estimated fees required to complete the process of Gestational Surrogacy, these include:

1. Retainer (reserves a GS):	$1,500.00
2. Cycle/Administrative Fees:	$10,000
3. Escrow Management Fee	$1,500
4. Attorney's Fees
- Intended Parent's Attorney Fee	$1,800.00 (approx.)
- Surrogate Attorney Fee	$1,200.00 (approx.)
5. Trust Account Management	$1,500
6. Minimum Gestational Surrogate Fee	$23,000
7. Insurance Premiums
- Medical	TBD
- Life	$350-$450 (estimated)

Retainer: $1,500

A non-refundable retainer fee reserves a Gestational Surrogate. Included in this fee is the initial Psychological screening.

Cycle/Administrative Fee: $10,000

This payment will be made after the signing of the contracts and placed into a trust account and will be drawn as follows:

$2,500 upon the execution of the agreement
$2,500 at the time of the initial embryo transfer procedure
$5,000 upon the Surrogate being discharged by the treating physician to her independent obstetrician. (Approximately two months subsequent to the embryo transfer procedure).

The retainer provides at least one phone and one personal meeting with the prospective Gestational Surrogate. These will allow both the Intended Parents and the Surrogate to discuss needs, expectations, and concerns about the Gestational Surrogate arrangement. If the Intended Parents want a psychologist present, one can be arranged at an additional cost to be determined by the psychologist.

The Center for Egg Options IL facilitates and coordinates all procedures relating to the Gestational Surrogate.

The Center for Egg Options IL promises a personal, one-on-one experience with the Gestational Surrogate and the Intended Parents through the entire process. This service will end two months after delivery.