MY SURROGACY JOURNEY

This is when a women (also referred to as a surrogate) carries a baby for an intended couple or individual – in this case me. The gestational surrogate has no genetic relationship to the child that she is carrying. In my case the anonymous egg donor goes through a traditional IVF cycle and creates embryos using the “specimen” of the intended father (me). The women who agrees to serve as a gestational surrogate signs a gestational surrogacy contract prior to engaging in the surrogacy. The gestational surrogate also agrees to medical evaluations and treatments during her participation in the program. If at least one member of the commissioning couple is the genetic parent of the child, the commissioning couple are presumed to be the natural parents of the child gestated by the surrogate.