Colombia Program
Our Colombia Program is designed for intended parents seeking a more cost-effective surrogacy option while still benefiting from experienced fertility professionals and established surrogacy organizations.
The program is particularly well suited to independent intended parents who are comfortable pursuing an international journey and for whom budget is an important consideration.
The journey is divided into two main phases: embryo creation and surrogacy.
Embryo creation can take place either in Colombia with a local fertility clinic or in the United States, depending on your individual circumstances, preferences, and budget.
For intended parents choosing to create embryos in Colombia, one important consideration is the country's approach to egg donation and donor anonymity.
Egg donation in Colombia is anonymous. Intended parents generally receive limited non-identifying information about their donor, primarily relating to physical characteristics such as hair color, eye color, skin tone, and other general phenotypic characteristics. They should therefore be comfortable proceeding without the extensive donor profiles and photographs commonly available through donor programs in the United States.
Some Colombian clinics may offer AI-generated representations as part of the donor-selection process. This remains a sensitive area because donor anonymity must be preserved, and any information or representation provided must remain consistent with the applicable requirements regarding donor identity.
For intended parents who would prefer greater choice and information when selecting an egg donor, creating embryos in the United States and subsequently coordinating their transportation to Colombia may be a more suitable alternative.
U.S. donor programs generally provide access to much more comprehensive donor profiles. Intended parents may be able to view childhood and adult photographs and review extensive information about the donor, including her personal and family medical history, genetic screening, education, interests and hobbies, personality and personal preferences, as well as information about previous egg donation cycles and their outcomes when available.
This greater level of information allows intended parents to be more actively involved in selecting their donor and, for many families, provides an additional sense of confidence and peace of mind throughout the embryo-creation process.
Once the embryos have been created in the United States, HeraKin can coordinate their cryotransportation to Colombia, where the surrogacy phase of the journey can then take place.
Once embryos are available, the surrogacy portion of the journey takes place in Colombia, where we coordinate with experienced local fertility clinics and qualified surrogacy foundations.
At HeraKin, we have developed a trusted network of local surrogacy foundations in Colombia that share our standards for ethical, transparent, and professionally managed surrogacy journeys.
The well-being of the surrogate is fundamental to the way we work. We collaborate only with organizations that carefully screen their candidates and seek to ensure that surrogates enter the process from stable socioeconomic circumstances, with an appropriate support system and a clear understanding of the commitment they are making.
Throughout the journey, surrogates should be treated with dignity and respect, have access to appropriate private healthcare and professional support, and be able to develop open communication and a genuine relationship with the intended parents when both parties are comfortable doing so.
For HeraKin, ethics and transparency are non-negotiable. We carefully select the Colombian professionals and organizations with whom we collaborate and work only with those whose practices meet our standards.
Our objective is to bring to our Colombian programs many of the principles we value in well-managed U.S. surrogacy journeys: careful screening, transparency, informed decision-making, professional oversight, respect for the surrogate, and meaningful communication between everyone involved.
Throughout the process, HeraKin helps coordinate the different professionals involved, manage communication and timelines, anticipate potential challenges, and provide ongoing guidance from the beginning of the journey through pregnancy, birth, and the final steps required to return home with your baby.
Because a successful surrogacy journey should never be measured solely by its outcome. How that journey is conducted matters just as much.
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