4 Common Reasons You May Seek Surrogacy Arrangement
In a surrogate pregnancy, the eggs from a donor or the woman who will carry a pregnancy are fertilized with sperm from a donor to make an embryo in the laboratory. Surrogates San Diego are women who agree to hold a full-term pregnancy on behalf of a couple or another person. The Council for Responsible Genetics estimates that due to the increasing popularity of surrogacy, surrogates deliver about ten children in each state yearly.
The National Institutes of Health estimates that more than 9% of men and 11% of women in America deal with infertility. If you are infertile, you have trouble getting pregnant or impregnating your partner after more than one year of unprotected sex.
Subsequently, below are the top reasons you may consider using surrogates if you have infertility problems.
- Lack of a uterus
The uterus or the womb plays a vital role in various reproductive processes, including menstruation, implantation, gestation, and labor.
Several changes occur in the structure and function of the uterus during early gestation. That allows the implantation of the fertilized egg (embryo) into the maternal tissue of the uterus to allow successful pregnancy.
However, if you have the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, you may have an absent or underdeveloped womb, even though external reproductive organs are normal.
Moreover, surgical removal of the uterus will leave you unable to get pregnant and carry a pregnancy. You may remove your uterus because of painful, chronic fibroids or cervical cancer.
- Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition characterized by the cells often lining the walls of the uterus present in other parts of your body.
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine estimates that 30% to 50% of women with endometriosis have infertility issues. That is because the endometrial tissues or growths can block your fallopian tubes or create scars that make it difficult to get pregnant.
- Structural issues of the uterus
If your uterus has problems with its structure, it makes it harder for you or your partner to conceive and carry a pregnancy to full term.
Problems that may affect the structure of your womb are uterine fibroids, uterine scarring due to previous surgery, or uterus didelphys.
Uterus didelphys is a condition that involves having two wombs. Clinical studies associate having a double uterus with higher miscarriage risk, preterm labor, and breech pregnancy.
- Delivery complications
If you or your partner is at risk of delivery complications, you may also choose to have a surrogacy arrangement.
For instance, the placenta may grow excessively into the uterine wall. Therefore, if part or all of the placenta refuses to detach from the uterine wall after delivery, you risk severe blood loss that may cause your death.
Moreover, you may choose to use surrogacy services if you have a history of placental abruption, which can damage your womb and make you unable to carry another pregnancy.
You may also find the use of surrogates excellent if you are a single man or in a same-sex relationship and want to have a child.
Contact Great Beginnings Surrogacy @ Gen 5 today to schedule an appointment with a specialist in surrogacy services.