Larisa 28, six months ago, she made and gave birth to a child for the childless couple from Austria:

«Of course, first to decide on such a step was not easy. But physical problems at all zaeli: we live together with parents, husband and two children in the small «hruschevke». And pitch: the husband earned a little bit (he civil servant), I, too, so your income. We take credit and to provide our children a normal environment. Even if such a strange way - rodiv child for «strange», to pay. The physical side of me to admit, not too CV: health is OK, the doctors clinic trusted, they are really professionals.

  And pregnant, I always liked to be - and gave birth to a still kids, if not physical problems. Legal questions were clearly stated in the contract. Even «clients», 40-year-old wife, foreigners are very lovely people. Worried another: how will I be able to impartially, not binding, making the child and then to part with them?

There was reading a lot of heartbreaking stories of how women, after separation from baby muchilis not find a place to fall into severe depression ... I helped one of my friends who selflessly made the child to his cousin, who could not become a mother of of congenital anomalies of the uterus. She said: «After all, you can perform a miracle! When people dream of kids and can not bear it - it is now the mountain, all of our daily problems, compared with this - suschaya nonsense. Imagine, what are you doing dear gift.

  Not present - after all you pay, and good. And their kids you already have. Let others rejoice ... ». I do not know how to, and it helped me. But it was good that after the birth of new малышки parents took her so far, and I do not know how it grows, what it is ... In this case, ignorance - the blessing. But we soon moved into a spacious apartment. And perhaps, reshimsya on another child - for themselves. Become a surrogate mother does not intend to, even though everything went well. Yes, there is a place in the life of a feat, but to make it permanent - it is already too! ».

The desire to have his own child - so naturally! For any woman - even one that, according to the verdict of doctors may not have a child. But if early diagnosis «infertility» was sentenced to a couple who dream of the heir, the hope is today almost every family. Dreams come true! And all thanks to the development of new assisted reproductive technologies. Including and surrogate motherhood, to which society is often very contradictory: on the full acceptance and approval, before a sharp denial. What is it - evil or good? Let's try to understand.
«Dispute» question

The history of surrogate motherhood are rooted in the deep past. The first known to us the program of so-called traditional surrogate motherhood was realized nearly 4 thousand years ago. This story is described in the Old Testament (Genesis 16): Sarah, Abraham's wife, was barren and his hired servant Hagar, that she made the child of Abraham. «And Sarai said:" Behold, the LORD made my belly that I could not bear, to go as my maid: it may be, I will have children by her ». Sarah obeyed Abraham, and so they came a boy, Ismail - Sarah took him to his knees as a native son.

 
Such cases not only explains the Bible, but also the ancient Egyptian papyri, and the epic of ancient India . Since ancient times, the problem of infertility solved using surrogate motherhood, using a «surma» slaves and concubines (such a practice existed among many people, despite cultural and religious differences). In general, seem to Surrogate Motherhood - almost «same age» humanity.

 
Why, then, about this phenomenon are now heated debate among physicians, religious leaders and «ordinary mortals»? If the medical aspects of reproductive technology that is resolved (this can be done technologically, and this is done), the legal, moral and ethical aspects of surrogate motherhood still provoke controversy and scandals. The attitude of society and the church to this phenomenon is ambiguous.

  The Catholic Church generally forbids surrogacy motherhood, Protestant and Orthodox are the more tolerant, noting however that it is «unnatural and traumatic as the bear woman, maternal feelings of being trampled, and a child who may subsequently experience an identity crisis».

However, the question of naturalness is not so simple. It is naturally, eg, blood transfusion or organ transplant patients in need of it? And whether we deny the last couple of hope, desperate to conceive a child naturally, and turning to surrogate motherhood as a last «saving straw»? Previously, such spouse may have in your family desired a child, but adopting it. But every parent wants to see in your favorite kids their own traits and qualities - and this, too, of course! ..

 
Today, the possibility is - thanks to the development of assisted reproductive technologies. Even a «bad» women whose uterus is missing or there are serious systemic diseases that are incompatible with the pregnancy, had an opportunity to have a genetically-native children. Just «house» to welcome a baby for 9 months of pregnancy becomes the uterus of another woman - a surrogate mother. «More importantly, how was conceived and born child - the main thing is that here in this world waiting for his kindness and love. All of these children - is also God's children. Although a reason and man », - summed up as debate about the ethics of this method the director of the Institute for Reproductive Medicine FV Dahno.
Surrogate motherhood: for whom and how?

When do doctors give «good» to the application of this assisted reproductive technology?
Certainly, one spouse or the desire of different social motivations, such as «I am pattern (actress), I bear a child once, I let someone of his birth», is not enough. Refuse to implement the program surrogate motherhood is also homosexual couples wishing to have their child, but just not physically able to do so.

