Surrogate Moms Have Higher Rates of Pregnancy Complications [Video]

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Surrogate mothers have a higher risk of pregnancy complicationsThey are four times more likely to have complications compared to women who conceive naturallyThey also are twice as likely to have complications as women with IVF-aided pregnancies

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Surrogate moms have a higher risk of pregnancy complications than other pregnant women, a new study finds.

About 8% of surrogate mothers developed a severe complication like high blood pressure or serious bleeding during delivery, Canadian researchers report.

By comparison, only 2% of women who conceive naturally and 4% of women who conceive via IVF develop similar complications, researchers found.

This is one of the first large-scale studies to compare outcomes between the three different types of pregnancy, they noted.

“Clinicians involved in the care of individuals and couples who need a gestational carrier to build their family should counsel their patients and the gestational carriers about the potential risk during …