Surrogacy Guide: How to Become a Surrogate for a Friend

Becoming a surrogate mother involves a complex medical and legal process to help others build their families. Learn the steps required to act as a gestational carrier for a friend or family member.

How Does a Surrogate Mother Become Pregnant?

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Sarah Jackson

Unless a surrogate mother intends to use her own egg (and thus be biologically related to the child), pregnancy can only occur through in vitro fertilization, or IVF. The first step in the process: creating and retrieving the egg.