Surrogacy: For the past few years, a word was heard a lot among women and common people. In the year 2022, this word was also Googled the most. This word is ‘surrogacy’. Some people have knowledge about surrogacy but, there are majority of people who have very little knowledge about it. Today, through this article, we will tell you what surrogacy is, when and why it is done.
The word surrogacy suddenly became popular when one after the other many Bollywood stars became parents through it. Many big stars like Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta have become parents through surrogacy. The rules of surrogacy and the bill related to it were also part of the news for a long time.
What is surrogacy?
If you explain it in simple words, then carrying your child in the womb of a woman other than your wife is called surrogacy. Such couples who want to be parents but cannot produce children, they adopt surrogacy. Surrogacy is also of two types and there are some legal rules for this.
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There are mainly two types of surrogacy, one is traditional surrogacy and the other is gestational surrogacy.
traditional surrogacyIn traditional surrogacy, the sperm of the donor or father is mixed with the egg of the surrogate mother. In this process, the surrogate mother is the biological mother of the child. Means whose womb has been taken on rent. However, after the birth of the child, its official parents are the couple who have opted for surrogacy.
gestational surrogacy: In gestational surrogacy, the sperm and egg of the parents are mixed and placed in the surrogate mother’s womb. In this process, the surrogate mother only gives birth to the child. The surrogate mother is not genetically related to the child. The mother of the child is the woman who does the surrogacy.
Apart from voluntary will, listening to surrogacy in these situations is a better option
When a couple is unable to give birth to a child or either of them is unable to do so, then opting for surrogacy is a good option. Apart from this, couples can choose this option when-
Uterus of the woman has not developed since birth
IVF treatment has failed 3 times or more
– woman has uterine TB
There is a disease due to which it is difficult to conceive
Abortion is happening again and again
When and why surrogacy is done
As we told you that surrogacy is opted by the couple when they are unable to have children or they have any problems mentioned above. The main reason behind getting surrogacy done is various diseases or being unable to have children.
how much does it cost
There is no fixed cost for getting surrogacy done. According to the health of the couple, they want their child to be healthy, according to the good care of the surrogate mother and the expenses incurred on regular checkups, it is spent. Whatever expenses are incurred from surrogate mother’s catering, regular check-up till the birth of the child are the expenses of this surrogacy process. In surrogacy, money is also given to the woman who gives birth to the child i.e. the surrogate mother. There is a contract for surrogacy in which all the things related to the expenses are written.
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