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 ...

Today advanced assisted reproductive technology (ART) could offer hope to infertile couples to have a child. One of the most popular technique with increased worldwide interest is surrogacy (1) that need male and female gametes and a healthy woman with a healthy uterus (2). The term of surrogate mother or surrogate is usually used to the woman who carries and delivers a child for another woman ...

background: repeated implantation failure (rif) is defined as pregnancy failure after two to six times with at least ten high grade embryo transfer to uterus. a variety of causes have been anticipated for rif, including anatomical, autoimmune, genetics, endocrine and thrombotic anomalies. factors responsible for rif have important implication regarding treatment however in many couples a perfec...

BACKGROUND In vitro fertilization (IVF) surrogacy makes it possible for women who do not have a functional uterus to have their own genetic offspring. We describe here our experience of IVF surrogacy in Finland over a 10-year period. METHODS This retrospective study included 17 women who underwent ovarian stimulation in connection with surrogacy in 1991-2001 at four clinics. The surrogate mot...

Background: During recent years, scientists have presented several methods for treating infertility; these methods occasionally are highly efficient for infertile couples but can be concerning because of legal and ethical issues. One of these methods is surrogacy. Surrogacy is used when the main etiology of infertility is in the uterus caused by these three reasons: lack of uterine‚ congenital ...

The purpose of our study was to review and evaluate retrospectively the experience of an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) surrogate gestational programme in a tertiary care and academic centre. In a 15 year period from 1984 to 1999, a total of 180 cycles of IVF surrogate gestational pregnancy was started in 112 couples. On average, the women were 34.4 +/- 4.4 years of age, had 11.1 +/- 0.72 oocytes...

This paper provides an overview of surrogacy and the potential complexities involved in commissioning a surrogate baby. It reflects on the lead author’s previous surveys on this difficult topic that were conducted in 1997 and 2003. It offers an insight into the legal and ethical viewpoints on the matter that are held by various countries. Introduction: What is a Surrogate? Van Den Akker (2010) ...