Monday 30 July 2012

The Follow Up

It has been a while since I blogged, but thought I would play catch up on this rainy Seattle Sunday! I have worked through the weekend trying to touch base with all those who have inquired about our surrogacy program. Since the Advocate highlighted our surrogacy program we had an increase of inquiries especially from gay couples. A lot of time when people inquire about our program they don't leave a contact # which makes it hard to get a hold of them and answer their questions. While email is a great form of communication it can be difficult to get to know someone on a more personal level. I like to speak to my clients on the phone and hear more about their background as well as tell them about mine. I also feel that sometimes clients get overwhelmed with all the info that is sent to them in one email, so I like to call and walk them through it. I hope to receive a lot of phone calls back this week from all my emails and voice mails.

This coming week I have a few clients who will be having their second transfer and some with their first. I am hoping for the best for everyone! I know how anxious everyone is during this time so I do my best to keep them calm. My one client whose surrogate is pregnant with twins is still over the moon excited, as the pregnancy continues. They are going to be such great and loving parents.

In other news I think KIC is going to register for the San Francisco Pride Festival to be an exhibitor. It should be a great weekend to meet great people who are excited about the opportunity to have a baby. Plus San Francisco is one of my favorite cities that I haven't been to in years.

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2nd Embryo Transfers = Positive Tests

Today was a good day!

I rec'd word that two sets of clients who had initially had negative tests the first time around had surrogates who tested positive for a pregnancy. It is still early, but the initial sign is good. One couple had used all of their embryos from the first donor, so opted for a different donor the second time around. The other couple still had embryos remaining from the initial donor, which has resulted in an initial positive test.

The initial test is testing the Beta HCG Values, which I had to research as a client asked me and I wasn't even sure. According to Babymed.com the definition of Beta HCG Level in early pregnancy means the following:

"HCG stands for "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin", the pregnancy hormone which is produced by the placenta and enters the blood soon after implantation and is detected with pregnancy tests. HCG is being produced by the placenta and enters the blood stream as soon as implantation happens, about one week after fertilization and ovulation, when the embryo implants and the placenta attaches to the uterine lining.

:: hCG under 5 mIU/ml: Negative. Not pregnant

:: hCG between 5-25 mIU/ml: "Equivocal". Maybe pregnant maybe not. Repeat test in a couple of days

:: hCG over 25 mIU/ml:You are pregnant! "

Overall I am going to keep sending positive thoughts to my clients and hopes that the next test which is done in 3 days is still positive. I am anxious just thinking about it, so I can only imagine how they feel.

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Friday 27 July 2012

The latest form of altruism

Semen donation is the latest form of altruism that has proven a boon for childless couples. Heralded as a milestone in the field of medicine, this charitable act, now taken up by millions of people across the globe has fast caught up in the City. Although many consider it unorthodox and unna­tural, social awareness and the reliability of this method has helped many couples realise their dreams of parenthood.

Vishweshar Rao is a 33- year-old who is into the food and nutrition business. He is happily married and has two children. He says, "I was motivated by my friends in Bangalore to contribute to their sperm bank. The first time I did, I was offered `1,200 as compensation. However, I felt it was morally wrong to accept money for a charitable act such as this and it made it seem like a business endeavour. Ever since then I have been helping childless couples and single parents (hetero and homosexual, who later approach surrogate mothers) by donating the sperm."

The internet is flush with advertisements from semen donors who wish to donate or sell their sperm. Doctors, scientists, musicians, engineers all figure in the list of people who proactively wish to cater to the needs of the childless. Students too, who want to make a fast buck, are a part of this.

However, not everybody can donate their sperms. Dr Samit at Kiran IVF clinic says, "A sperm donor has to be healthy with no history of diseases. Childless parents want all the prime qualities of intelligence, good looks and great physique in their child so the standards set are pretty high."

"When a sperm donor ap­p­r­oaches a bank, he is che­cked for infections, congenital diseases, HIV etc. Edu­cation, family background, habits and their genes are scrutinised for a period of six months. His sperm count is checked and samples of these are frozen in the bank. After six months, the donor is ready to donate his semen and there are umpteen regulations that monitor this too," says Dr Samit. A donor cannot have sex three days before donating his sperm. All donations are done under conditions of anonymity.

While the idea has certainly not appealed to the conservative and orthodox, some are apprehensive about the procedure as they claim it is "unnatural". Shamina Ali, a mother of two says, "It is unnatural for a woman to accept semen from strangers. It will only lead to a breakdown of the moral fabric of the family." Furthermore, the demand for exceptional qualities in sperm donors has caused a huge demand-supply gap in the City.

