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While there are two Different types of
surrogacy, gestational surrogacy
and traditional, there are also
different types of arrangements,
agency arranged and independently
arranged. Also surrogacy may
be done between strangers who
never meet, persons who meet
only a few times, persons who
meet and become quite close
over the course and often after
the surrogacy, and those who
are friends before ever entering
a surrogacy arrangement or are
family members.
Gestational Surrogacy
Most
intended parents prefer
gestational
surrogacy because they feel
more secure in knowing the chances
of the surrogate being able
to keep their baby is slim to
none. They also feel more in
control of the surrogacy and
pregnancy in general because
they are choosing the genetics
of their baby. An advantage
to having an egg used by an
ovum donor or the intended mother
is that for the surrogate mother,
it separates the complex emotional
issues of being a gestational
and genetic donor/mother. Many
surrogate mother's find that
their friends and family are
more receptive to their participation
in a surrogacy because they
more easily view the child the
surrogate carries as belonging
to the intended parents due
to it's genetic make up.
Using an Egg Donor
Often
parents who choose to have a
gestational surrogate carry
their child cannot genetically
contribute to their offspring
nor do they wish to have their
surrogate mother be the genetic
mother. Intended parents in
these situations usually rely
on outside assistance via sperm
and or egg donation. While sperm
donation has been around for
hundreds of years egg donation
is relatively new. In this process
a screened egg donor undergoes
hormone therapy (usually injections)
over the course of many weeks
which cause her ovaries to release
more than one egg. Between one
and fifteen eggs are usually
harvested during a surgical
procedure. They are then inspected
for quality and either frozen
for use later or immediately
mixed with sperm for the intended
father or a sperm donor.
Altruistic
surrogacy
is a situation where the surrogate
receives no financial reward
for her pregnancy or the relinquishment
of the child (although usually
all expenses related to the
pregnancy and birth are paid
by the intended parents such
as medical expenses, maternity
clothing, and other related
expenses)
Commercial
surrogacy
is a form of surrogacy in which
a gestational carrier is paid
to carry a child to maturity
in her womb and is usually resorted
to by well off infertile couples
who can afford the cost involved
or people who save and borrow
in order to complete their dream
of being parents. This procedure
is legal in several countries
including in India where due
to excellent medical infrastructure,
high international demand and
ready availability of poor surrogates
it is reaching industry proportions.
Commercial surrogacy is sometimes
referred to by the emotionally
charged and potentially offensive
terms "wombs for rent",
"outsourced pregnancies"
or "baby farms".
We at Delhi IVF doing surrogacy
case in routine and already
treated more then 100 cases.
We have arrangements for egg
donor/rent womb.
There is no national policy
regarding surrogacy. Each state
has come up with their own legal
approach to this relatively
new method of procreation. The
laws vary from making surrogacy
contracts enforceable to criminalizing
all forms of commercial surrogacy.
India there si no such law till
date Nov. 2005
Pls feel free to call
or email us for more info.
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