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[quote=Anonymous]We were at SG but did our counseling with a non-SG doctor recommended by our lawyer (we were using a gestational carrier). In our case we met privately as a couple with the doctor, our GC also met privately with the doctor, and then the three of us all met together with the doctor. I am a very private person and had never had any sort of mental health counseling before so had no idea what to expect, but found it less intrusive and easier than I'd anticipated. Mostly it was questions from the doctor asking if we'd been thinking about how we'd talk with our child about their conception/birth and giving us some suggestions based on her experience, whether we had any concerns she could help us talk through, etc. I found it really helpful and in a weird way it was actually reassuring because it was clear she'd done this so often before that it reminded me we weren't freaks of nature doing something completely bizarre that nobody else had ever done - I actually felt more normal afterwards.

I suppose she did send some kind of report to SG afterwards but no one ever mentioned anything about it. I would suppose unless something really alarming arises, like a suicide risk or concerns about you being under some kind of external abusive pressure, they're not looking to do an in-depth analysis on you. More like a pass/fail and frankly if you've already made it this far through the process, you're going to be a "pass." It's just checking off the box.[/quote]

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