Many people’s goals for the year involve seeking ways to create more meaning and fulfillment in their lives. Many times, these goals involve helping others and “paying it forward.” What about you? What are your goals for the year? Do they include finding ways to create fulfillment by enriching someone else’s life?
If so, consider becoming a gestational carrier (GC) for a couple that is struggling to have a baby. Carrying another couples pregnancy by acting as a carrier is a beautiful form of third party reproduction that can change a couple’s lives forever…
Why Do We Need Gestational Carriers?
We need third party reproduction for a large number of reasons, but here are a few:
- A desiring mother has lost her uterus or has disease within the uterus (scarring, fibroids, adenomyosis) that prevents a safe environment for a baby to grow.
- Medical issues exist that prohibit a mother from attempting pregnancy without taking on dangerous risk for either herself or the baby.
- A gay male couple does not have a uterus and, therefore, must have a third party to help with carrying a pregnancy made through in vitro fertilization
What Does a Gestational Carrier Really Do?
If you don’t know anyone who has been or used a gestational carrier, you may have some misconceptions about what exactly a GC does.
It is not an easy job, but it is a rewarding one. Gestational Carriers almost universally feel a sense of purpose and fulfillment, usually far beyond what they had expected. Even GCs that are initially attracted to the idea because of the potential monetary compensation soon come to realize the deep impact and significance it has to the prospective parents. They come to understand that they are a part of something genuinely meaningful – helping a couple create a family.
Likewise, the GC often becomes a permanent part of the intended parents’ lives. The parents are there for the carrier’s appointments, ultrasounds, and, of course, the birth of the baby. Often, the gestational carrier remains a part of the family’s lives, participating in birthday parties, celebrations, and other milestones.
How Does A Woman Become a Gestational Carrier?
Some GCs are relatives or friends of the couple seeking to have a baby. In other cases, they are found through agencies that specialize in connecting GCs and prospective parents. These agencies usually coordinate all of the logistics and legal issues between the carrier and the intended parents.
Caperton Fertility Institute offers in-house gestational carrier coordination and third party reproduction. We have a database of prospective GCs and can help make those connections between couples and carriers. If you have interest in exploring the possibility of becoming a Gestational Carrier, we have coordinators and counselors that can provide all of the details and answer your questions. Call us at 505.702.8020 or email us at info@capertonfertility.com.