Surrogacy might be part of your treatment journey if you have a medical condition that makes it impossible or unsafe for you to become pregnant and give birth.
What is surrogacy?
Surrogacy involves a woman becoming pregnant and giving birth to a baby for a couple who want to have a child but cannot. A surrogate is a woman who carries and gives birth to the child for the intended parents (known as the commissioning couple). Surrogates or gestational carriers are needed when there is no viable womb available to carry gestate a foetus.
Surrogacy can be quite complex due to the fact that there are many important steps to ensure that both parties make the best decisions. Our surrogacy program can support you throughout this journey. We provide the medical (screenings tests) psychological (counselling) and legal supports that help manage the various details of the process so it can be as easy as possible for everyone involved.
Who needs surrogacy?:
A woman with no womb
A woman with any kind of uterine disease or anomaly
A woman who may not have a diagnosed uterine issue but who has failed to become pregnant after several embryo transfers
A woman who has history of miscarriages or pre-term birth thought to be due to factors other than egg/sperm quality or genetics (i.e. uterine or cervix issues)
Basically, anyone who does not have a womb or who has one that does not appear to work correctly is a good candidate for surrogacy.