Surrogate motherhood program “Success”

1 Preparation and organization of the program beginning.
Guest and administrative services:

• meeting at the airport, transfer to apartment;
• comfortable apartment for parents;
• package of services for organizing and monitoring the implementation of the medical program;
• translation services;
• excursions across Kyiv in free time;
• informational support of parents;
• monitoring and control of a progress of the program.

Legal and notarial services for the execution of the program:

• translation and preparation of documents for the program;
• notary services;
• registration of contracts and other legal documents with all participants of the program.

Organization of the program’s beginning:

• primary consultation of the couple in the clinic: analyses, preparation plan elaboration, on-line consultation according to the results of examination;
• preparation of medical documents for the program.

Surrogate mother’s selection and preparation:

• medical and psychological examination, preparation for the program, medicines, monitoring;
• medical control of a surrogate during the whole program (vitamins and medicines, ultrasonography, analyses and screenings);
• surrogate mother’s insurance;
• housing and clothes for surrogate mother;
• compensation payment to surrogate and her monthly maintenance;
• transportation expenses;
• services of the curator for the surrogate mother.

Egg donor selection and preparation:

• selection of egg donor from the catalog (in accordance with the personal requirements of the parents);
• medical screening;
• egg donor compensation payment.

2 Conducting an IVF program using donor egg cell.
IVF + ICSI procedure with donor oocytes

• examination, medicines, monitoring, preparation of the egg donor and surrogate mother;
• puncture;
• artificial insemination ICSI;
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis – PGD;
• cryopreservation and storage of embryos for 1 year;
• transfer of the embryo into the uterus of the surrogate.

3 Surrogate mother’s pregnancy monitoring.

• pregnancy monitoring;
• laboratory analyses;
• US of the fetus;
• prenatal genetic screening tests;
• vitamins and medications provision;
• healthy nutrition plan and diet program;
• informational support of parents.

4 Childbirth and child’s documents execution.
Childbirth:

• organization of the presence of parents during childbirth;
• medicines, first essential items;
• examination and supervision of the newborn by the children’s doctor;
• DNA test.

Child’s documents execution:

• obtaining a medical birth certificate and an evidence of in vitro fertilization;
• maintenance of registration of the child in the Registry Office;
• notary services;
• preparation and registration of all documents requested by Embassy for baby’s departure.

STAGES OF THE PROGRAM AND VISITS

Оnline consultation.

• Preliminary consultation via Skype, email or phone with our medical coordinator regarding the choice of the most suitable treatment for you;
• Choosing egg donor from the catalog;
• Choosing a Surrogate Mother.

First visit – 1-2 days. Diagnostics and beginning of the program.

• Meeting at the airport and accommodation in comfortable apartments;
• Appointment with the Doctor– preliminary medical examinations;
• Laboratory blood tests; husband’s sperm cells examination and cryopreservation;
• Choosing the most appropriate treatment for you – preparation of stimulation protocol;
• Signing of the contract with VittoriaVita and medical documents for the program;
• Excursions across Kyiv in free time.

While you are at home, the Doctor will prepare an egg donor and a surrogate mother.

• Egg donor’s ovaries are stimulated by taking hormones (Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and, sometimes, Luteinizing hormone (LH);
• In order to better the implantation a surrogate takes medication for 14 days, starting from the 2nd day of her menstrual cycle. They are needed for better growth of the uterine lining (endometrium).

Ovarian puncture and donor egg cells retrieval. Fertilization. Genetic diagnosis of embryos. Embryotransfer.

• Using donor egg cells and sperm cells of the husband the Doctor performs fertilization. Laboratory can start genetic screening of your embryos on the 3d or the 5th day of embryos development. The transfer of embryos to the Surrogate mother’s uterine cavity can be done after getting genetic diagnosis result. For embryo transfer only genetically healthy embryos are used.
• Cryopreservation of remaining embryos;
• Surrogate mother’s pregnancy development following.

Follow-up visits (for the parents) at your wish — Ultrasound examination of the fetus at the 22-24th week of a surrogate mother’s pregnancy.

• Parents will receive the information about the pregnancy of surrogate mother via phone, Skype, email – notifications about the results of analyses, examinations, and US.

Second visit – 30 – 40 days. Childbirth and execution of the documents for the child.

• Meeting at the airport and accommodation in comfortable apartments;
• Preparing for the surrogate’s delivery;
• Childbirth and neonatal care;
• Pediatrician consultation;
• Discharge from the maternity hospital and preparation of child’s documents;
• Issuance of a passport/travel document for a child at the Embassy and after arrival in your country.