Surrogacy is a process in which a woman, known as the surrogate mother, carries and delivers a child on behalf of another individual or couple, known as the intended parents. The surrogate can either be genetically related to the child (traditional surrogacy) or not (gestational surrogacy). In gestational surrogacy, an embryo created using the intended parents' or donors' eggs and sperm is transferred to the surrogate's uterus, where she carries the pregnancy to term.