With Bollywood's latest movie Vicky Donor based on sperm donation, there seems to be a growing awareness. However, it remains to be seen what impact the practice will have on the millions of childless couples who wish for a progeny.

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Thursday 26 July 2012

Couples who have children can now go to India for surrogacy


In Brazil, the Constitution, a woman cannot receive money to gestate the child of another. What is allowed is the loan of the belly.

The monument is over 400 years. Around it is a crowd. In India, second only to China in population, there are about 1.2 billion people.

Hyderabad, southern India, has always had a nickname: city of pearls. The trade of which is traditional. Done for centuries. But the city could well win a new title: City of babies.

Babies who go out of clinics that offer the service of surrogacy.

Indian women become pregnant in exchange for money: receive an embryo and generate the baby for couples or singles who cannot conceive. Mathew and James came from the U.S. for it. They lived together for eight years. They wanted to be more than a couple, wanted a family. Soon, their child will be born.

"Are you ready for this?" Asks Matthew.

"Yes," replied James.

The couple does not know the woman giving birth to their son. They just know where she spent the last nine months. In one clinic, the owners of surrogate living in a dormitory or a hostel complex.

Altogether there are about 60 women scattered on the top floor of a clinic, all of them are already pregnant and the majority for the first time as surrogates. All come from very poor villages in India; and here they receive care and nutrition that they would not be able to have in their homes.

"They are with us and have a strict regimen of diet, personal hygiene, dietary supplements, are accompanied at all times," explains Dr Samit Sekhar.

Each woman receives a payment of about $ 9000 USD, about 16,000 Brazilian Real per pregnancy.

This is a fortune in India. In poor villages, people live on only $ 3 per day. A 24 year old will use the payment to pay off debts and open a cosmetics shop. We wonder what she thinks of being a surrogate mother.

"I am very happy to participate in the program and to help other people," she says.

The surrogacy service was started by the Kiran Infertility Clinic four years ago. "In total, 212 women have had children with us, through this whole process," says the Dr Pratima Grover.

The couples spend about $ 25,000, R $ 45 thousand for the Surrogacy Package. Much less than in the United States, where the price reaches eight times.

The cost of surrogacy in India is precisely what attracts people around the world. Including Brazil, where it is prohibited. We found a couple of Rio de Janeiro in India found that the solution to a dream that seemed impossible.

In Brazil, the constitution, a woman cannot receive money to gestate the child for another. What is allowed is the loan of the belly. That is: to offer the uterus without receiving anything for it.

But the Federal Medical Council imposes a condition: who gives the belly should be a second degree relative of the woman who will stay with the child.

In some cases, may even be a friend, provided that the board authorizes.

"Our concern is with affection, not to generate lawsuit up front," says Joseph Gallo Hiran Silva, director of the Federal Council of Medicine.

Lene and Richard, who live in Rio de Janeiro, or consider asking friends and relatives. "It's emotionally difficult to get a pregnant sister for you," says Richard. The Canadian and Brazilian have been together for 12 years.

Lene has two daughters from another marriage, Richard was never a father. The couple tried to have a child. Lene did a treatment in Brazil to become pregnant, in vitro fertilization, in which a sperm fertilizes an egg in the laboratory.

"There were four unsuccessful attempts," says Lene.

"There are people who try seven, eight times. It was impossible for us emotionally, "says Richard.

It was possible when Lene and Richard discovered the surrogacy, in the same Indian clinic (Surrogacy at Kiran Infertility Centre) as Mathew and James.

"We started with emails, their site and everything. So then we went up there to see if it really was what we were seeing in social networks, "says Lene.

Attempts to impregnate a surrogate mother in India have started there. The couple will follow the pregnancy in Brazil, more than 14,000 kilometers away.

"I'll feel pregnant" jokes Lene.

In Brazil, the child will be considered the child of Lene and Richard.

"When a child is born, we will leave the hospital with a birth certificate with my name and his," says Lene.

For Justice, who is the real mother in such cases? "One who seeks treatment," says Ana Scalquette, biotechnology advisor to the commission of OAB.

"I can get the egg of a woman and the womb of another mother and be considered" complete.

"It's a tough decision, because it is the dream of every parent to give a kiss on the belly. The surrogate will deliver the child, but I'll have children, "says his father moved.

