When you decide to embark on the surrogacy journey, you may find yourself researching how the surrogacy process in Hawaii actually works. From learning how to get started to giving birth and bringing the baby home, we are here to help you step by step.
Intended parents and surrogates can get started with the Hawaii surrogacy process by filling out our easy online forms.
Decide if Surrogacy is Right for You
Surrogates:
Deciding to become a surrogate and offer intended parents a way to start a family is a noble decision. But it’s important to understand and prepare for the Hawaii surrogacy process. Ask yourself the following questions to be sure you are ready to become a surrogate.
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Have you had at least one successful pregnancy without problems?
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Do you have a solid support system to assist you through preparing, pregnancy and postpartum?
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What do you expect from an intended parent/surrogate relationship?
Intended Parents:
Wanting to start a family is a beautiful goal for your life, and surrogacy is a great way to do that. Since surrogacy has an in-depth process, it’s important to be sure surrogacy is right for you. Ask yourself these questions when you are deciding if the Hawaii surrogacy process is right for you.
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Do you have past experience with surrogacy or adoption?
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Will you require an egg or sperm donor?
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What is your budget?
Prepare for Surrogacy
Surrogates:
As you prepare for surrogacy, you will go through the screening process. There will be background clearances and medical history evaluations. You will have an in-home inspection done by a social worker who will also interview you, your spouse and anyone else living in the home. All of this is to ensure you are ready for the process. Your surrogacy specialist will help you through the entire process, including collecting paperwork such as a letter of recommendation from your current OBGYN saying you are fit for surrogacy.
Intended Parents:
You will begin preparing your plan based on how surrogacy works in Hawaii with your surrogacy specialist. You will decide things like whether you want to use your own egg/sperm or if you will need donor eggs or sperm to complete the process. If you are choosing to use your own, you will need to start working with your fertility clinic of choice to begin the process of egg retrieval and understand what that will look like for surrogacy.
Find a Match
Surrogates:
When you are preparing for surrogacy, you likely have a picture of what you want your surrogacy journey to look like. You will work with your surrogacy specialist to develop your preferences on the type of family you’d like to work with and what type of relationship you want to have. You can choose intended parents based on:
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Race
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Religion
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Age
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Sexual orientation
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Personality
You will also develop your own profile to share with intended parents. In this you will describe a little bit about yourself to help intended parents get to know you and why you are pursuing the surrogacy process in Hawaii. Your surrogacy specialist will help connect you with intended parents they think are a good fit for you to help you find your perfect match.
Intended Parents:
When you work with your surrogacy specialist to create your goals and expectations of your surrogacy experience, you will also choose your preferences for a surrogate. This will then be used to help create a match with your ideal surrogate. You will also create a profile with photos and information about you, your family and anything else you want to include. This will help surrogates get to know you and see what your relationship might look like.
Once you’ve identified a surrogate, your surrogacy specialist will help facilitate a call or video chat to meet and get to know each other. After you’ve determined your perfect match, you will get to continue on with the process.
Legal Process
Surrogate:
You will need to obtain a surrogacy attorney to assist you through the Hawaii surrogacy process. Your attorney will help you with the surrogacy contract and ensure it is matching your requests. While the intended parents’ attorney will draw up the agreement, your attorney will make sure it outlines your needs and responsibilities appropriately.
Intended Parents:
A surrogacy attorney is going to assist you throughout the Hawaii surrogacy process. From drawing up the surrogacy contract to assisting with parentage orders, they are going to guide through the legal process. They will represent you and your goals as they draw up the surrogacy contract that both parties will sign. From there you will be able to move on to the medical part of the process.
Once your surrogate’s pregnancy is confirmed and has reached the second trimester, your attorney will assist with the parentage order so you can be declared the legal parents of your child and make decisions for them.
Embryo Transfer Process
Surrogate:
To begin this part of the surrogacy process in Hawaii, you will be prescribed fertility medication to help prepare your body for a successful pregnancy. Once it is time, you will go to the intended parents’ fertility clinic to go through the embryo transfer. This procedure is relatively short and painless and won’t require any anesthesia. However, you will likely need to stay at the clinic for a couple of hours after the transfer and take it easy for a few days afterward.
Intended Parents:
A lot of this depends on your choice of whether you are using your own eggs/sperm or a donor’s. If you are using your own eggs, you will be administered medications to stimulate egg production and undergo egg retrieval at an opportune time in your cycle. Then they will be fertilized using sperm from the intended father or donor will be used to fertilize the egg to become an embryo. This will then be implanted in the surrogate.
Birth and Bringing Home Baby
Surrogate:
When you finally give birth to this baby, you are changing the life of this family forever and making a dream come true. When you go into labor you can allow the intended parents to be in the room to welcome their baby. After giving birth you will then stay in the hospital until your doctor clears you. You’ll then get to go home to recover.
Intended Parents:
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. It’s the end of the Hawaii surrogacy process, and you are finally getting to meet your baby. Once your surrogate has been cleared to leave the hospital, you will all get to go home.
Our surrogacy specialists are ready to help you achieve your surrogacy goals. Whether you are still wondering how the surrogacy process works in Hawaii or you’re ready to get started, fill out our online form or contact us at 1-800-875-2229 (BABY) to begin your journey today.