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ugh asked in Pregnancy & ParentingPregnancy · 1 decade ago

carrying someone else's baby?

does anybody know the name of the process where you implant an embryo of somebody else... like on friends when phoebe carries her brother and his wife's child? or anything at all about this?

thanks

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's called surrogacy...

    As you said, it's where the doctor harvests an egg from Woman 1, combines it with sperm from a man. The doctor makes sure the egg is fertilized, then implants the egg into Woman 2. Woman 2 carries through the pregnancy, experiences labor and delivery, and the baby goes home with Woman 1...

    Of course, there's a little more to it than that- Woman 1 has to take hormones to ripen a larger-than-normal number of eggs, Doctor has to make sure Woman 2 is healthy enough to handle pregnancy, and of course, the whole process is FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!! ($20K+, and that doesn't even guarantee that there will be a baby.)

    But that's the basics of the process.

    Source(s): I've done research for going through the process, myself- I can't have children.
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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    Source(s): Fertility Treatments http://netint.info/GetPregnantNaturally
  • 1 decade ago

    Surrogacy. It's used when a woman either can't carry a baby for herself, or when the woman doesn't have a uterus to carry a baby in. Most times, they can take the egg of the woman and the sperm of the man and just use the woman as an "oven" for the growing period. It's a little more complicated then that, but that's the easy version.

    Source(s): OB/Gyn CNP
  • Judith
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/avBVV

    I carried my son like that. My doctor who has 40 plus years of experience swore i would have a tiny baby. I was able to wear size 5 pants at 7 months and could wear them pushed under my belly until i gave birth. I was ALWAYS in pain in my back and ribs and i couldn't hardly breath. When he cam out my doctor said "WHOw WHERE WERE YOU HIDING HIM!?" He was 9lbs and 21 inches long. The first 2 days after birth i kept fainting because my lungs weren't use to expanding. They kept me until i stopped passing out every time i stood up. It is NOT the most comfortable way to carry a baby. This one is more than willing to sit WAY out front though....haha OH YEA AND i had back labor for the first two hours (i only had a 6 hour labor and 45 minutes of pushing) and it hurts

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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  • 6 years ago

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    infertility can run in the family and one of the first things the doctor asks you when you go to a fertility clinic is your family history regarding cases of infertility or other reproductive issues.

    If infertility is caused by genetic disorder then it's not unusual that one of the kids (your mom) doesn't have it and another does (your aunt).

    two months of trying is still to early to be concerned about the fact that you might be infertile and it's also quite early to go to a fertility specialist. Go to a regular Obgyb to get a closer insight and see what ways there are are to improve your fertility rate.

    Also remove alcohol, caffeine and cigarettes from your life because they might influence your chances too. Stress is also a risk factor when it comes to infertility.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's called surrogacy--where a woman carries a couple's baby for them because the biological mother is unable to do so.

  • 1 decade ago

    Surrogacy.

    The woman carrying the child is a surrogate mother.

    It is a great thing for infertile couples, gay couples, etc. who want a child but cannot carry one themselves. It is expensive, though.

    Source(s): Here's the Wikipedia page on it - this should fill you in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogacy
  • 1 decade ago

    In vitro fertilization is the actual process of placing the fertilized eggs inside the uterus. Surrogacy is carrying a pregnancy to term for someone else.

  • 1 decade ago

    Its called surrogacy and in Australia can cost up to 8,000 dollars for the IVF treatment

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