Surrogacy
Surrogacy is a path in which an embryo is transferred to the uterus of another person who carries the pregnancy. In current practice the embryo is created from the intended parents' cells, or from donor cells, not from the carrier's own egg.
What is gestational surrogacy?
The person who carries the pregnancy is not the genetic mother of the embryo. The embryo is created by IVF and transferred to a prepared uterus. Parenthood after birth is established under the law of the country where the arrangement is recognised. The legal frame has to be clear before medical preparation begins.
Who may consider it?
- People who have no uterus, or who medically cannot carry a pregnancy
- A pregnancy that would pose a serious health risk
- Two-father families, and couples who cannot carry
- Repeated implantation failure, when a carrier plan is being discussed
How the path usually unfolds
- A joint look at the medical reason and whether the country's law allows the plan
- Deciding the egg and sperm source, then creating the embryo
- Health screening of the carrier and preparation of the uterus
- Embryo transfer, pregnancy care and planning the birth
How a carrier is chosen, how contracts work and how parentage is recorded differ completely by country. This page is general information. It does not explain how to arrange a plan that is not legal where you are.
IVF
Egg Donation
Tandem Treatment
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