Straight surrogacy
Straight (also known as full or traditional) surrogacy is when the surrogate provides her own eggs to achieve the pregnancy. The intended father, in either a heterosexual or male same-sex relationship, or an individual, provides a sperm sample for conception through either self-insemination at home (there may be additional health and legal risks to carrying at self- insemination at home compared to treatment in a clinic) or artificial insemination with the help of a fertility clinic. If either the surrogate or intended father has fertility issues, then embryos may also be created in vitro and transferred into the uterus of the surrogate.”28.In their online guide detailing the ‘ways to become a parent if you are LGBT+’, the NHS guidance also notes that in respect of donor insemination, whilst insemination at a licenced clinic is recommended, home insemination is a possible method: “