Traditional Surrogacy vs. Gestational Surrogacy
January 7th, 2009Surrogacy refers to the process of third party reproduction wherein a woman agrees to become pregnant and carry someone else’s baby under a contract. Whether the baby has any genetic connection to the surrogate depends on the kind of surrogacy method chosen.
Surrogacy in India is legal. It can be availed by heterosexual couples who are unable to bear a child on their own for some medical reason, by same sex couples, and by single men for whom surrogacy is the only way in which parenthood can be achieved. Also visit India Surrogacy Frequently asked questions. (The pic on the left is an African fertility symbol.)
We list below the important features of gestational and traditional surrogacy:
Features of Gestational Surrogacy:
1. Gestational surrogacy is an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) where the surrogate plays ‘host’ to the embryo that is transferred to her uterus.
2. The embryo is produced through the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) process, that is, the biological mother’s egg is mixed with the biological father’s sperm in a glass dish in the lab.
3. The process of gestational surrogacy: The surrogate starts taking
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