surrogate pregnancy

Introduction

• pregnancy in which a woman carries & gives birth to a baby for another woman who is not able to have children
• eggs from the surrogate carrier or from an egg donor are fertilized with sperm from a sperm donor to create an embryo
• the embryo is implanted in the uterus of the surrogate carrier, who carries the fetus until birth

Indications

• infertility, including treatments that cause infertility
  • chemotherapy, radiation therapy

Complications

• risk for severe maternal morbidity appears to be elevated

More general terms

• pregnancy (gestation)