gestational carrier
Bears another's child
A gestational carrier is a woman who carries a pregnancy for intended parents, with the embryo created from others' genetic material—she has no genetic connection to the child.
The term distinguishes this arrangement from traditional surrogacy, where the surrogate contributes her own egg.
They used a gestational carrier after multiple failed IVF attempts.
- IVFLaboratory-aided conception method
- contract lawRules governing binding agreements
- parental rightsLegal power over children
- embryo transferPlacing fertilized egg inside
- surrogateOne acting for another
ovarian stimulation · informed consent · fertility clinic · legal disputes · bioethics · psychological counseling · compensation · custody arrangements · confidentiality agreements · reproductive rights · womb · implantation · cryopreservation · medical screening · human rights · uterus · embryo · pregnancy
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- surrogacysurrogate, surrogate mother, surrogate birth, surrogacy laws, agency fees
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- parentagepaternity, parentage, maternity, fatherhood, motherhood
- rainbow familiesrainbow families, rainbow family, same-sex parents, two dads, two moms
gestational carriernatural conception
Pregnancy achieved without fertility treatment