Here is the compilation of the Twitter Chat with Dr. Adewumi Babatunde Enoch Q1: First of all, What is surrogacy? A1: Surrogacy is defined as the practice where a woman (a surrogate) carries a child for another person(s) (the commissioning or intending parents) due to a prior arrangement that the child would be handed over to the commissioning parent at birth. Q2: What is the procedure for surrogacy? A2 : The first process is to select a surrogate and sign a contract. The surrogate must have already had at least one living child. A surrogate with no history of childbirth is ineligible. Then ensure that all the blood works are clean in some climes they don’t allow people with some infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B except the surrogate has the same conditions. Although, some studies have shown it has no effect on the embryo or the mother. Determine if the commissioning parents both have viable gametes. The gametes are withdrawn and artificially inseminated via IVF, once ...

 The new normal When the government announced the lockdown in 2020, Flora’s parents were worried. As people who are committed to their little girl’s education, they didn’t want Flora to stay out of school indefinitely.  They emailed the school and asked what their plans were. Luckily, Flora’s school was a school that kept up with modern technology. The school wrote back the same day and assured Flora’s parents that they were putting some things in place to ensure that students continued learning during the school year. Flora’s parents were elated at the news because Flora would not need to stop school. And they wouldn’t be forced to homeschool her or start looking for a lesson teacher. A week later, the school emailed all the parents and asked them to provide a laptop and make sure they had a steady internet connection.  Flora’s parents were happy to provide all these. Flora was more excited too. She had been thinking of asking her parents for a computer. Now, she was goi...