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Learning objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to discuss and answer the following questions:
• Whatarethepregnancyresultsaftersurrogacytreatment?
• Aretheredifferencesintheobstetricandperinataloutcomeafter
gestational surrogacy compared to standard IVF?
• Whatdoweknowaboutthehealthofthechildrenbornafter surrogacy treatment?
• Whataretheexperiencesofsurrogatemothersandintended parents?
• Whatarethewellbeingandsatisfactioningayfamilysurrogacy families?
Introduction and definitions
Surrogacy – carrying the pregnancy for intended parents:
• Gestationalorinvitrofertilizationsurrogacy(hostorfullsurrogacy)
• anembryofromtheintendedparents,orfromadonatedoocyte
or sperm, is transferred to the surrogate´s uterus.
• thewomanwhocarriesthechildhasnogeneticconnectionto the child.
• Firstreportedin1985
• Traditional(geneticorpartial)surrogacyistheresultofartificial insemination of the surrogate mother with the intended father´s sperm.
• Thesurrogatemother´seggsareused,makingheragenetic parent together with the intended father.
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