HRC Fertility - Huntington Reproductive Center Medical Group
A surrogate is a woman who carries and delivers a baby for an infertile couple. The intended mother may have damage to her uterus that makes carrying a child impossible, including uterine cancer, a uterus damaged by infection or congenital uterine abnormalities. Sometimes the health of the intended mother prevents her from carrying a baby or she may have a history of recurrent miscarriages.
A surrogate can be a friend, family member, a volunteer, or compensated. All surrogates undergo extensive physical and psychological screening to insure their suitability.
A traditional surrogate becomes pregnant using her own eggs combined with the intended father's sperm using either intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF). A child conceived using a traditional surrogate therefore has the genetic material of the intended father and surrogate. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate undergoes ovulation induction with follicle stimulating hormones. This causes the development of multiple... Read more
A gestational surrogate carries a child conceived from the genetic material of both of the intended parents. The embryo is produced from an IVF cycle using the eggs and sperm from the intended mother and father. In gestational surrogacy, the infertile couple undergoes a standard IVF cycle to produce their own genetic embryos. The reproductive cycles of the surrogate and mother are synchronized so that the embryos can be transferred to the... Read more















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