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• 86%ofthesurrogates´ childrenhadapostiveviewoftheirmother´s surrogacy
• 47%ofthesurrogates´ childrenwereincontactwiththesurrogatechild and all reported good relationship with him/her.
• Thechildrenofsurrogatemothersdonotexperienceanynegative consequences as a result of their mother's decision to be a surrogate, irrespective of whether or not the surrogate uses her own egg.
Psychological outcome for intended parents
• 16 studies, most from UK
• No major differences in mother- child interaction or psychological states of mothers of children who were conceived through surrogacy treatment, other types of ART or naturally.
• Most parents inform their child of the way of conception
Söderström-Anttila et al., Hum Reprod Update 2016
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