Posted on June 30, 2007 in Parenting Types
Surrogacy involves carrying a pregnancy either by ‘insemination” of sperms or by “borrowing” both the uterus and the eggs. Surrogate parenthood comes as a solution to couples who have problems in carrying a pregnancy. However, one needs to have proper information before going for surrogate parenthood. This article is a “know-how” on surrogate parenthood.
Surrogacy is also called as “Donor Insemination”. It is the best option when the female partner cannot ovulate or carry a pregnancy. In this process, a fertile surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the sperm of the person. This produces a child who will have the genes of the male and the surrogate.
Finding Surrogate Mothers
Finding the right surrogate mother can be a complicated task. This is because there is greater involvement of the woman who will have to go through the complete pregnancy till the childbirth. With the growing risk of sexually transmitted diseases, and genetic problems one needs to be careful while selecting the surrogate mother.
Legalities involved in Surrogate Parenthood
There is a proper legal system to support surrogate parenting. The processes through which surrogate mothers are found are, through a donor clinic or program, or by contacting family law practitioners who specialize in adoptions.
Surrogate is something like adoption. The lawyer draws a contract between the infertile couple the woman who is proposed to be the surrogate mother. If the woman changes her mind, the contract doesn’t guarantee that the court will take your side. You may also have to pay a fee to the surrogate.
Surrogacy by Borrowing
There is also another kind of surrogacy where the woman need not biologically give birth to the child but just borrow the uterus and the eggs. This process is useful for women with structural or medical problems that prevent them from carrying a baby for the full term. An embryo is transferred into another woman’s uterus, and she will carry the baby for the full term of nine months. The child who will be born is a genetic offspring of the infertile couple and doesn’t biologically belong to the carrier in any way. In order to make this kind of pregnancy possible the woman should be able to ovulate on her own, and the male partner should be fertile.
Usually a woman who is related to the mother is selected. The success rate is the same as IVF, but this surrogacy might work better in this case because the gestational carrier may have a more receptive uterus.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I have major anal and vaginal warts…can i still be a surrogate mother??