WE OFFER EACH PARENT UP TO THREE EXAMINED SURROGATE MOTHER’S CANDIDATES

The parents fill in the questionnaire on the website or contact with the Manager of the Company either by phone or by other means of communication, inform their wishes, present their desirable terms, when they are ready to begin the program.

The manager proposes the intended parents two possible versions: the intended mother can be simulated in the in vitro fertilization clinic, afterwards come to Armenia for handing over the egg donors or as an alternative, completely pass the stimulation process in Armenia.

In the first case, the parents should take into consideration that they will stay in Armenia up to 14 days, and in the second case - for about 25 days. In both cases, the doctor gynecologist-reproducer of our in vitro fertilization clinic should have a complete information on the examination, in order to confirm the intended parent’s participation in the program.

After passing complete examination the intended parents send the copies of their passports and sign a contract with us.

The contract can be signed remotely by email (there is no need to send us the original printed copies). After signing the contract, we introduce to the intended parent their action plan, according to which, the whole process is carried out.The parents make the first payment, in accordance with the advance payment receipt, after which we begin the program․

If after the first transfer the surrogate mother does not get pregnant, the actions for the future parents can be carried out in two versions: the first – it can happen after the unsuccessful experience in case of the availability of the preserved frozen embryo, which can be transferred in the surrogate mother’s womb: the second – if the intended parents have no frozen embryos, then the parents again pass the preparatory stage for getting a new embryo or ask for help the donor for receiving the embryo.

One payment of our agency includes three tests, which means that the intended parents don’t pay for the surrogacy service in the second and third tests. The intended parents only should cover the preparatory actual costs of the surrogate mother who have already passed the examinations.

The parents fill in the questionnaire on the website or contact with the Manager of the Company either by phone or by other means of communication, inform their wishes, present their desirable terms, when the egg donor can take part in the program.

After specifying the terms, the parents begin the selection process of the egg donor. Receiving the password for the access of the egg donors’ database, the intended parents visit our website www.arni.am for selecting the egg donor.

The intended parents study all accessible egg donors, and if they select an egg donor, then the intended mother presents her complete examination. The doctor gynecologist-reproducer of the in vitro fertilization clinic checks and confirms that the intended mother complies with the all medical requirements and is fully ready to carry a baby.

The intended mother and the egg donor begin the stimulation at the same time. The intended mother can begin the preparatory works in the in vitro fertilization clinics of the venue and arrive in Armenia for the embryo transfer or as an alternative, the intended mother’s whole preparatory examinations can be carried out in Armenia.

Is more precisely possible to have a guaranteed number of eggs? This is a frequently asked question, and it is simply impossible to answer it. Unfortunately, nobody can forecast the exact number of eggs before the end of the egg receiving process.

Nevertheless, to provide some certainty before involving the egg donor in the program, we provide the count of the endometrial follicles of the egg donor to the intended parents in her two

ovaries. It gives an approximate idea of ​​the number of donor eggs, which the intended parents can expect.

Nevertheless, the count of the endometrial follicles is a guarantee that egg donors of the same number will be received from the donor, as not all follicles can react to the stimulation in the same way.

First of all, the parents agree with their doctor gynecologist-reproducer for the terms of transferring the embryo in the surrogate mother’s womb. After agreeing the terms, the parents begin the donor selection process.

To select the egg donor the parents visit our website www.arni.am The Program Coordinator provides them the password for the access to the database.

At the appointed dates, the procedure of receiving eggs is implemented, therefore, the parents should be in Armenia for about 5 days, as it is difficult to define the exact terms for receiving the eggs beforehand. The next step is the transfer of the embryos in the surrogate mother’s womb.

The parents fill in the questionnaire on the website or contact with the Manager of the Company either by phone or by other means of communication, inform their wishes, present their desirable terms, when they will be ready to begin the program.

We organize the transfer of the embryos to Armenia, to the laboratory. The laboratory keeping the frozen embryos provides in detail a report to the receiving laboratory. The report presents the number of the frozen embryos, on how many cryo sticks they are frozen, as well as about the variety of each embryo and the number of freezing days and way of its freezing.

Besides, we need the results of the examinations of the two parents’ infectious diseases (hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis).

When the embryos are safely delivered to the laboratory being in Armenia, we begin the surrogacy program with the intended parents. The embryos are melted, then they are transferred in the surrogate mother’s womb. The number of the embryos is agreed with the parents beforehand to transfer them.

To confirm the pregnancy after the surrogate mother’s Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test, she remains under the control of the doctor gynecologist-reproducer, who transfers the embryo.

The doctor is responsible for the pregnancy procedure and carries out the surrogate mother’s ultrasound examination with certain regularity. The intended parents are informed about the procedure from the Program Coordinator or if desired, they can visit Armenia to see their surrogate mother at any moment. We help to facilitate communication in all necessary ways, providing convenient cooperation between the intended parents and their surrogate mother.

By 12 weeks we sign a contract with the medical institution, when the surrogate mother will pass under control before giving birth at the other doctor gynecologist, whom the surrogate mother visits once in four weeks, however in parallel with approaching the date of birth the number increases.

Before the date of birth, we sign a contract with the maternity hospital chosen by the intended parent or chosen by us. We cover the booking cost of the two private rooms beforehand, as well as we organize the implementation of the DNA test and receiving the child’s birth certificate.

This is a very sensible issue, and a distinct clarification should be made after hearing the baby’s heartbeat. If the results of the hCG test are positive, and the first ultrasound confirmed the pregnancy, but the heartbeat is not audible, then at this stage such situation is not considered a miscarriage, the parents pass the next test without paying to the agency (if it is one of three included tests to the agency).

If the heartbeat is heard, but the fetus subsequently stops developing, then it is considered a miscarriage․

You will be obliged to visit Armenia minimum twice: once for donating sperm and/or eggs and sign a contract with a surrogate mother, the other time – for taking the baby home.

If the intended parents cannot comply the terms of the in vitro fertilization clinic with their preferable terms, then we invite the intended parents, at their discretion, to visit the in vitro fertilization clinic being in Armenia, to carry out the necessary actions, then only after selecting the surrogate mother, visit Armenia for a short period for signing a contract with the surrogate mother.

Visa is not required for visiting Armenia up to 360 days from the EU countries, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrein, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, South Korea, Iran and the CIS countries.

After arriving the entry permit is issued at the border of Armenia.

If you are not from the above-mentioned countries, then you can get a visa from the Embassy or the Consulate of Armenia, for which we’ll present the necessary documents․