With Ukrainian Surrogacy: Will Your Baby Have Any Biological Connection Or DNA From The Surrogate

Many couples planning to have a child through surrogacy wonder if there is a genetic connection or some sort of kinship between the surrogate mother and the child. Some even imagine that a surrogate mother carries and gives up her child. In this article we will try to dispel these myths and tell you about the absence of genetic connection between a surrogate mother and her child.

To begin with, we need to understand that a surrogate mother is a woman who is implanted with embryos obtained by a laboratory process. These embryos contain the only genetic link - to their biological parents.

Embryos are created in the laboratory by fusing sperm and egg of the biological parents. It is the eggs and sperm of the future parents that contain the genetic code that will create the bond of kinship with the baby. If the eggs of the biological mother are of poor quality and cannot be used to create an embryo, donor oocytes are taken. The same is done when the sperm of the biological father is not suitable.

Thus, only those involved in the process are involved:

- the eggs of the intended biological mother;

- the sperm of the intended father.

Thanks to the high qualification of doctors-embryologists, top quality embryos is achieved. They choose the highest quality and most viable eggs or sperm, which increases the success rate of the entire process from embryo transfer to delivery.

Under no circumstances are surrogate eggs used in the creation of an embryo. If this were the case, it would mean that she is carrying and giving birth to her own child, which is strictly forbidden by Ukrainian law.

The legal framework of the countries where Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy has surrogacy programs, be it Ukraine or Albania, strictly regulates the requirements not only to the surrogate mother but to the future parents as well. This means that the rights of all participants of the surrogacy process are protected by state laws.

Before entering the program, a surrogate mother-to-be undergoes an obligatory interview with a psychologist who explains all the aspects of surrogacy. Your surrogate totally understands she is carrying not her own but another person's baby. She is carrying a child with absolutely not biological connection or common DNA.