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How is it possible for a woman to carry someone else's baby?

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Dr. Jon Ahrendsen answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Invitro Fertilzation: Invitro fertilization is when egg & sperm get together outside the human body & then the developing egg or embyro is transferred into the woman's uterus. Some women have medicat problems that prevent them having a normal pregnancy. It is possible for a totally unrelated woman to carry a child who came from an egg from another woman. It is complicated: medical, legal, social & emotional thing.

Answered 7/20/2012

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