Surrogacy and Egg Donation

Surrogacy and Egg Donation are both part of the Assisted Reproductive Technology world, an option to those who need 'help' building their family. There are two different types of Surrogacy, Traditional, where the surrogate mother uses... [more]

Surrogacy and Egg Donation are both part of the Assisted Reproductive Technology world, an option to those who need 'help' building their family. There are two different types of Surrogacy, Traditional, where the surrogate mother uses her own eggs and therefore is biologically related to the child and a Gestational Carrier where the Intended Mother uses her own eggs or an Egg Donor is used to make the embryos (IVF) that are transferred via embryo transfer by a Reproductive Endocrinologist.

Egg Donation, is pretty strait forward. A young woman between the ages of 21 and 30 donate their eggs to Intended Parents. This procedure is usually anonymous but not always. The ED is stimulated by taking medication so that more then a few eggs are retrieved and then they are fertilized in the lab with sperm from the Intended Father or a Sperm Donor.

This Webzine will feature articles regarding Surrogacy and Egg Donation and related issues within the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology.