Sai Kiran Hospital - Dr.Samit Sekhar (3)

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Surrogacy
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About Surrogacy

• Although using a surrogate mother/surrogacy is
  still controversial to an extent, it is an option
  for people for having a baby through novel
  reproductive technologies.

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Surrogate Mothers differ

• Traditional surrogates
• Gestational surrogates

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Traditional surrogates

• It was artificial insemination which first made
  surrogacy possible.
• A woman is called a traditional surrogate if she
  is artificially inseminated with a fathers
  sperm.
• Baby is carried and delivered to parents after
  birth.
• It should be clear that babys biological mother
  is the traditional surrogate.
• For traditional surrogacy, donor sperm can also
  be used.

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Gestational surrogates

• Now, it is possible to get eggs from mother, use
  fathers sperm to fertilize and place embryo in
  another woman called gestational surrogate (IVF/
  In-Vitro Fertilization).
• Baby is handed over to parents after birth.
• It is important to know that gestational
  surrogate has no genetic relationship with the
  child.
• Birth mother is the gestational surrogate and
  biological mother is the one from whom eggs were
  collected.

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•  Experts say a woman can be a good surrogate if
• She is over 21 years.
• She has given birth to at least 1 healthy baby.
• She has passed a psychological screening test by
  a certified mental-health professional.
• She willingly signs the contract.
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Thank You
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