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Traditional surrogacy

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Pregnant woman on deck

Traditional surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby, which is her genetic child, for a couple because the intended mother cannot do so. The intended father provides the sperm. After having two children, and with the support of her husband, Amanda MacLeod has been a traditional surrogate twice. On both occasions she inseminated herself using a syringe. Amanda and her family remain in touch with both couples and their sons. Here, Amanda is 39 weeks pregnant with her last surrogate son.

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Rhonda Shaw, Infertility and childlessness – Overcoming infertility, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27423/traditional-surrogacy (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rhonda Shaw, published 23 March 2011.