Intended Parent Consultation

While the Intended Parent session provides a comprehensive initial consultation, we encourage an ongoing relationship, ensuring continued support throughout your journey.

Yes, it is highly recommended that both partners attend the intended parents session. This is essential for fostering a unified understanding and approach toward the surrogacy or egg donation process. By attending together, both partners can openly express their thoughts, concerns, and expectations, ensuring that they are aligned on important decisions. The session also provides an opportunity for both partners to ask questions, address emotional concerns, and ensure they are equally prepared for the journey ahead. Attending together also helps the psychologist assess the dynamics between the couple, offering personalized advice to strengthen emotional readiness and enhance communication throughout the process.

PECNA strongly encourages ongoing communication and is fully prepared to address any concerns or questions that may arise after your initial consultation. We understand that the journey to surrogacy or egg donation can raise new questions as circumstances evolve, and we are committed to providing you with continuous support and detailed answers throughout your entire journey.

Ways to Contact for Further Questions:

• Direct Call: You can reach out to your assigned psychologist or our client support team directly via the contact number provided at the end of your consultation.
• Email: Send your questions via our website. We aim to respond to all email inquiries within 24 hours.
• Scheduled Follow-Up Appointments: If your questions require a more detailed discussion, you can schedule a follow-up appointment. This can be done either through our online booking system available on your client portal or by contacting our office directly.
• Online Client Portal: Access our online client portal at any time to send messages directly to your healthcare team, view appointment notes, and manage your appointments.

We are here to assist and guide you through every step of your journey, ensuring that you feel confident and well-informed.

The session typically lasts around 60-90 minutes, depending on the depth of discussions and specific concerns of the intended parents.

Yes, PECNA offers secure virtual consultations for intended parents. We provide services to parents across the globe who are pursuing surrogacy or egg donation in any of the 50 United States.

Be prepared to engage in an open and honest discussion about your expectations for the surrogacy or egg donation process, including what you hope to achieve and how you envision the journey unfolding. This will involve sharing your motivations for choosing third-party reproduction, whether they stem from personal, medical, or logistical reasons, and how these factors influence your decision. You’ll also have the opportunity to express any concerns you may have, such as the emotional complexities of working with a gestational carrier or donor, managing relationships with involved parties, or navigating the legal and ethical considerations of third-party reproduction. Additionally, it will be helpful to discuss any previous reproductive experiences, such as past fertility treatments, pregnancies, or challenges, and how they have shaped your current decisions and emotional state. This will allow PECNA’s psychologists to gain a holistic understanding of your readiness and provide tailored guidance and support as you move forward.

During the session, PECNA's psychologists will take a personalized and thorough approach to explore your motivations for pursuing third-party reproduction, such as surrogacy or egg donation. They will assess your emotional readiness to embark on this journey, taking into account the unique emotional challenges and expectations you may face as intended parents, donors, or gestational carrier. This includes discussing your feelings about not carrying the pregnancy yourself (if applicable), your ability to build and maintain a healthy relationship with the gestational carrier or donor, and how you envision your role throughout the process. Any specific concerns, such as legal, ethical, or family dynamics, will be addressed to ensure you are fully prepared and confident in moving forward with your reproductive plan. PECNA aims to provide emotional support, resources, and guidance tailored to your individual needs.

PECNA provides ongoing emotional support and counseling for intended parents, ensuring they feel equipped to navigate the emotional complexities of the surrogacy or egg donation journey. From the initial consultation to post-delivery, PECNA’s licensed psychologists offer personalized support tailored to the unique needs of intended parents. This includes helping intended parents manage feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, or loss of control that can arise when entrusting someone else with the pregnancy. Counseling sessions focus on developing healthy communication strategies with the gestational carrier or donor, addressing concerns about the parent-child bond, and preparing emotionally for the arrival of the baby. PECNA also offers support in processing any unexpected challenges or delays that may occur during the journey. With a focus on compassion and understanding, PECNA ensures intended parents have access to continuous guidance and a safe space to explore their emotions, while remaining emotionally resilient and informed at each stage of the process.

Yes, PECNA works with intended parents who are pursuing surrogacy independently, without the involvement of an agency. We understand that some intended parents prefer to manage their surrogacy journey on their own, and we provide the same expert psychological evaluation services to ensure that all parties are emotionally prepared and informed.

PECNA offers comprehensive psychological evaluations for both the intended parents and the gestational carrier, helping to ensure a successful and smooth surrogacy process. Our team is experienced in supporting independent surrogacy arrangements and will guide you through the evaluation process, offering personalized feedback and recommendations based on ASRM guidelines. Whether you are working with an agency or independently, PECNA is committed to providing the psychological support and evaluations necessary for a positive surrogacy journey.

This consultation helps intended parents prepare emotionally and mentally for the journey ahead, offering guidance on managing expectations, communication, and potential challenges.