Surrogacy is an arrangement, often supported by a legal agreement, whereby a woman agrees to pregnancy and childbirth on behalf of an other person s who will become the child's legal parent s after birth. People pursue surrogacy for a variety of reasons such as infertility , dangers or undesirable factors of pregnancy , or when pregnancy is a medical impossibility. A surrogacy relationship or legal agreement contains the person who carries the pregnancy and gives birth and the person or persons who take custody of the child after birth.
The person giving birth is called the birth mother or gestational carrier or surrogate mother or surrogate. Surrogate mothers are usually introduced to intended parent s through third-party agencies, or other matching channels. They are usually required to participate in processes of insemination no matter traditional or IVF , pregnancy, delivery, and newborn feeding early after birth.
In surrogacy arrangements, monetary compensation may or may not be involved. Receiving money for the arrangement is known as commercial surrogacy. For example, those living in a country where surrogacy is banned travel to a jurisdiction that permits it. In some countries , surrogacy is legal if there is no financial gain. Where commercial surrogacy is legal, third-party agencies may assist by finding a surrogate and arranging a surrogacy contract with her.
These agencies often obtain medical tests to ensure healthy gestation and delivery. They also usually facilitate legal matters concerning the intended parents and the surrogate. Surrogacy may be either traditional or gestational, which are differentiated by the genetic origin of the egg.
Gestational surrogacy tends to be more common than traditional surrogacy and is considered less legally complex. A traditional surrogacy also known as partial, natural, or straight surrogacy is one where the surrogate's egg is fertilised by the intended father's or a donor's sperm. Insemination of the surrogate can be either through sex natural insemination or artificial insemination.
