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According to statistics, 20% of couples face the problems of conceiving. Difficulties can arise for several reasons, among which individual health problems predominate. Hormonal disorders, congenital or acquired pathologies - all this interferes with natural pregnancy. Background stress, ecology, age-related changes, unhealthy lifestyle, bad habits effects on conceiving.

Denmark is a leading country in terms of the number of children born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies (about 10% of the total number of babies). But with surrogacy, things are not as good here as with IVF. Let's explain why.

Surrogate motherhood remains the cause of disputes on moral and ethical issues, it is not recognized by the Catholic Church, and in some countries criminal liability is provided for violations of the law in this area. What is the situation with the use of surrogacy in the world — where it is allowed and where it is forbidden?

The number of infertile married couples has been growing continuously for 20 years. There is an erroneous belief that most of them cannot have children due to the women’s health problems. But according to research, male infertility occurs no less than female infertility, in 50% of cases. Therefore, we do not have to underestimate men’s health problems.

More and more single men and women choose surrogacy in order to become parents and raise their own child. We are talking not only about LGBT people, but also about heterosexual men and women who have decided to raise a child without a spouse.

Surrogacy in Belgium is not regulated by law, but is actively practiced. Belgium is one of the countries where surrogacy is not regulated at the legislative level. There are no specific regulations that would prohibit or allow the use of the services of surrogate mothers.

In most European countries, surrogacy is prohibited. In some countries, violation of the law in this area entails serious punishment (in Austria, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Estonia).

For the first time, surrogacy in the Czech Republic received its legitimization relatively recently, in 2014, after the adoption of the new Civil Code of the Czech Republic.

On March 7, 2020, the Kinderwunsch-Tage event was held in Berlin, thanks to which everyone who dreams about a child or who wants to keep abreast of news about infertility treatment got new experience, knowledge and help.