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The surrogacy agreement is a document of paramount importance in the entire process. It protects the rights and interests of all participants in the event: intended parents, a surrogate and a baby. A well-written and detailed agreement acts as a roadmap, showing the sequence of actions, defining legal rights and obligations, providing clarity in the event of force majeure. 

When a couple is faced with the problem of conceiving an heir in a natural way, ART methods come to their aid. Often, IVF or “in vitro conception” under medical supervision resolves these issues. But what if there is no way to get normal oocytes from the expectant mother? In this case, donation is usually involved - when another woman donates her eggs to a couple to conceive a baby.

Both the prospective parents and the woman about to become a gestational surrogate always feel anxious about their first meeting. In a way, it looks like a first date. In any case, the first personal communication will inevitably generate a lot of emotions. The main thing is to make sure that both sides are perfectly matched to each other, to set off on a joint journey of 9 months.

As more and more people turn to the help of surrogate mothers, understanding of the process in society is growing. However, social networks, the media and other sources of information do not always disseminate correct information and often give a wrong assessment of what is happening. Because of this, there are many misconceptions and myths about what this method of ART entails, both for intended parents and surrogates.

We see how many people around the world need reliable reproductive technologies, how many are looking for reliable information, but find contradictory. Therefore, Feskov HRG is expanding the geography of its presence: following the opening of a representative office in London, we are opening a representative office in Brussels!

Now Feskov Human Reproduction Group in London, UK. And it is official. In October 2020, we opened an official representative office, which is already actively working with English couples to achieve a common goal - to have a healthy child in a family that has lost hope.

Ireland is a country friendly to assisted reproductive technology and oocyte donation in particular. The cost of egg donation in Ireland does not imply financial remuneration to the donor, but guarantees compensation for reasonable expenses and lost earnings. Donation in the country is not anonymous, but future parents are not given the opportunity to make personal acquaintance with a woman who donated oocytes. Couple can only hope that their donor has the maximum phenotypic resemblance to the future mother.

Many childless couples - clients of the Feskov Human Reproduction Group - before contacting our clinic, collected information about the cost of egg donation in Germany. This country with its more than 100 reproductive centers has been successfully helping couples overcome the most difficult cases of infertility for many years. But this is achieved exclusively by correcting endocrine factors and improving IVF methods and egg cell cultivation. The reason is prosaic: egg donation in Germany, together with surrogacy, is prohibited by law. 

For couples having difficulties with childbearing, finding an egg donor in Europe is often very problematic. In a number of countries (Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands), donor anonymity is excluded, since according to the law, parents must provide full information about the donor at the first request of their child who has reached the age of 18 years. In Austria, Germany, Switzerland, egg donation is prohibited.

Starting a family is a really exciting time. However, if pregnancy doesn't occur immediately, many couples can become anxious and frustrated. People decide to see a doctor for help with fertility treatment. In most cases, the brunt of the stress falls on the woman. It sounds unfair, but that's human biology. How can you support your partner on this difficult way so that the relationship will become even stronger after the test? Below are some thoughts on the matter.