Should I consider a surrogate mother?

Women who may be unable to carry a child may want to consider surrogacy. Depending on whether you are infertile, there are two basic types of surrogacy:

• Traditional surrogacy involves a woman who agrees to be artificially inseminated with your husband's sperm. She then carries the baby to term and is genetically related to the baby (its mother).
• Gestational surrogacy involves an embryo or embryos made from the sperm and egg of you and your partner. A woman agrees to be implanted with the embryo(s) and carry the child to term. In this case, the woman is not genetically related to the child, as it was not conceived by her egg.

Obviously, women who are infertile must use traditional surrogacy if they want to have a child in this way. Women who have no fertility problems may opt for gestational surrogacy, if embryos can successfully be created.

Surrogacy Cost

The cost of a surrogacy ranges from $85,000 - $140,000.

By FertilityProRegistry Staff
Updated: April 27, 2007