Editing Surrogacy (section)

==Methods==
Surrogacy may be either traditional or gestational, which are differentiated by the genetic origin of the egg. Gestational surrogacy tends to be more common than traditional surrogacy and is considered less legally complex.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/using-surrogate-mother|title=Using a Surrogate Mother: What You Need to Know|website=[[WebMD]]|access-date=April 6, 2014}}</ref>

=== Traditional surrogacy ===
A traditional surrogacy (also known as partial, natural, or straight surrogacy) is one where the surrogate's egg is fertilised by the intended father's or a donor's sperm.

Insemination of the surrogate can be either through sex ([[natural insemination]]) or [[artificial insemination]]. Using the sperm of a donor results in a child who is not genetically related to the intended parents. If the intended father's sperm is used in the insemination, the resulting child is genetically related to both him and the surrogate.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bhatia |first1=Kalsang |last2=Martindale |first2=Elizabeth A.|last3=Rustamov|first3=Oybek|last4=Nysenbaum|first4=Anthony M. |date=2009 |title=Surrogate pregnancy: an essential guide for clinicians|journal=The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist |language=en|volume=11|issue=1|pages=49–54|doi=10.1576/toag.11.1.49.27468|issn=1744-4667|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="surrogacy">{{Cite web|url=https://vittoriavita.com/what-is-surrogacy/|title=Surrogacy: what is it? Different types of surrogacy|publisher=VittoriaVita}}</ref>

Some choose to inseminate privately without the intervention of a doctor or physician. In some jurisdictions, the intended parents using donor sperm need to go through an adoption process to have legal parental rights of the resulting child. Many fertility centres that provide for surrogacy assist the parties through the legal process.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

=== Gestational surrogacy ===
Gestational surrogacy (also known as host or full surrogacy<ref name="imrie20142">{{cite journal |last1=Imrie|first1=Susan|last2=Jadva|first2=Vasanti|date=4 July 2014|title=The long-term experiences of surrogates: relationships and contact with surrogacy families in genetic and gestational surrogacy arrangements|journal=Reproductive BioMedicine Online |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=424–435|doi=10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.06.004|pmid=25131555|doi-access=free}}</ref>) was first achieved in April 1986.<ref name="People-GS2">{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/and-baby-makes-four-for-the-first-time-a-surrogate-bears-a-child-genetically-not-her-own-vol-27-no-18/|title=And Baby Makes Four: for the First Time a Surrogate Bears a Child Genetically Not Her Own |website=People.com |language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> It takes place when an [[embryo]] created by [[In vitro fertilisation|''in vitro'' fertilization]] (IVF) technology is implanted in a surrogate, sometimes called a gestational carrier. [[Gestation]]al surrogacy has several forms, and in each form, the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate:
* The embryo is created using the intended father's sperm and the intended mother's eggs;
* The embryo is created using the intended father's [[sperm]] and a donor [[egg]];
* The embryo is created using the intended mother's egg and donor sperm;
* A donor embryo is transferred to a surrogate. Such an embryo may be available when others undergoing [[In vitro fertilisation|IVF]] have embryos left over, which they donate to others. The resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brinsden|first=Peter R.|date=2003-09-01|title=Gestational surrogacy|journal=Human Reproduction Update|language=en|volume=9|issue=5|pages=483–491|doi=10.1093/humupd/dmg033|pmid=14640380|issn=1355-4786|doi-access=free}}</ref>