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(Reuters Health) - A decade after giving birth, surrogate mothers don't appear to suffer lasting mental health difficulties as a result of giving away the babies they delivered, a small study suggests.

While previous research has found that depression and other psychological problems can surface in the first weeks and months after birth, less is known about the long-term impact of surrogacy.

A research team surveyed 20 surrogate mothers approximately one year after birth and again 10 years later to assess how their mental health changed over time.

"Findings from the current study suggest that in the longer term surrogates do not experience psychological problems as a result of being a surrogate,” said Dr. Vasanti Jadva, the study’s lead author and a senior research associate at Center for Family Research at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

“Given that the majority of surrogates still felt very positive about the surrogacy it is not surprising that they were not found to be experiencing psychological problems,” she said.

There are few statistics on the number of babies born through...