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Each candidate undergoes the necessary medical examination in accordance with the Procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies, approved by order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 787. A medical examination makes it possible to assess a woman's state of health and rule out contraindications to pregnancy and childbirth. Psychologist consultation and testing are also conducted, to assess the woman's psychological state and readiness to participate in the program. Only female candidates are allowed to participate, which have passed the necessary examination and meet the established requirements.

There is no need to carry out genetic studies of the surrogate mother, since the child is not genetically related to her. At the same time, women are allowed to participate in the program, who have at least one healthy child of their own is one of the requirements of the Procedure for the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, approved by order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 787. This confirms it, that the candidate can bear and give birth to a child. She also undergoes a full medical examination before the program, for doctors to make sure there are no contraindications to a new pregnancy and childbirth.

No program in any medical center can guarantee 100% success. The surrogate mother's probability of pregnancy after the first attempt is about 50%. The result depends primarily on the quality and characteristics of the embryo, woman's age, whose eggs were used to create him, results of genetic testing of the embryo, if it was conducted, and other medical factors. To increase the probability of success, we recommend counting on several IVF attempts.

After the birth of a child, the parents register it with the National Register of Citizens of Ukraine. Clinic, in which the surrogacy program was conducted, provides, at the parents' request, a certificate of genetic kinship. We help you prepare for registration, orient yourself in the necessary documents and sequence of actions.

According to the legislation of Ukraine, the surrogate mother has no rights to the child, therefore cannot demand or pretend to meet with her.

Egg donation in Ukraine (donation of oocytes) is a completely legal process and is regulated by the article 48 Fundamentals of Ukrainian legislation on health care and the Procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Ukraine, approved order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 787. The procedure determines the requirements for female donors, conducting the necessary examinations and conditions for donating oocytes. Article 123 The Family Code of Ukraine determines the origin of the child, born as a result of the use of assisted reproductive technologies.

Woman, who wants to become an egg donor, must meet the requirements, determined by the Procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Ukraine, approved order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 787: ✓ age — from 18 to 36 years; ✓ presence of a healthy child born; ✓ absence of negative phenotypic manifestations; ✓ satisfactory state of somatic health; ✓ absence of contraindications to participation in the oocyte donation program; ✓ absence of hereditary diseases; ✓ absence of bad habits: drug addiction, alcoholism and drug addiction.

The donation program is completely anonymous. Recipients, which will use donor material, the clinic does not show photos of the donor and does not provide data, by which the donor can be identified. The donor does not receive any information about the recipients.

Before the start of selection, prospective parents fill out a detailed questionnaire: indicate blood group and Rh factor, age, height, weight, eye and hair color, field of activity, hobbies and other characteristics. You can also specify additional wishes for the donor (for example, previous experience of participation in donation programs and known results of these programs, in particular the level of blastulation).

The coordinator selects candidates, which most closely meet the specified criteria, and provides prospective parents with their questionnaires for final selection. Questionnaires of female donors contain detailed information: age, height and weight, size of clothes and shoes, blood group and Rh factor, eye and hair color, nationality, education and profession, marital status, donation experience, information about children and the course of previous pregnancies and deliveries, children's health, hobby, allergies, as well as phenotypic data of the donor's parents. Donor photos are not provided, since the program is anonymous.

All female candidates undergo the necessary medical examination and meet the requirements of the Procedure for the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, approved by order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 787.

According to our rules, one donor can participate in no more than six donation programs in total, regardless of the country of the program or the country of use of donor cells.