A case of a successful induction of lactation in a commissioning mother of a surrogate pregnancy is reported. Induction of lactation was achieved with oral metoclopramide which was well tolerated. Alternative methods to induce lactation are reviewed. The advantages of breast-feeding and the relative ease with which lactation can be induced after a surrogate pregnancy would suggest that this cou...

OBJECTIVE To determine the inheritance pattern of congenital absence of the uterus and vagina in affected women undergoing surrogacy IVF with this disorder. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A hospital-based reproductive endocrinology and infertility center. PATIENT(S) Women diagnosed with congenital absence of the uterus and vagina undergoing IVF with subsequent transfer of embryos to ...

A woman who has been rendered infertile by a defendant’s wrong may wish to obtain damages for the cost of becoming parent through surrogacy arrangement. Such claim, which yet be brought before an Australian court, would raise two partially overlapping issues under law. First, claim must satisfy general requirement that person suffered personal injury can only recover expenses are necessary and ...

With improved survival rates among cancer patients, fertility preservation is now being recognized as an issue of great importance. There are currently several methods of fertility preservation available in female cancer patients and the options and techniques via assisted reproduction and cryopreservation are increasing, but some are still experimental and continues to be evaluated. The establ...

In assessing the safety of uterine transplant, the effects of gestation on mother, fetus, and resulting child need close attention. Data from current and future clinical studies should provide helpful information about those concerns. Unless the risks to mother and child are acceptable, uterus transplant will not become an accepted procedure for uterine infertility. Professor Judith Daar and Dr...