Sterile couples know very well that their only hope to enjoy parenthood is through surrogacy. It is the only process where the sterile couples can get a baby, which is genetically related to them. However, when the couples hear about surrogacy process the immediate question that hits their mind is how surrogacy works and what will be the cost of surrogacy? Well in this article, we will find answers for both questions.

When a lady is failed to become pregnant even after a year of unprotected physical relationship, then she might have facing some biological problem preventing her to become pregnant. Physicians completely diagnose the couples and try to find out the solution for their problem. The doctors suggest different ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies) techniques that help ladies to conceive. When all the ART process fail to show its results, sterile couples need to depend on surrogacy where a surrogate mother will become pregnant through IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization). It is the most popular technique in ART and the couples will get expected results. The gestational surrogacy type uses IVF therapy that helps the surrogates to conceive.

The cost of surrogacy depends on various factors. If the couples are using egg donors or sperm donors then the overall cost of surrogacy will be increased. The couples need to pay approximately $19500 to $25000 to the surrogate agency. The agencies play a crucial role in finding the suitable surrogate, making the process as legal and help in getting medical appointments. The agency international surcharge will be approximately $250 - $3000. Intended parent's who are residing outside the United States of America need to pay international surcharge.

The couples should pay approximately $1200 to $2500 as an agency support group coordinator fee. This fee is charged to hold surrogate group meetings every month and covers the cost of food, gifts, guest speakers and many more. Apart from the above expenditure, the intended parents need to pay compensation for surrogate that ranges approximately $30,000 to $40,000. If you are hiring an experienced surrogate mother, then this range will be increased by 10% to 15%. The payment will begin upon the confirmation of fetal heart beat. The parents need to pay around $3000 to $5000 to the surrogate per month until the lady delivers baby and the balance amount should be paid within seven days after delivery. However, if the surrogate mother delivers twins or three babies, then the intended parents should pay extra compensation to the surrogate mother.

If your substitute becomes pregnant in the first attempt of IVF, then the cost would range something around $143,000 to $165,000. This cost is completely based on singleton pregnancy. However, if your substitute fails to become pregnant in the first attempt and if you have frozen embryo, then you can try for the second attempt which nearly costs around $12000 to $15000. In case if you don't have any frozen embryos, you need to undergo IVF treatment once again that steeply increases the cost of the surrogacy.
Besides all the above expenditure, intended parents should pay for maternity clothing allowance, life insurance and health insurance, criminal background check conducted by the agency, psychological screening, attorney fee and independent ESCROW fee.