In Surrogacy a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This woman (the surrogate mother) may be the child’s genetic mother (called traditional surrogacy), or she may be genetically unrelated to the child (called gestational surrogacy).
In a traditional surrogacy, the child may be conceived via home artificial insemination using fresh or frozen sperm or impregnated via IUI (intrauterine insemination), or ICI (intracervical insemination) performed at a health clinic.
A gestational surrogacy requires the implantation of a previously created embryo, and for this reason the process always takes place in a clinical setting.
Surrogacy Process
Surrogacy is recommended to couples after careful screening of their case and is advised only if necessary. The following are the steps of Surrogacy Process:
- Careful screening of your case to recommend surrogacy
- Plan for surrogacy
- Identification of surrogate / carrier woman
- Case history of surrogate / carrier woman
- Physical and Psychological investigation / screening of surrogate / carrier woman