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Definitions & Terminology

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Overview​

  • Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): Medical procedures used to treat infertility
  • Surrogacy: Arrangement where a woman carries and delivers a child for another person or couple
  • Gestational Surrogacy: Surrogate carries embryo created from intended parents' or donors' genetic material
  • Traditional Surrogacy: Surrogate's own egg is fertilized with intended father's sperm
  • Intended Parents: The person(s) who will become the legal parent(s) of the child
  • Gestational Carrier: Modern term for surrogate, emphasizing the gestational role
  • IVF (In Vitro Fertilization): Process of fertilizing eggs with sperm outside the body
  • Embryo Transfer: Procedure to place fertilized embryos into the uterus
  • Pre-implantation Genetic Testing: Testing embryos for genetic conditions before transfer