gestational carrier

American  

noun

1. surrogate mother.

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Etymology

Origin of gestational carrier

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

The couple in 2021 had sought a pre-birth order for custody of twins they were expecting via gestational carrier.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

And by the end of the next Supreme Court term, with the help of an incredible gestational carrier, caring doctors, and countless others, I was analyzing Supreme Court decisions with my baby on my lap.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2024

In that suit, a couple — also represented by Wolf — claims that they wanted a male embryo but instead their gestational carrier was impregnated with a female embryo, according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Over the many decades of my hundreds of gestational carrier cycles, none was for a woman trying to avoid the “tyranny of reproduction.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

Called a gestational carrier or gestational surrogate because neither baby comes from her own eggs, Benham is among hundreds of American women who carry babies for family, friends and strangers each year.

From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2014