Gestational Carrier
Gestational carrier is an arrangement that involves having another woman carry and deliver your baby for you. Using a gestational carrier may be a valid choice for you and your partner if you're unable to conceive due to an irregular or missing uterus or if you have not been able to successfully carry a pregnancy to term.
A gestational carrier offers you and your partner a chance to parent your own biological child by having a surrogate carry an embryo created from your egg and your partner's sperm. Typically, this arrangement involves an embryo be placed in the uterus of a gestational carrier who'll carry the baby to term. When the child is born, the carrier will turn the baby over to you and sign away her parental rights.
The doctors and staff at Fertility Specialists of Houston cannot give legal advice about any property or custody rights issues or questions that an interested party may have and anyone considering these programs is strongly encouraged to obtain legal advice from a competent attorney of their choosing.