They have already have a room for the babies in the house. Now the parents expect the time to meet the baby. To Mathew and James, the time has come.

"Two boys," says Matthew, to discover the sex of their child.

The meeting finally happens. James is so excited that only silence can express. It was he who donated sperm for fertilization. He is the biological father.

Mathew has called the children by name: Foster and Fox. After ten days they can take the babies home. They'll start a new life, along with two brand new little lives.

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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Sperm donation: Queries coming in thick and fast in Hyderabad

Post Shoojit Sircar's humourous take on sperm donation in India, fertility and IVF centers say they have many donors

Shoojit Sircar's morality tale wrapped up as a fun bon bon, "Vicky Donor", might have floated 10 different ways to define the word sperm. But those in the business say they are busy celebrating the difference it has brought to the act of sperm donation.

By Mohd Salman Khan & Rupam Jain

THE WORD'S SPREAD

The film has definitely created a lot of buzz in Hyderabad about sperm donation, which was earlier considered taboo, points out Dr Samit Sekhar, chief embryologist, of an infertility center in the city. "Before this film, we would have to organize seminars and conferences in colleges and ask people to donate sperm. Now people are willingly coming forward to donate. We now get about five calls everyday from those wanting to donate," he says.

And it is not just Hyderabad. Dr Sweta Gupta, consultant with a prominent IVF clinic in Delhi, says, "From barely two or three calls a day, we now receive 10-15 calls."

MONEY HAI TOH…

Interestingly, while the number of sperm donors has risen, IVF specialists say the reasons are not altogether altruistic. Money, according to them, is a big driving force.

"I would say that's the biggest drawback of the film as it shows that one can earn a lot through sperm donation. This is misleading. In fact, earlier when we got people to donate via seminars and conferences, money was never even discussed. People just voluntarily gave their sperm to help those in need. But now, the queries that we get are about the money. It's not a quick process. After a person has donated his sperm, we freeze it for six months. Only after that can we know whether that person's semen can actually be used or not. Even if he is eligible, the money depends on a lot of factors, like parents' requirements, qualification of the donor, blood group, etc. A graduate is usually paid between 2,000 to 3,000, an engineer (if he fulfills all the other requirements) will be paid 5,000. But broadly, the money ranges from 1,000 to 5,000," explains Dr Sekhar.

Dr Gupta in Delhi says, "After the film there is an assumption that one can earn one's living with sperm donation. In fact, we offer only 500 per donation. That means a person will be paid 5,000 for 10 donations. And a regular donor is allowed to donate that many times in six months."

However, Ayushmann 'Vicky' Khurrana, who plays the lead in the film, puts that exaggeration down to artistic liberty. He says, "If we didn't show some exaggerated stuff, the viewers would not have been entertained at all. We are not making a documentary here!"

90 % BACK OUT

Interestingly, after a willing donor is explained about the entire process of donation, 90 per cent of them back out, because they do not want to undergo various tests.

Dr A Rajyalashmi, senior embryologist says, "Earlier, we would have a donor only once in a blue moon, but now, we get at least a few mails everyday. However, when we do write back to them explaining the process and asking for their details, family history, diseases if any, there are few responses."

HYDERABAD FACT FILE

Frequent donors: Aged between 20-30,mainly college students

Frequency: As many times as the donor wants to, but it is usually restricted to five because of ethical reasons,say doctors.

It's not that easy: Calls for a lengthy protocol

Written Test: Donors have to answer 50 questions relating to their knowledge about sperm donation, reason why they want to donate.

Checking family history — whether the donor is disease-free, any untimely deaths in the family,etc.

Blood test to check if the donor is free of sexually transmitted diseases.

Chromosomal testing, to ensure nothing affects the offspring.

Explaining to donors that they have no right over babies.

Common demands: 1.Matching blood group because most couple do not reveal to their family that they have taken the help of a donor. Same religion,caste. Same color. Good height. WHAT A MAN CAN EARN FROM ONE SAMPLE SESSION (APPROXIMATELY) HYDERABAD: 1,000 BANGALORE: 250-300 CHENNAI: 500 DELHI: 500 MUMBAI: 500 KOLKATA: 200

Advanced Hysteroscopic surgery

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Monday 23 July 2012

FEMALE INFERTILITY: Implications and Treatments


Seeking professional guidance to handle female infertility  From "The Times Of India"
By Dr. Pratima Grover. | May 26, 2012

