BEING A PARENT THROUGH SURROGACY

WHAT IS SURROGACY?

To put it simply, it takes four ingredients make a baby: an egg, a sperm, a womb to grow in, and a family to go home to. You have the last ingredient, but you need a place for your baby to grow, and that’s why you’re here.

Gestational surrogacy may take a number of forms, but in each form the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate:

• The embryo is created using the intended father’s sperm and the intended mother’s eggs. The resulting child is genetically related to both intended parents.
• The embryo is created using the intended father’s sperm and a donor egg where the donor is not the surrogate. The resulting child is genetically related to the intended father.
• The embryo is created using the intended mother’s egg and donor sperm. The resulting child is genetically related to the intended mother.
• A donor embryo is implanted in a surrogate, when a donor egg and donor sperm is used the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the intended parent.

 The embryo is created via Invitro Fertilization (IVF) and is then transferred into the surrogate (Carrier)

WHO NEEDS A SURROGATE?

• Women with Health Challenges
• Women with recurrent Fibroid
• Couple with unexplained recurrent IVF failures
• Recurrent miscarriages and still birth
• Women with severe Asherman syndrome