Egg donation and surrogacy provide exciting options for aspiring parents struggling with infertility - and for same-sex couples, single individuals, and other "non-traditional" aspiring parents who want to experience the rewards of pregnancy and childbirth.

Egg donation enables aspiring mothers who do not have viable eggs - but who are able to carry a baby - to carry a baby to term and give birth to a child that is biologically related to the father. Click here to learn more about becoming a parent via egg donation.

For aspiring mothers unable to carry a baby - but with viable eggs - gestational surrogacy enables conception with the biological mother's eggs; the gestational surrogate carrier carries the child (or twins) to term but has no biological relationship with the child or children. Click here to learn more about becoming a parent via a surrogate gestational carrier.

Also note that, for aspiring mothers without viable eggs and unable to carry a baby, the combination of egg donation and surrogacy can enable the birth of a child that is biologically related to the father (via his donation of sperm) but not biologically related to the surrogate.