Infertility is perceived as a problem across virtually all cultures and societies and affects an estimated 10%-15 % of couples of reproductive age. In recent years worldwide, the number of couples seeking treatment for infertility has dramatically increased due to factors such as postponement of childbearing in women, development of newer and more successful techniques for infertility treatment, and increasing awareness of available services. Parenthood is one of the major transitions in adult life for both men and women. The stress of the non-fulfillment of a wish for a child has been associated with emotional squeal such as anger, depression, anxiety, marital problems, sexual dysfunction, and social isolation. Couples experience stigma, sense of loss, and diminished self-esteem in the setting of their infertility. In general, in infertile couples women show higher levels of distress than their male partners however, men's responses to infertility closely approximates the intensity of women's responses when infertility is attributed to a male factor. Both men and women experience a sense of loss of identity and have pronounced feelings of defectiveness and incompetence. Infertility in our country has long been neglected as a social and health problem and instead seen as a curse among women. The ability of women to give birth to a child is considered as an act of contributing for the next generation inheritors of the family. Even men who are considered infertile have to face the social stigma of being labeled an impotent person. In most occasions it might lead to emotional distress, break of family bonds, divorce, discord in the family and even infidelity. Although there are several technological breakthroughs available now, compared to the situation 15 years ago, married couples in our society are yet to break the mold and come to terms with the cause of infertility and seek professional counseling and treatment. Detecting the causes of female infertility and successful treatment of the same involves adequate support from family members and friends so that women can approach professional infertility clinics without any emotional baggage or stigma. Kiran Infertility Center, based in Khairatabad, Hyderabad is a pioneer in the field of infertility treatment, surrogacy and sperm bank. They use latest technologies for detection of female infertility like Hysterosalpingography and Laparoscopy. A hysterosalpingogram is an X-ray study done after a liquid X-ray dye is allowed to flow into your uterus through a slender catheter positioned just inside the cervix. The dye outlines the shape of your uterine cavity and reveals problems such as polyps, fibroid tumors or other variations in the shape of the inside of your uterus. The dye also flows through the fallopian tubes and can reveal problems such as partial or complete blockage. Laparoscopy is a surgical procedures performed by a gynecologist. The procedure uses a small video camera to view the pelvic organs. Laparoscopy allows the doctor to view the outside of your uterus, and to inspect your ovaries. Sometimes, it is possible to remove cysts or scar tissue from an ovary using laparoscopy. The process of detection is sometimes time consuming and leads to emotional stress but specialists at this center are experienced in counseling, mentoring and treating such conditions. Kiran Infertility Center also specializes in Assisted Reproductive technology/techniques and has earned considerable reputation in this field. One of them is IUI Intrauterine insemination (IUI) also termed as artificial insemination where the female is injected with specially prepared sperm and treated with medicines to stimulate ovulation before the process of insemination. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) represents a group of various medical techniques used for curing infertility related ailments and this involves removing eggs from a woman's body which are then mixed with sperm of a male to create embryos. These embryos are subsequently cultured for 2 to 5 days in Incubators and implanted in woman's uterus for successful pregnancy. These advances are expensive and consume more time but they have been found to be remarkable in helping women conceive and lead happy lives.IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) is the most effective ART where eggs removed from the female are fertilized using male's sperm in the laboratory. The healthy embryos created after 3 to 5 days are implanted in the woman's uterus. This process involves fertilization outside the body of a woman.IVF is not a solution for all infertility problems but a highly successful treatment option for infertility.IVF is cost effective when compared to other similar procedures, with a success rate of up to 40 % and considered a safe treatment.

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Friday 20 July 2012

Article on Surrogate Mothers in Hyderabad in Indian Express

An article was published in Indian Express, leading English daily in India titled "Desperate times call for surrogacy measures".

HYDERABAD: The tagline of an advertisement for an online classified site, "Sab kuch bikta hai" sums up how anything from furniture to gizmos to bikes can be sold online. In a different concept of 'where buyers meet sellers,' websites like www.surrogatefinder.com provide a platform for women willing to be surrogate mothers to those in search of one. The one-stop websites for those who opt for Assisted Reproductive technology to conceive, the sites have the profile of egg donors, sperm donors and women interested in being surrogates.

There are over 200 profiles on surrogatefinder.com from Hyderabad alone and these include those who want to donate eggs, sperms and want to be surrogate mothers. There are 13 profiles from the state under the category of surrogate mothers. Most of them cite financial problems or responsibilities for getting into this business.

