Gestational Carriers Becoming More Common

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/gestational-carriers-soon-future-norm-909

Gestational carriers - or surrogate mothers - are becoming more and more common. Thanks to these carriers, having babies might soon become the most painless and convenient norm in the future. Women no longer have to worry about “the clock ticking” and scary things like depression, morning sickness, getting fat or acquiring stretch marks.

Many will disagree with the concept of commercialising a womb or making pregnancy a career option, but if you think hard when the choice of having a Cesarean section was introduced many criticised it as they felt a painful, normal delivery was a must in every woman’s life. When the epidural became an option many frowned. But today they are options many girls opt for when having a baby!

Choosing a gestational carrier just requires a change in mindset according to sociologist Nandini Sardesai who says, “Many girls might not want to jeopardize their careers by getting pregnant, slowing down for nine months at work and taking maternity leave.”

And mums don’t have to ever feel guilty about not feeling maternal enough if they choose to have a gestational carrier because Sardesai says, “The bonding between mother and child will not be hampered at all. Everyone falls in love with their kids and people adore their adopted kid who is biologically not there’s too.” Fathers don’t give birth to their babies, but they love them nonetheless.

Also the best thing about gestational carriers is that they have no role to play in your baby’s DNA or genes. They just carry your baby for you. Also you don’t have to worry about a carrier ever getting emotionally involved or refusing to give up the child as Dr Roya Rozati, Head of the Department of Gynecology, Deccan College of Medical Sciences says, “Nobody proceeds without a legally abiding contract and the carriers are doing this for purely monetary reasons."