Who needs surrogacy?
A. Unfortunately, many couples are unable to give birth to their own children. Up until the last couple of decades, those couples only had two alternatives: adoption or remain childless. Today, due to advances in reproductive technology, couples now have medical means to have children. Reproductive techniques such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization/prembryo transfer (IVF/ET), and other Advanced Reproductive Technologies (ART) allow otherwise infertile couples a chance to have children. However, there are still some couples for whom these techniques are not successful and for whom adoption is not an attractive or viable option. These couples may still wish to have children who are their genetic offspring or are created using donor egg/sperm. Often the mother cannot give birth for reasons that may include lack of a uterus or where pregnancy would be medically risky.
A. Unfortunately, many couples are unable to give birth to their own children. Up until the last couple of decades, those couples only had two alternatives: adoption or remain childless. Today, due to advances in reproductive technology, couples now have medical means to have children. Reproductive techniques such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization/prembryo transfer (IVF/ET), and other Advanced Reproductive Technologies (ART) allow otherwise infertile couples a chance to have children.However, there are still some couples for whom these techniques are not successful and for whom adoption is not an attractive or viable option. These couples may still wish to have children who are their genetic offspring or are created using donor egg/sperm. Often the mother cannot give birth for reasons that may include lack of a uterus or where pregnancy would be medically risky. For these reasons, the only way to have genetic offspring is to have another woman carry and give birth to t
