With surrogacy and IVF treatments costing thousands of dollars in other countries, married couples are increasingly turning to Egypt for a solution. One of my friends told me that a married woman is searching for a surrogate mother because she has infertility issues,” Sayed said. I chose a Lebanese Muslim married couple who have been trying to conceive for 10 years without success," she said. Because the baby’s DNA is carried only in the sperm and ova, a surrogate mother cannot transfer her DNA to the child she carries. One of her relatives suggested that she agree to act as surrogate mother for a married Libyan couple.

Source: Egypt Independent October 23, 2016 08:26 UTC