Surrogacy Acronyms

With Surrogacy comes lots of acronyms, so I made this list to help everyone who is new to this.

SM ~ surrogate mother
AI ~ artificial insemination...when the surrogate uses her own egg
GS ~ gestational surrogate...when the surrogate uses someone elses eggs
IPs ~ Intended Parents
IF ~ Intended father
IM ~ Intended mother
ED ~ egg donor
DE ~ donor egg
IVF ~ invitro fertilization
IUI ~ intra uteran insemination
AF ~ Aunt Flo....that lovely monthly period
SMO ~ Surrogate Mothers Online
TASC ~ The American Surrogacy Center
OPTS ~ Organization of Parents Thru Surrogacy

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