Surrogacy
What is surrogacy?
Surrogacy is the act of getting pregnant and carrying a child on behalf of someone who for medical reasons cannot carry a pregnancy herself. A surrogate or 'host' mother is 'commissioned' by the woman or couple requiring surrogacy. Who requires surrogacy?
Surrogacy is the only treatment option for those women unable to carry a pregnancy for medical reasons such as having been born without a womb, or if it has been removed due to disease such as cancer. What does surrogacy involve?
Host surrogacy occurs when IVF or ICSI using the commissioning mother's eggs and commissioning father's sperm are used to create embryos in the laboratory, which are then transferred to the surrogate mother's womb. Any resulting child born from host surrogacy will carry genetic material from both partners of the commissioning couple and will therefore not be biologically related to the surrogate mother. Treatment involving surrogacy involves the same procedures used in IVF or ICSI.
Surrogacy is the act of getting pregnant and carrying a child on behalf of someone who for medical reasons cannot carry a pregnancy herself. A surrogate or 'host' mother is 'commissioned' by the woman or couple requiring surrogacy. Who requires surrogacy?
Surrogacy is the only treatment option for those women unable to carry a pregnancy for medical reasons such as having been born without a womb, or if it has been removed due to disease such as cancer. What does surrogacy involve?
Host surrogacy occurs when IVF or ICSI using the commissioning mother's eggs and commissioning father's sperm are used to create embryos in the laboratory, which are then transferred to the surrogate mother's womb. Any resulting child born from host surrogacy will carry genetic material from both partners of the commissioning couple and will therefore not be biologically related to the surrogate mother. Treatment involving surrogacy involves the same procedures used in IVF or ICSI.