 
According to Ukrainian legislation, the use of technology for surrogate motherhood should be a clear medical indications:
• The lack of a uterus (congenital or not), or deformation of the cavity
• severe systemic disease, not allowing a woman pregnant (decompensated heart disease, liver, kidney, etc.)
• the failure of other samples VRT (4-6) in the absence of future prospects.

If the traditional type of surrogate motherhood, as described in numerous historical documents, there was a long time, the gestational (where the genetic parents and surrogate mother are not bound by ties of kinship) can appear only in our own time - high technology.

 
The first successful program of its kind was held in 1986 in the United States , when a friend made for another healthy baby girl. A first program of surrogate motherhood in Ukraine started in 1994 in Kharkov, where her grandmother made for her daughter, suffering congenital absence of uterus, baby (difficult to figure out who is who in this case, the grandmother or mother). In general, during the existence of modern technology, surrogate motherhood in this way was born more than 1,5 thousand children in the world.

The essence of surrogate motherhood is that the genetic parents embryos (or embryos, obtained by the donor material, unless health or age of the spouses does not allow them to become parents through their own sexual cells) are placed in the uterus of surrogate mothers. To implement this transfer, as a rule, it is necessary to synchronize the menstrual cycles of both «Mom» (surrogate and genetic). Next pregnancy proceeds as usual - of course, under the supervision of specialists.

  Contrary to widespread concerns, the development of a baby in this case is determined, above all, the genetic «material» parents, although «surmamy» depends then how will be pregnant. Interestingly, the human body, has always steadfastly rejects wrong fabric, never rejects a foreign embryo - «alien» child is almost always safely donashivaetsya to the desired date. Clearly, here is some important biological mechanisms, but a clear explanation for this phenomenon, scientists have not yet been found.
On the legal intricacies and «fertile tourism»

Most patients wonder how process surrogate motherhood? Indeed, in many countries it is limited (Greece, Belgium, Ireland, Finland - are not regulated by law, but the case), adopted with reservations (only selfless Surrogate Motherhood, when «surmame» is not entitled to remuneration - Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Israel, Spain , Canada, the Netherlands, the United States some states) or even prohibited (Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden, France).

 
Fortunately, Ukraine is among those countries where surrogacy motherhood, including commercial, enshrined in law (as in Russia , Georgia , Kazakhstan , South Africa , most U.S. states).
Legal aspects of surrogate motherhood in this country are governed by pp.2 st.123 Family Code of Ukraine (on determining the origin of the child from the mother and father, with artificial insemination and embryo implantation).

 
But we are fortunate to childless couples, not only so - only in Ukraine, reproductive clinics offer prospective parents a full range of services related to the procedure of surrogate motherhood: the selection of nominees «surmamy» and implementation of the program directly to the VRT legal and psychological accompaniment of all stakeholders during pregnancy - until the clients of the birth certificate of the child.

 
For comparison - in neighboring Russia selecting candidates for surrogate motherhood program is entirely the responsibility of the genetic parents, which involve numerous risks (there are many fraud schemes related to this phenomenon), and at the appropriate level of physical and mental health of candidates too often goes . A Child «customers» can be obtained only after writing «surmamoy» officially certified «relinquished letters» (with cases of women in the court seeking the return of the child, in the practice of the Russian yurispundentsii occur often enough).

We have therefore a much safer - solution to all legal matters assumes clinic offering surrogate mothers. Therefore «fertile tourists» (foreign nationals wishing to have a baby on the program VRT) are not uncommon. For example, over the past year as a result of procedures for surrogate motherhood in Ukraine were born 32 children, 5 of them children - to foreigners.

  Of course, in order to use surrogate mothers, genetic parents must be digging «a little» money - a full range of services (recruitment assured nomination «surmamy», compensation and all the coordination of the program) will cost customers of 12.5 thousand euros.
«Surmama» - is not an incubator!

The main point in the surrogate motherhood, of course, is the mother «on demand». Because of the choice of her candidacy in large part depends not only the health of the child, but the entire success of this enterprise. Typically, a surrogate mother becomes a woman 20-40 years old, already having their own children (1-2), married, physically and mentally healthy.

 
We can not accept this woman as a «Incubator» for children, because, as a rule, it is not only driven by the desire to earn money, but also heartfelt sympathy to the grief of others, willingness to help, to give happiness to childless couple - this should be the leading motive «surmamy».

 
Deep, it would be incorrect to consider surrogacy motherhood as one of the options for human trafficking. First, a child born from a surrogate mother who does not belong to it by law, so it can not «sale». Well, wish for a reward for various risks (possibly much more serious than any financial compensation) for the alleged injury, which can stimulate ovulation and genetically bearing someone else's child - does not this obviously is not the law? In the end, people willing to give you a year of his life - it's worth thanks?
This is interesting: 

Absolute record of surrogate mothers is still a 39-year-old Englishwoman Carole Horlok, which has been successfully made and gave birth to 9 babies for childless couples - 6 girls (including two bliznyashek) and 3 boys.