Practical guides
Having a child on your own in South and Southeast Asia
These guides answer the practical questions of a woman who wants a child on her own in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos or Myanmar. Each rule of law names its act and section, and each page says when it was checked. Where a country’s law forbids something, the guide says so plainly and shows the lawful routes.
The law, country by country
- Having a child on your own: what the law says in each country
- Registering the birth with only the mother’s name
- The father’s name, guardianship and child support
- What a child born outside marriage inherits
Treatment and donors
- Fertility treatment for single women, country by country
- Treatment abroad: where a single woman can be treated
- Which tests to ask a sperm donor for
- Thalassaemia calculator: your child’s chances
- Ovulation calculator: your most fertile days
- Fake donors and fake agents: how to spot a scam
Family and child
- Telling your family you want a child on your own
- A father who lives abroad: nationality and contact
- Raising a child alone: health cover, leave and school
These guides inform. They are not medical advice. Laws change: check the rules in force in your country.
About this website
These guides are part of a personal website. A healthy man in his forties offers to help a woman get pregnant, in one of two ways. His tests are dated on his health and fertility, and the two options are on the home page.