Surrogacy Made Simple

#11 Should you risk shipping embryos for surrogacy to a new clinic?


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If you’re considering moving your embryos for surrogacy, then understanding the key risks is crucial.

Have you thought about how your choice of clinic and decisions to move embryos could impact your future family plans?

Shipping your embryos for surrogacy isn't just about logistics - yes, there are important moving parts, but there’s a lot that goes into this deeply personal decision. And that’s because whether or not to move your embryos, and the best way to do it, is a balancing act of cost, convenience, and risks.

In this episode, we explore this often overlooked yet critical aspect of surrogacy—transferring embryos between fertility clinics. 


In this episode, you'll hear

- 4:22: What it really costs to ship embryos

- 13:45: How to coordinate the shipping of embryos to a different clinic

- 21:30: Convenience or necessity? Why would you consider moving your embryos?

- 30:05: Real-life implications: How the location of your embryos affects your surrogate's experience 

- 38:49: How broken matches and sibling journeys get factored in


A simple fact — you can lower the risks of losing all of your embryos in a shipping disaster with some forward thinking.  

Tune in and arm yourself with knowledge that could make a major difference in your surrogacy experience.


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