FAQs
Why might a woman be deemed unable to carry her own baby?
Some reasons why a woman might not be recommended to carry her own baby include:
- Physical limitations such as a prior accident that resulted in severe damage to the pelvic bones resulting in a situation in which the uterus cannot expand as a baby grows
- Having had multiple miscarriages and been found unlikely to sustain a successful pregnancy despite all treatments to prevent further pregnancy loss.
- The woman’s uterus has been removed by a surgical procedure called hysterectomy
- Medical history makes it unlikely or impossible to successfully carry, grow, and nourish a baby; for example, if she underwent an organ transplant and needs to take immunosuppressive medications for the rest of her life to prevent rejection of her transplant, she should not carry a pregnancy
What is the woman who carries the pregnancy called?
The woman who carries the pregnancy is called a gestational carrier.
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