[header] How to become a surrogate mother in ohio [title] Identify the types of surrogacy. [step] There are primarily two types of surrogacies: gestational and traditional. In a gestational surrogacy, an egg and sperm are joined to create an embryo which is then implanted into the surrogate who will carry and bear the child. 
The surrogate is not a biological parent of the child. In a traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is impregnated via artificial insemination by the donor sperm fertilizing the surrogate's egg.