The world is changing, becoming increasingly complex and moving closer together in some areas. This also affects possible
ways of fertility treatment. Long are the days when all fertility treatment was carried out in one country.
For example, intended parents start in one country, cultivate their embryos there and then have them transferred to another country. There they then undergo surrogacy. Or they receive frozen eggs from one country, or an egg donor travels there
herself.
The intended father or fathers travel there to provide the genetic material. The embryos are then cultivated there. It is also possible that the surrogate herself travels from one country to another to have a transfer carried out there.
Why do intended parents do this?
There can be various reasons for this:
Legal: it may be that in one country “only” the cultivation of embryos is permitted,
but surrogacy is not. Or surrogacy is only permitted for heterosexual couples. The same applies to egg donation.
Financial aspects: Some intended parents want a Caucasian egg donor, for example, or would like to have the sex of the
embryos determined, which is not possible in another country where surrogacy is permitted. However, surrogacy is too
expensive for them in the USA, for example.
So, they just have the embryos cultivated there and take them to another country.
This could be Mexico, Colombia or Ghana, for example.
Other considerations: Other intended parents want an egg donor who meets very specific criteria: beauty, intelligence or
ethical affiliation. Or they want a very close relationship with the surrogate, which is possible in Canada, for example.
This means that fertility options are becoming increasingly transnational or even transcontinental. This is complex and
involves risks, but also opportunities.
We at FaQ Fertility are happy to advise you on various fertility options that are transnational or transcontinental.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Florian & Quim
FaQ Fertility
ways of fertility treatment. Long are the days when all fertility treatment was carried out in one country.
For example, intended parents start in one country, cultivate their embryos there and then have them transferred to another country. There they then undergo surrogacy. Or they receive frozen eggs from one country, or an egg donor travels there
herself.
The intended father or fathers travel there to provide the genetic material. The embryos are then cultivated there. It is also possible that the surrogate herself travels from one country to another to have a transfer carried out there.
Why do intended parents do this?
There can be various reasons for this:
Legal: it may be that in one country “only” the cultivation of embryos is permitted,
but surrogacy is not. Or surrogacy is only permitted for heterosexual couples. The same applies to egg donation.
Financial aspects: Some intended parents want a Caucasian egg donor, for example, or would like to have the sex of the
embryos determined, which is not possible in another country where surrogacy is permitted. However, surrogacy is too
expensive for them in the USA, for example.
So, they just have the embryos cultivated there and take them to another country.
This could be Mexico, Colombia or Ghana, for example.
Other considerations: Other intended parents want an egg donor who meets very specific criteria: beauty, intelligence or
ethical affiliation. Or they want a very close relationship with the surrogate, which is possible in Canada, for example.
This means that fertility options are becoming increasingly transnational or even transcontinental. This is complex and
involves risks, but also opportunities.
We at FaQ Fertility are happy to advise you on various fertility options that are transnational or transcontinental.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Florian & Quim
FaQ Fertility
