How to Become a Mother by a Surrogate Father
Becoming a mother by a surrogate father is more commonly known as using donated sperm to become pregnant. A women must use the sperm of a surrogate father if her partner has fertility problems, if her partner has a genetic disorder he could pass on to the baby, or if she is single and wants a child. The process of becoming pregnant through a surrogate father is done with the help of a fertility doctor.
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Things You'll Need
- Doctor exam
- Fertility evaluation
- Fertility counseling
- Donated sperm
- Awareness of legal complications
- Money or method of finance
- Fertility drugs
- In vitro fertilization
- Pregnancy test
Instructions
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The first step is to go to your gynecologist and get a full gynecological exam and a referral to a fertility doctor. The female needs to have a full fertility evaluation to make sure she can carry the baby to full term. If married, both the husband and wife will undergo fertility counseling to make sure they want to use donated sperm. After this is done, the process can begin.
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Choose the surrogate father by researching the database of sperm donors. Men have to meet basic requirements to become a sperm donor, such as be between 18 and 40 years old, be healthy and have a high sperm count. He will donate his sperm to a clinic, and the sperm will be held for a period of 6 months for testing. These requirements are for anonymous sperm donors. You can arrange for a person you know to donate the sperm. In many cases you will be able to choose the sperm donor based on his skin color, height, hair and eye color, or IQ or whether or not he knows more than one language or has completed college. In some cases there will be a photograph of the sperm donor on file.
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Understand the legal complications of using donated sperm. Anonymous sperm donors are required to sign a contract giving up all rights to any babies conceived with his sperm, but if you know the surrogate father you should make sure he signs the same contracts.
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Know the cost of donated sperm and the in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure to become pregnant. Donated sperm costs between $200 and $3,000 dollars per unit of semen. The entire procedure will cost more than $10,000 in most cases.
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Undergo IVF to become pregnant. You will receive fertility drugs to get ready for pregnancy and improve the chances of the eggs being fertilized by the implanted sperm. The doctor places the sperm into your uterus with a small plastic catheter. After a few weeks you will take a pregnancy test to see if you are pregnant.
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