The surrogate pregnancy is similar to a typical pregnancy, with a few distinct differences. Learn all about surrogate babies and the first, second and third trimester of commercial surrogacy, which starts when you hear the words: frozen embryo transfer success.
Emotions run high during the pregnancy portion of a commercial surrogacy. Between the lack of control the intended parents are feeling to the hormonal changes a surrogate is feeling, it all makes for a very interesting 9-months. The following pages will help prepare intended parents and surrogates for the various stages of surrogate pregnancy.
Throughout the Pregnancy
This section is intended to help with the pregnancy as a whole, for both gestational or traditional surrogate mothers, and their intended parents.
View fetal development as the pregnancy progresses, and check out information on how much weight one should gain during pregnancy.
Sometimes, even when you hear the words frozen embryo transfer success, things can go wrong later in the pregnancy.
Not every gestational (or traditional) surrogacy results in perfect, full-term surrogate babies.
Each journey is filled with it's own unique twists and turns.
Here are some of the more negative ones that can occur during the pregnancy.
Miscarriage
Blighted Ovum
DNC
Selective Reduction and Abortion
The First Trimester
The first trimester of commercial surrogacy is usually the hardest. If things are going to go wrong, chances are it will happen during the first trimester.
If yours is a gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother is taking injections on a daily basis through most of the first trimester. And most surrogate mothers are required to abstain from sexual relations during this period, so the husbands tend to be cranky as well.
For most surrogate mothers, the second trimester, especially if it is a multiples pregnancy, is the best.
Appetite returns, the surrogate babies (or baby) are big enough to be seen via ultrasound, and the physical effects of pregnancy are not as great as they are in the third trimester.
The Second Trimester
Aminocentisis
Maternity Clothing
Heartburn During Pregnancy
Partial or Full Bed Rest
Gestational Diabetes
Pregnancy Stress
The Third Trimester
The third trimester in commercial surrogacy is usually quite exciting!
As the due date approaches, intended parents start to prepare for this monumental change in their lives, and the surrogate mother starts to prepare for the eventual day she gets her body back.
While you're here, take a few minutes to watch the childbirth videos section.
Though I must warn you, they are extremely graphic.
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This section is intended to help with the pregnancy as a whole, for both gestational or traditional surrogate mothers, and their intended parents. 
For most surrogate mothers, the second trimester, especially if it is a multiples pregnancy, is the best. 
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