surrogacy

Omegas have to be arranged to marry young Newt learns. When they go into heat their bodies need to mate, need an alpha to sooth the ache or it won't go away. So Newt's parents chose Percival for him and sometimes people think it's cruel but Newt never had, it had been a comfort, to know Percival was waiting for him.

Hotch blew out a ragged breath and let his head fall into his hands again. “Haley’s a Beta.” “Oh.” That explained quite a bit. Scientists had studied Alphas and Omegas since the creation of science. They had even studied Betas. But no one had ever been able to explain why the odds of a Beta woman carrying the child of an Alpha to term was less than one in a million. If Hotch and Haley were actively trying to conceive, they were either failing repeatedly or the woman had suffered at least one miscarriage. Spencer shifted from foot to foot unsure what to say. He finally broke the tense silence. “I’m sorry.” “We’ve lost five babies. She wants to try a surrogate now."