Services and Programme Plans

For clients requiring IVF treatment and a gestational surrogate.

• Fertility consultation, assessment and preliminary investigations
• IVF treatment, medications and ICSI where required
• Surrogate recruitment, screening and matching
• Embryo transfer and post-transfer medication coordination
• Pregnancy confirmation and monitoring
• Surrogate accommodation, welfare and programme management
• Antenatal care through a partnering hospital
• Planned Caesarean delivery and post-delivery coordination through a partnering hospital

For clients requiring surrogate recruitment and management, antenatal care and delivery.

• Surrogate recruitment, screening and matching
• Surrogate preparation and embryo transfer coordination through the selected IVF clinic
• Post-transfer medication, pregnancy confirmation and monitoring
• Surrogate accommodation, welfare and programme management
• Antenatal care through a partnering hospital
• Planned Caesarean delivery and post-delivery coordination through a partnering hospital

Primarily for hospitals and IVF clinics already providing IVF treatment and managing antenatal care and delivery. IVF treatment, antenatal care, delivery and hospital medical fees are excluded and managed by the referring clinic or hospital.

• Surrogate recruitment, screening and matching
• Surrogate preparation and coordination with the referring clinic
• Surrogate accommodation, welfare and programme monitoring
• Basic surrogacy programme support and coordination

For clients with frozen embryos requiring Frozen Embryo Replacement/Transfer and a complete surrogacy programme.

• Review and transfer of medical and embryo records
• Embryo receiving and cryologistics where required
• Surrogate recruitment, screening and matching
• Endometrial preparation, lining scans and frozen embryo transfer through a partnering IVF clinic
• Post-transfer medication, pregnancy confirmation and monitoring
• Surrogate accommodation, welfare and programme management
• Antenatal care, planned Caesarean delivery and post-delivery coordination through partnering hospitals

For clients requiring IVF, preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy and a complete gestational surrogacy programme.

• Fertility assessment, investigations, IVF medications and ICSI where required
• Embryo culture, biopsy and PGT-A through partnering clinics and genetic laboratories
• Embryo freezing and storage
• Medical-team review and selection of suitable embryos
• Surrogate recruitment, screening and matching
• Frozen embryo transfer, pregnancy confirmation and monitoring
• Surrogate accommodation, welfare and programme management
• Antenatal care, planned Caesarean delivery and post-delivery coordination through partnering hospitals

The surrogate stays in Newlife's main surrogate apartment from treatment commencement or embryo transfer until delivery, providing the highest level of direct supervision.

• Accommodation throughout the programme
• Daily feeding and welfare support
• Nursing and medication supervision
• Daily wellbeing, diet, rest and activity monitoring
• Utilities and essential household services
• Transportation to scans and medical appointments
• Coordination with the partnering IVF clinic and hospital

From embryo transfer to 12 weeks, the surrogate stays in Newlife's main surrogate apartment. From 12 weeks until delivery, she moves into a separate apartment acquired and supervised by Newlife. She does not return to her personal residence.

• Accommodation throughout pregnancy
• Feeding, welfare and utility support
• Medication supervision and pregnancy monitoring
• Transportation to scans and medical appointments
• Antenatal and delivery coordination where included in the selected broad programme

From embryo transfer to 12 weeks, the surrogate stays in Newlife's main apartment. From 12 weeks to approximately 30 weeks, she lives under an approved and supervised live-out arrangement. From approximately 30 weeks until delivery, she returns to the main apartment.

• Accommodation and feeding during live-in periods
• Nursing and medication supervision
• Regular monitoring during the live-out period
• Welfare and transportation support
• Coordination of scans and medical appointments
• Antenatal and delivery coordination where included in the selected broad programme

For clients who will carry their pregnancies themselves.

• Fertility consultation, assessment and preliminary investigations
• Ovarian stimulation, medications and follicular monitoring
• Egg retrieval, IVF and ICSI
• Embryo culture and embryo transfer
• Post-transfer medication and pregnancy testing

For clients requiring IVF and embryo genetic testing without surrogacy.

