Surrogacy

Every year in the world about 1 million women undergo infertility treatment using IVF and surrogacy.

Using this program, a married couple can become parents of a genetically native child, in situations where the onset of pregnancy in spouses is impossible or some contraindications to carrying pregnancy and childbirth are present.

What are the indications for surrogacy:

• absence of the uterus (congenital or acquired);
• deformation of the cavity or cervix (congenital with anomalies of development or after surgical interventions, benign tumors which make carrying pregnancy impossible);
• changes in the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus), in which the attachment of the embryo is difficult (Asherman syndrome, atrophic endometritis);
• diseases in which pregnancy and childbirth pose a threat to the health or life of a woman;
• unsuccessful IVF attempts.

A prerequisite for a surrogacy program is genetic kinship of the child with one or both parents. But a surrogate mother should not have a direct genetic connection with the child. However, pregnancy is allowed to be carried by a close relative of future parents (it can be a mother, sister, and so on).

It is important to know that a surrogate mother during pregnancy does not transmit daily genetic information to the child. All genes are laid at the stage of fertilization of the oocyte by the spermatozoid. Therefore, the baby will receive genes only from biological parents.