There are many factors why people contemplate a cross-border surrogacy procedure. Usually it is due to the fact that surrogacy is banned in your home country at the legislative level and there are no reasons to believe that the legal framework is going to be changed in the near future. The second reason why foreign couples consider international surrogacy is largely attributable to the fact that frequently it is much cheaper to engage in a surrogacy program abroad. In addition, it is to note that health indicators and medical parameters regarding the legal eligibility for intended parents to participate in a surrogacy process widely differ from country to country.
Ukraine currently is one of the most sought after destinations in the world when it comes to successful implementation of assisted reproductive technologies and surrogacy programs. Ukraine is one of the few countries where surrogate motherhood, both commercial and altruistic is totally legal for foreign married heterosexual couples and clearly regulated by the Ukrainian national law. The surrogacy in Ukraine is allowed without any restrictions on the amount of remuneration paid to a surrogate. The names of the commissioning parents are immediately reflected in the birth certificate with no references to a surrogate mother (in some countries the surrogate mother is considered a lawful mother of a born child until the adoption procedure by the intended parents is completed in accordance to the law of the surrogate’s country of residence). According to the Laws of Ukraine, a surrogate does not have any parental rights over a child or children born to her as a result of a surrogate motherhood program.
In Ukraine, there are no clear age limits for surrogate mothers, but based on the general data it can be inferred that on average potential candidates are between 25-35 years old. Under the legislation of Ukraine, a surrogate mother may be a woman aged 18 years, who does not have medical contraindications for carrying and giving birth to a healthy child. In addition, only women who already have their own healthy child or children can become a surrogate mother and they should not have somatic and psychological illnesses. These requirements for females who have expressed their desire to be surrogate mothers are mandatory.
The costs of services of surrogate mother in Ukraine usually start from 12 thousand dollars and can go up to $25,000 depending on phenotypic and genetic variations and surrogacy experience. Another 2-3 thousand dollars should be paid for the birth of twins. In addition, during pregnancy a woman receives financial assistance from future parents as specified in the surrogacy contract. Typically, this amount is $300-400 a month. In addition, making payments for medical examinations and treatment, doctor’s supervision of surrogate during the course of pregnancy and childbirth process also falls on shoulders of intended parents. The cost of the IVF (in vitro fertilization) procedure should be added here, which is around $4,000-5,000.
It is really important to make sure that you are dealing with professional surrogacy agency and surrogacy attorneys in Ukraine with verifiable experience in solving administrative and legal matters related to a surrogacy programs in order to avoid complications in terms of organizational matters and to ensure that a child born to a surrogate mother will be properly registered at the embassy of the intended parents’ country of permanent residence and will have the right to automatically acquire the citizenship of the commissioning parents.
With regard to traveling expenses that the intended parents will certainly incur, it should be mentioned that a foreign couple is expected to visit Ukraine at least three times for initial medical screening and tests, the embryo transfer procedure, and finally for the birth of a child.
It is obvious that considering the surrogacy program in Ukraine is totally worth your time and money. The high-class fertility specialists with extensive and successful both foreign and domestic relevant professional experience, who are the members of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) at ISO 9001:2015 Certified Medical Centers “Mother and Child” will surely be able to meet your expectations at affordable price. It is does not really matter, whether you are a couple from a country where surrogacy is banned by law, or whether you are residing in a state where surrogacy process is too expensive for your family budget, IVF Group Surrogacy Services as the exclusive representative of the Network of Reproductive Medical Centers “Mother and Child” is in rush to assure you that you may be just a few steps away from a happy and safe parenthood.