Is a fertility group for patients undergoing gestational surrogacy for you?
This coaching group is for you if you are considering or have decided to undergo gestational surrogacy to achieve a pregnancy.
Whatever your particular situation.
There are many reasons why couples choose surrogacy. You may have experienced multiple IVF failures with good embryo quality. Maybe your uterus has been removed; you can provide eggs to make a baby but have no womb to carry it. Maybe you have a medical condition or maternal disease that will seriously worsen by pregnancy or put you at risk in pregnancy. Or maybe you have had a previous hysterectomy. Or maybe your uterine pathology is such that you cannot carry a baby.
Whatever your particular situation is that led you to a consideration or use of gestational surrogacy, you will find a tremendous benefit within this coaching group.
Regardless of where you are in the process.
You may have just made a decision to move forward with gestational surrogacy, or you may be in the process of choosing a surrogate, or you may have completed all the legal work. You may be on medications awaiting egg removal or the embryos may already be placed in the surrogate’s uterus.
Regardless of where you are in the process, this group is an opportunity to connect with other couples who have chosen the same path and who may be at the same point as you and at different stages.
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What you can expect in an infertility group for patients undergoing gestational surrogacy.
This group provides an incredible opportunity to receive support – support in many different forms.
A strong, powerful and supportive community.
Much must be considered by couples who choose to journey down this road. Aside from the questions that arise from the treatment itself, there are legal issues, contracts, federal and state laws, psychological evaluations, special financial arrangements and much more.
This coaching group provides a unique opportunity to be in community with people who are on the same path as you. They may be at the same point or at a different point in the process. You will benefit from their support, encouragement, wisdom, challenges, ideas and responses. As each of you journey this road, you will have a lot to offer each other.
Participants at different stages of the same cycle can offer insight, dispel fears and lend guidance. They will provide you a valuable view based on the process, decisions and outcomes they’re facing.
| There is much to gain from others in the same situation as you: |
| - Feedback as to what worked well and what didn’t work so well and what could be done differently. |
| - Insight from what other physicians may have recommended to other participants. |
| - Guidance from the questions others have asked their physicians and from the ways they have engaged their health care providers. |
| - Direction from the measures others have taken to ensure they were comfortable with their treatment plan. |
| - Counsel from participants who have successfully ensured that their relationships (with spouse and/or others) haven’t broken down. |
| - Advice from others regarding what areas in their relationships were more apt to break down and why. |
The value of community at this time in your life cannot be overstated. We are not meant to engage these times in our life alone.
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A knowledgeable and caring coach familiar with every facet of the process.
This group will provide you a great deal of opportunity to interact with a fertility nurse coach. You will be coached by a seasoned fertility nurse who has worked with thousands of patients. She is thoroughly familiar with all the tests and procedures that you will be undergoing. She has over 10 years of wide-ranging experience in the field of infertility and a meaningful degree of experience in gestational surrogacy.
She has coached couples as they have moved through both the legal and the medical issues. She understands the process of surrogacy and is familiar with the many resources available to you.
| She is thoroughly knowledgeable of: |
| - All the medical terminology. |
| - All the testing and procedures that you’ll face. |
| - All the options and implications that lie ahead. |
| - All the decisions that you’ll have to make. |
| She will coach with your best interests in mind. She will ask questions. She will listen well. She will share a wealth of professional knowledge. Your fertility nurse will: |
| - Coach you through finding a surrogate program if your center doesn’t have their own. |
| - Help you maximize the time you have with your physician. |
| - Help you work through the roller coaster of emotions that typically accompany this process. |
| - Explore with you the options and their implications and guide you through the difficult choices that lie ahead. |
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Guidance through difficult issues and dilemmas.
There will be many tough decisions and interesting dilemmas as you move through this process. For example, you’ll have the opportunity to consider whether you’re going to disclose to your child or others that they were conceived through gestational surrogacy. How exactly will you approach this sensitive issue? You can receive input from the fertility nurse as well as your fellow participants who are facing the same dilemma.
There will be opportunity to talk about your feelings toward this issue and many others. What are the pros and cons? How are others processing these issues and issues like this?
The final decisions you make will be yours. And you will move forward with confidence from these decisions knowing that have had the opportunity to speak with others about these sensitive issues and to hear many options and alternatives – an opportunity that few people have.
This is an opportunity that few people have.
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Space for open communication and helpful feedback.
Maybe there are still questions as to whether this is the road you want to take. Maybe one of you is comfortable and excited with the decision and the other is very hesitant and fearful of the unknowns. This coaching group is an opportunity to talk in a group about your disagreements, your fears, your excitement and your possibilities.
This coaching group provides a space to talk openly about the conflicts and feelings that are arising in this process. It is a safe place where there will be listening and empathizing ears. There will also be opportunity to receive powerful and supportive feedback, whether from patients who too know exactly the tensions you’re experiencing or from the fertility nurse who has coached many other couples through this same experience.
It’s important to have people in your life with whom you share life’s challenges and sorrows, but also with whom you share life’s joys. It is important to have people who celebrate with you.
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Focused, relevant, timely support. Sound, compassionate, valuable advice.
You will have many opportunities to ask specific questions relating to the medical procedures that you’ll be encountering. The fertility nurse can answer your questions and coach you through important considerations, options and implications.
| In this group setting, you will have the opportunity to: |
| - Ask questions regarding treatments, procedures and medications; get answers and perspective. |
| - Discuss your experience and explore the impact it is having. |
| - Engage other similarly-situated couples on an intimate level. |
| - Be educated on what’s ahead in your fertility treatment process, and receive insight and direction on your path forward. |
| - Learn what to ask your healthcare providers and receive feedback on how to make the most of your time with your physician. |
| - Get input on questions to consider as you go through this process. |
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What are the logistics?
The group will comprise no more than 10 other individuals and/or couples.
We will meet by phone for 1.5 hours every other week for a 16 week period.
After your payment is received, you will be sent a phone number and pass code. Just prior to each designated group coaching time, simply call the phone number and when prompted, dial the pass code. You will then be connected to your group.
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