Is the surrogate the biological mother of the child?

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Hi, this is Danielle Gage, Case Manager at Bright Futures Families Surrogacy, with Ask a Surrogacy Expert. And today our question is: Is the surrogate the biological mother of the child?

In gestational surrogacy, the child is never biologically related to the gestational surrogate. Instead, the embryo is created using the sperm and eggs of the intended parents or donors. And after the embryo is created, it can then be transferred into a gestational surrogate. So again, the child is not genetically related to the surrogate when using gestational surrogacy. Thank you for your question.