Infertility affects about 1 out of every 6 couples. It is more than just the inability to conceive after 12 months of trying, but also includes those that cannot carry a pregnancy to term. Surrogacy is presented as an option to couples who otherwise would not be able to have children.

In the past it was assumed when a couple did not conceive a child on their own they should turn to adoption to achieve their parenthood dreams. This notion is now quite outdated as there are far more options for infertile couples as well as singles and homosexuals who want children. Now people have the option to pursue advanced infertility treatments and egg, sperm and embryo donation are no longer rare, national and international adoption is commonplace and surrogacy is becoming increasingly popular. A simple desire to have a child can easily become an overwhelming process of making unexpected choices all of which have many unknowns.

It's common for singles and couples alike to feel impatient, particularly if they have already spent years trying to decide if they should have a child or not. By the time they have finally decided, having to choose a method and then go through the process may seem like a never-ending journey. The important thing is to take your time and evaluate all of your options. It may take months or years to finally have your parental dreams realized but once you become a parent, it is for the rest of your life. Rushing through your choices now can only result in increasing the chances of making decisions that aren?t best for you which can result in difficult struggles later on in your journey.

When weighing your options you may feel overwhelmed. A good place to start is by looking over the positives and negatives of each and then compare that list to your financial, emotional, and physical resources as well as how much time you can invest in each.


-Emotional resources: How might each option effect your family and friends and how will their reaction effect you? How much of a strain is each option on your marriage, friendships, and personal self esteem? Are there friends, family members, support groups or councilors which can help you increase what you can invest emotionally?

-Physical resources: What other procedures can your body handle? What risks are you willing to take? What are your chances of succeeding? Are you able and willing to undergo further invasive procedures? Are there many other clinics you would like to try? Are you willing to travel a great deal? If bed rest were required could you and your family handle it?


When trying to decide if surrogacy is right for you there are many things you must consider besides your financial and physical abilities. Your emotions as well as those of your partner, family, friends, and even co-workers also should be taken into consideration. The following section is designed to help you understand all that you must consider when choosing whether or not to pursue surrogacy. Please keep these in mind when continuing on and reading the rest of this book. It is best to understand the entire surrogacy process and different types of arrangements and experiences one may have before choosing to pursue a surrogacy arrangement.

Understanding the Different Types of Surrogacies

While there are two main 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.


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

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