Surrogacy FAQ

The word surrogate means substitute. It is the practice by which a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby in order to give it to someone who is not able to conceive or who cannot bear children on their own. There are two main types of surrogacy, gestational and traditional surrogacy.

In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate mother is impregnated naturally or artificially, but the resulting child is genetically related to the surrogate mother. A traditional surrogate is the baby’s biological mother since the child was conceived from the union of her egg and the father’s sperm.

In gestational surrogacy, the pregnancy results from the transfer of an embryo created by in-vitro fertilization (IVF), in a manner so the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate. Gestational surrogate mothers are also referred to as gestational carriers.

A surrogate mother is a kind woman who carries and gives birth to the child of another woman, who is usually infertile, through an arranged legal contract.

Since 2002, commercial surrogacy is legal in India for Indian couples. Currently ICMR regulates the ART industry. Seed ART Bank is an ICMR registered ART Bank. Surrogate mothers receive medical health care and compensation through surrogacy agreements.

Every year there has been a great increase in the number of foreign couples travelling India to get surrogate babies. Foreign couples are unfamiliar with Indian conditions and environment. There is already a great degree of anxiety and frustration due to distance and other reasons. However, Seed ART bank ensures that couples get all the information they can about the surrogates – screening reports, regular fetal scans and we also assist them with taking the babies back home.

IVF Clinics and hospitals choose Seed ART Bank for its excellent reputation and transparent services and communication. Our Egg Donor and Surrogate program is highly structured, with all breakdowns provided and Seed ART Bank delivers on its promise by ensuring that all the information provided is accurate and on a timely basis.

Through Seed ART Bank, the fertility clinics provide best of the services to their patients. First of all, we ensure the reliability and credibility of our Surrogates’ reports. Secondly, we send all fetal scans and abnormality reports regularly on a monthly basis. Our surrogates are well taken care with a special diet chart and vitamins provided. Each surrogate mother has a supervisor who meets her regularly. Surrogate mothers also have the option of staying at Seed ART Bank surrogate home depending on the parents’ request.

We have very experienced and senior staff who have been handling egg donors and surrogates for years. Our Gynecologists are familiar with stimulation protocols and synchronizing the cycle. However, fertility clinics can also do the stimulation protocol themselves, depending on the services they have chosen with us.

We have an extensive database of ready Surrogate mothers; hence there is no waiting period at all.