Can Surrogacy Prevent Thalassemia From Being Passed On?

Posted on Tue, 13 Mar 2018

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Question : we are thalassemia minors, one son b thallasemia major. trying for another baby. is possible to surrogate process , sperm mine,egg different but mother same,

Answered by Dr. Ornela Ademovi (5 minutes later)

Hello,

Having a child by a surrogate, while both parents are carriers does not mean you will have a disease-free child. I do not understand what you mean by "egg is different but mother same". Please explain, so I can better advise you.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ornela Ademovi (1 hour later)

i mean, by IVF Method, other women egg and my sperm , to born disease free child in my wife vomb.

Answered by Dr. Ornela Ademovi (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:

Possible carrier child

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

In this case, there would be 50% chance that the child can be a carrier (have thalassemia minor). The chance of having a diseased child (with thalassemia major) is 0.

A pregnancy with a healthy donor egg and a carrier sperm has a 50% chance of producing of producing a healthy child.

Hope I have answered your query.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Ornela Ademovi, General & Family Physician

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