Treatment: GESTATIONAL SURROGACY
Treatment: GESTATIONAL SURROGACY
GESTATIONAL SURROGACY
With gestational surrogacy, one or more embryos derived from the patient’s eggs and her partner’s sperm is transferred into the uterus of a surrogate. The surrogate in effect provides a host womb but does not contribute genetically. In spite of original ethical, moral, and medical legal reservations, gestational surrogacy has now gained widespread social acceptance. Candidates for IVF surrogacy can be divided into two groups: (1) women that do not have a uterus capable of carrying a pregnancy to term and (2) women who cannot safely undertake a pregnancy because of medical conditions or illnesses.
The process involves the genetic parents undergoing a thorough clinical, psychological, and laboratory assessment prior to selecting a surrogate. This is to exclude sexually transmitted diseases that might be carried to the surrogate at the time of embryo transfer. They are also counseled on the many issues confronting all IVF candidates such as the possibility of multiple births, ectopic pregnancy, and miscarriage. All legal issues pertaining to custody and the rights of the biological parents as well as the surrogate are discussed in detail and the appropriate consent forms are completed. It is advisable for the surrogate and the genetic parents to obtain separate legal counsel, in order to avoid a conflict of interest that would arise were one attorney to counsel both parties.
- Selecting and Screening Surrogates
- COH of the Egg Provider
- Synchronizing Cycles of Egg Provider and Surrogate
- Staggered-IVF with Surrogacy
- Building the Endometrial Lining of the Surrogate
- Transferring Embryos to the Surrogate
- Post-Embryo-Transfer Follow-Up
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