Is it possible to transfer a embryo/baby from your womb to a surrogate mother womb and if yes up to how many months.
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Embryos no as they require the placenta which has become attached to the wall of the womb which isn’t something you can extract.
In theory you could transfer a fertilized egg from one womb to another but the egg is too small to find. And after a few hours it will have attached to the womb and can no longer be moved. What is being done sometimes is that the egg is fertilized in a tiny vial in a lab. By doing it this way we can easily locate the egg. It is then possible to transfer this fertilized egg to a womb. This is primarily used to increase the chance of fertilization but it can also be used when there is a need for a surugate mother.
No, embryos are too small, too delicate, and stuck into the lining of the uterus until they get big enough to have a circulatory system that is connected to uterus.
This is very possible, and we do it all the time in horses, cows, and other animals. The key is you have to do it before the embryo implants, which in humans is 6-10 days after fertilization. In principle you could do this in humans, but it turns out it’s easier to fertilize the egg *in vitro* and then implant it.
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