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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SURROGACY AND TEST TUBE BABY

Test tube baby is a common term used for IVF or In vitro fertilization treatment.

A woman gets pregnant when the fertilised egg gets implanted in the uterus. In the woman’s body (in vivo), the fertilization of the egg and sperm happens naturally in the woman’s fallopian tubes. But when this doesn’t happen for various reasons, and the couple wishes to get pregnant then they could attempt for a pregnancy with Test tube baby or IVF treatment. In test tube treatment, the gametes (female eggs and male sperms) of the couple are fertilised in the laboratory (in vitro fertilisation) and the embryo (fertilised egg) is transferred in the womb or the uterus of the woman.

The indications for IVF or Test tube baby treatment are:

1. Tubal Block.

2. Severe endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

3. Unexplained infertility.

4. Failed Previous IUI cycles.

5. Infertility due to any cause refractory to conventional medical and surgical management.

6. Women with poor ovarian reserve

7. Women wanting to use donor eggs or for surrogacy treatment



Third party Reproduction is when the egg / the sperm or the uterus is of some other person (Surrogate). Surrogacy is one of the types of Third-party Reproduction, here the embryos are not put in her own uterus but into someone else’s uterus as either the woman doesn’t have a uterus or it is very badly damaged.

There are many indications to use a Surrogate. The important ones are:

  1. A woman born with an absent uterus. This could be a genetic issue or acquired as the woman may lose her uterus to cancer or excessive bleeding at the time of delivery. The woman has her ovaries and hence the egg can be retrieved from her. The sperm of her male partner can be injected into the egg by way of ICSI. The embryo thus formed can be transferred in the surrogate‘s womb. If the surrogate conceives, this is the best noble work that can be done by an individual. The couple will be forever grateful to the IVF specialist and the surrogate. Our surrogacy centre at Chembur and Navi Mumbai have helped few such cases.

  2. Woman with severe endometrial pathology because of uterine infection. The infection damages the lining and causes intrauterine adhesions. The adhesions are very severe and not corrected with surgery. These women can have repeated IVF failures. They do very well with surrogacy treatment.

  3. Some elderly woman can give serious medical illnesses like severe Hypertension, Cardiac disease, cardiovascular disease, liver diseases where the pregnancy can cause grave risk to her life. The surrogate can be a real boon to the couple.

  4. Some women have repeated IVF failures or repeated abortions. They would also benefit by implanting the embryos in the surrogate.



We at Dr Sudha Tandon fertility and IVF centre both at Mumbai and Navi Mumbai offer surrogacy treatment to couples who actually need it. All legal documents, as per Indian guidelines are followed.

All our paperwork is transparent and legal. We remain in constant and update the genetic parents about the progress of the pregnancy. The babies are handed over to the parents whose joy knows no boundaries. We take good care of our surrogates.

We at Dr Sudha Tandon Fertility and IVF centre both at Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have all the facilities for third party Reproduction treatment which includes donor eggs and surrogacy treatment.


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