• A woman who was born with an abnormal uterus that is unable to carry a    pregnancy 

• A woman who has had many miscarriages for an unknown reason (recurrent    miscarriages).

The laws in Canada require that surrogacy can only occur in an altruistic fashion (no payment or benefit to the surrogate woman). Most commonly, the woman of the “donor” couple undergoes IVF but does not receive the embryos. Her eggs have been fertilized in a dish with her husband’s sperm. The embryos that have resulted are then placed in the uterus of the surrogate woman who then carries the pregnancy. All surrogates and couples interested in this process undergo extensive legal and psychological counseling.