• Fertility assessment and preliminary investigations
• Ovarian stimulation, medications, monitoring and egg retrieval
• IVF, ICSI, embryo culture and embryo biopsy
• PGT-A through partnering genetic laboratories
• Embryo freezing and medical-team review of the genetic report
• Selection of suitable embryos by the treating medical team
• Frozen embryo transfer where included in the selected treatment plan

For individuals, IVF clinics and hospitals. Options include Nigerian and foreign egg donors, fresh and frozen donor eggs, and donor eggs sourced through international egg banks worldwide.

• Fresh donor eggs: recruitment, profile preparation, screening and matching coordination
• Treatment-cycle scheduling, medication and monitoring through the receiving IVF clinic
• Donor welfare, transportation and egg-retrieval coordination through a partnering or client-selected IVF clinic
• Frozen donor eggs: donor-profile and frozen-egg selection, ordering and documentation
• Cryogenic transportation and import coordination where applicable
• Receiving, storage, release and delivery to the chosen IVF clinic or hospital

Nigerian sperm donors and international donors sourced through sperm banks worldwide, including frozen donor sperm. Open-identity and closed-identity options and different ethnic and racial profiles are subject to availability.

• Donor-profile selection, ordering and documentation
• International shipping, receiving, storage and release coordination
• Delivery to the chosen IVF clinic or hospital

Newlife coordinates with established international banks worldwide for individuals, IVF clinics and hospitals.

• Identification of suitable banks and available donor options
• Donor-profile selection assistance
• Communication, ordering and documentation
• Payment coordination
• Export, import and cryogenic transportation coordination
• Receiving and handling in Nigeria
• Storage, release and delivery to the selected clinic or hospital

Movement of frozen embryos, eggs and sperm worldwide or within Nigeria to the chosen IVF clinic. Every shipment is subject to consent and the requirements of releasing and receiving clinics, courier partners and relevant authorities.

• Coordination with releasing and receiving IVF clinics
• Liaison with international cryogenic courier partners
• Import and export documentation assistance
• Cryogenic shipping and chain-of-custody coordination
• Customs and clearance coordination where applicable
• Receiving and handling in Nigeria
• Delivery, storage and release coordination

All freezing, storage and laboratory procedures are performed by partner IVF clinics or approved cryopreservation facilities.

• Embryo freezing and storage coordination
• Sperm freezing and storage coordination
• Donor-egg storage coordination
• Infectious embryo and sperm storage coordination
• Storage renewal
• Release and transfer coordination

Support throughout third-party reproduction programmes.

• Intended-parent programme counselling
• Surrogate programme counselling
• Donor programme counselling
• Preparation for third-party reproduction
• Emotional support throughout the programme
• Referral to independent professional counsellors where required

Referrals to qualified independent lawyers are at no additional charge for Newlife programme clients. Non-Newlife clients pay a referral and coordination fee. Professional legal fees are separate and payable by the client. Newlife facilitates referral and does not provide legal or immigration advice.

• Immigration and visa guidance from qualified lawyers
• International surrogacy legal advice
• Parentage and birth registration
• Citizenship and nationality matters
• Passport and travel-document applications for babies
• Cross-border family-building requirements
• Surrogacy, embassy and immigration documentation
• Entry into and departure from Nigeria

Remote and cross-border programme coordination.

• Remote programme onboarding
• Treatment and travel scheduling
• Medical-record transfer
• Coordination with overseas and Nigerian fertility clinics
• Local appointment arrangements
• Cross-border treatment coordination
• Referral to qualified immigration and surrogacy lawyers

Subject to medical, ethical and legal approval.

• IVF using donor eggs
• IVF using donor sperm
• IVF using both donor eggs and donor sperm
• Single-parent family-building programmes
• Posthumous conception arrangements
• Fertility-preservation programmes