What is a Gestational Carrier?
A gestational carrier (GC) is a woman who chooses and legally arranges to carry and deliver a baby for an intended parent or parents. With the help of in vitro fertilization (IVF), an embryo is created using the intended parent(s) gametes ("autologous IVF"), donor eggs, donor sperm, or some combination of autologous and donor tissue, before being transferred to the GC's uterus. A gestational carrier has no genetic connection to the child she carries.