Surrogacy Success Rates
Statistics on Surrogacy
1.9%
Approximately 1.9 percent of all babies born in the USA annually are conceived using some form of assisted reproductive technology
65% +
Using donor eggs results in a 65-70% live birth rate per embryo transfer, which increases to 75-80% if PGT-A is used.
35
Is the age that birth rates gradually decline beyond and are lowest for women over 40.
What Factors Impact Surrogacy Success Rates?
Surrogacy success hinges on several factors. Nutrition, surrogate health, and the quality of the sperm and egg used to create the embryo all play their roles:
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Surrogates must tend to their nutrition needs to keep the child they carry healthy. In this regard, surrogacy is no different than any other pregnancy. The surrogate works closely with an obstetrician and nutritionist to maintain a healthy diet that meets both hers and the developing child’s needs.
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Ideally, surrogates are between the ages of 21 and 40, and in good physical health. Intended parents may favor surrogate profiles that indicate the woman has carried pregnancies to term in the past, as this means the surrogate already understands how pregnancies progress and are more likely to bring the intended parents’ child to term.
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The same environmental factors that can adversely impact any pregnancy also apply to gestational surrogacy. Exposure to tobacco smoke, air pollution, heavy metals (such as lead in drinking water), and radiation exposure are just some of the factors that can impact surrogacy success rates. Whenever possible, steps are taken to reduce exposure to damaging environmental factors.
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The age of the egg donor is the most crucial factor when determining the odds of success of your surrogacy journey. After the age of forty the quality of a woman’s eggs declines and the risk of genetic abnormalities increases. Ideally, both the eggs and sperm used to create the embryo come from young healthy nonsmokers. Alcohol and recreational drugs can adversely impact the quality of sperm and cause fertility problems in men and women, so the use of such substances should be limited or reduced.
High-quality donor eggs and sperm increase the likelihood of a healthy embryo, which in turn increases the chance of a healthy child.
How to Increase Your Chances of Having a Successful Surrogacy Journey
Choosing an all-inclusive clinic
An all-inclusive fertility clinic simplifies the surrogacy process, as IPs can access egg donor database, IVF clinics, and surrogacy agency from one convenient location and support team.
When working with separate surrogacy agencies, egg donors, and fertility clinics, the logistics of securing an egg donation, transporting eggs to fertility clinics, and arranging for the surrogate to undergo IVF treatment are all made more complicated, raising the risk of something damaging the egg or embryo along the way.
At Pinnacle Surrogacy, we support you throughout every step of the process.
Embryo genetic testing
Embryo genetic testing is used to screen embryos for known mutations and chromosomal abnormalities.
PGT-A (preimplantation genetic technologies-aneuploidy) is used to determine whether the embryo has the correct number of chromosomes. A PGT-A test is also used to determine the sex of the embryo and is 99 percent accurate.PGT-M (preimplantation genetic technologies-monogenic) samples five or six cells from the embryonic blastocyst that will become the placenta and is used to test for specific genetic mutations that are present in the family history of the sperm and egg providers. The procedure is completed before embryo transfer. No genetic screening is completely accurate, but the risk of serious health issues caused by genetic mutations, hereditary disease, or chromosomal abnormalities is significantly lower when such tests are performed.
Pre-screened surrogates
Pinnacle Surrogacy only uses pre-screened surrogates. All applicants undergo extensive medical and psychological screening to ensure they are mentally and physically capable of carrying the baby to term with the greatest chance of success. Psychological screening is just as important as medical screening, as it assures intended parents their surrogate is mentally prepared for pregnancy and accepts the parental rights of IPs.
By providing comprehensive surrogate profiles, Pinnacle Surrogacy makes it possible for intended parents to choose a surrogate based on overall health, psychological soundness, personality, and even religion.
Surrogacy embryo transfer success rate
Surrogacy embryo transfer success rate is mostly based on the embryo and less so on the surrogate. Women can carry pregnancies well into their 50’s with little decline in uterine function. Since surrogates are women who have successfully given birth, they have already proven the viability of their uterine function. Although success rates mostly rely on the age of the egg provider and whether the embryo was tested using PGT-A to determine normalcy, there are some surrogate characteristics that could influence both embryo implantation and birth. Among these are a history of failed embryo transfers or miscarriages, significant weight gain, complications in past pregnancies such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or preterm delivery and the development of medical conditions such as cardiovascular or autoimmune conditions. Mental health is also critically important given the responsibility that comes with surrogacy. Women with postpartum depression or history of mental health treatment need to be carefully screened to assure readiness for surrogacy.
Ready to Start Your Surrogacy Journey?
If you’re considering surrogacy as a way towards parenthood, you likely have plenty of questions. You may be concerned with the legalities of surrogacy and what legal protections you have as the intended parents. You may want information on the surrogacy cost and using donor eggs, or want more information on embryo genetic testing or sex selection.We encourage you to learn as much about surrogacy as possible while starting your journey towards your new family. Check out the Pinnacle Surrogacy blog for a library of helpful articles, and don’t hesitate to contact us for more information. At Pinnacle Surrogacy, we understand how important the decisions you make about surrogacy are for your family’s future. Let us know how we can make your surrogacy journey as easy as possible.
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