Gestational carrier
Gestational Carrier
A Gestational Carrier (pronunciation: jes-tay-shuh-nl kair-ee-er) is a woman who carries and delivers a child for another person or couple. This woman, the gestational carrier, may also be referred to as a Surrogate Mother.
Etymology
The term "Gestational Carrier" is derived from the word "gestation", which originates from the Latin "gestare" meaning "to carry or to bear", and the English word "carrier".
Definition
A gestational carrier is a woman who becomes pregnant through the process of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) using the eggs and sperm of the intended parents or donors. The gestational carrier has no genetic link to the child she carries. This differentiates her from a traditional surrogate, who donates her own egg and is the biological mother of the child she carries.
Process
The process of using a gestational carrier involves several steps. First, the intended parents or donors provide the egg and sperm, which are combined in a lab to create embryos through IVF. These embryos are then transferred into the uterus of the gestational carrier. If the transfer is successful, the gestational carrier becomes pregnant and carries the baby to term.
Related Terms
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): A process of fertilization where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilize them in a liquid in a laboratory.
- Surrogate Mother: A woman who becomes pregnant usually by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another woman.
- Intended Parents: Individuals who intend to become the legal parents of a child resulting from assisted reproductive technology, and who enter into a surrogacy arrangement with a surrogate mother.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Gestational carrier
- Wikipedia's article - Gestational carrier
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