Surrogacy provides many couples an opportunity to fulfill their family planning dreams with a healthy child. A careful and thoughtful approach toward third-party reproduction ensures that all parties involved achieve the best outcomes possible. Comprehensive assessment of a gestational carrier by an expert in the maternal and fetal complications of pregnancy ensures that intended parents have an opportunity to optimize pregnancy outcomes and make informed reproductive choices.

Unfortunately, most gestational carriers are not adequately screened for possible medical or obstetrical complications. This can lead to unintended consequences for the gestational carrier as well for the pregnancy and put the interests of all involved at stake.

At Mitera, we provide convenient and easy access to the coveted expertise of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. We are changing the third-party reproduction landscape by providing the expertise that allows for risk-appropriate care. It’s a new and innovative approach to perform detailed risk assessments upfront, but we believe it is what makes sense. A thorough medical and obstetrical assessment of a candidate gestational carrier should be performed by medical records review and interview by a maternal-fetal medicine physician. Obstetrical risk assessments along with recommendations for pregnancy should then be provided to intended parents so that they come away feeling reassured about their third-party pregnancy arrangement.