One can find descriptions like 'amber eyes, black hair and 163 cm in height and 26 year-old' in profiles of potential surrogate mothers. One can contact the person after registering with the site at a steep 99.99 pounds for six months. On an average, surrogate mothers are paid anywhere between Rs 3.5-4 lakh, enough to pull them out of loans with enough to spare.

A 25-year-old woman from Hyderabad, Meenakshi Devi offers to be a surrogate mother due to financial crisis at home. Her appeal to interested couples reads, "Please, give me a chance to be a surrogate mother to your children and save my life and as well as my daughter's future."

Apart from these women who go online to offer their services, generally, those stepping into surrogacy do so due to financial reasons and are just matriculates or less in terms of qualification. "Hardly any urban women who are educated step forward to be surrogates. There is a mixed percentage of women who opt for surrogacy, with about 60 per cent hailing from rural areas. In the developed countries, educated women and even college students do not mind being surrogates or egg donors as there is no stigma attached," says Dr Samit Sekhar, chief embryologist at Kiran Infertility Centre in the city. He adds the candidates for surrogacy volunteer out of financial compulsions such as debts and losses.

Direct interaction between couples and surrogates through the website is unheard of in fertility clinics in the city. "Usually, we get in touch with NGOs who approach interested candidates. A majority of them prefer to stay at their homes during pre-natal stage and visit us for bi-weekly check-ups. We do not carry out traditional surrogacy where the egg comes from the surrogate mother as it leads to complications where the surrogate might lay a claim on the child," says Dr Shekhar.

While it is the norm to carry out physical and psychological tests for surrogates apart from counseling and hormone treatment, the range of care provided to those who approach interested parents directly online or otherwise is undetermined.

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Thursday 19 July 2012

First Time for Everything

It has been a while since I have posted, so I thought it was time to play catch up.

It has been a whirl wind in our world at KIC. I feel like we are busier then ever with new patient inquiries, updating marketing materials and planning for future conventions. San Francisco Pride is a just a few weeks away and Dr. Samit and myself are in the final stages of planning. It will be a quick weekend trip to San Francisco for Pride and KIC will have an exhibitor booth. I am trying to reach out to local clients to let them know about our presence there, so hopefully we can meet in person.

In other news while we have lots of good things happening at KIC there are always those down times as well. In the last few weeks we have had two clients whose surrogates have miscarried. In third party reproduction it is common as you are dealing with three different parties therefore proving more difficult. The first one is where I had to make the call myself to the client once I rec'd the new from India. Not only were our clients heartbroken, but I was as well. It is one of the hardest things to have to tell someone, so I can only imagine how our clients felt.

Our second set of clients just recently rec'd word that things haven't worked out for them either. I am heartbroken for them as well. They are the sweetest couple and I wish nothing but luck their way. They are one of the few clients I have got to meet in person, so I feel a much more personal connection to them. I know in my heart though that these experiences will only make us all stronger and that in the end everyone will get their happy ending. I continue to pray for our clients, their surrogates, my team members in India who make this all possible.

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm." - Mahatma Ghandi

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Wednesday 18 July 2012

BioEdge exclusive:will gay marriage boost third-world surrogacy?

The new government of French President Francois Hollande has announced that it will move soon to legalise same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption. With pressure building up in countries like the US, Australia and the UK, perhaps it is time to ask where the children for male couples will come from. This is not a question which has been very prominent in the world-wide debate, so BioEdge has done some research of its own. We sent emails to a number of IVF clinics in the US and India asking whether they were preparing for a rising demand for surrogate mothers because of the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

The answer was a resounding Yes. Of course, our survey is far from being scientific, let alone comprehensive, but it does suggest that many needy women in developing or economically troubled countries are going to be working for gay couples looking for deals on cheap gestational carriers.

"The main reason patients travel from abroad to India is for excellent personal care, expertise and lot of savings on the treatment costs," says a Doctor from India. "The costs that they pay here is almost 1/5th the costs they pay for surrogacy in US and Europe." He gets a lot of inquiries from gay couples in the US and Israel. Is he preparing for an increase in demand? "Definitely, Yes."

Dr Samit Sekhar, of the Kiran Infertility Centre, in Hyderabad, also forecast an increase.

"Yes, we have a sizeable number of gay population that visit our clinic to have a baby using the services of an egg donor and we have seen an increase in the number of gay couples and single men approaching our clinic as soon as legitimacy to their public union is granted in their respective states or country.

"Our clinic is open to all people, whether single, straight or gay, does not matter to us. We do not advertise ourselves as being gay or heterosexual friendly. We are a clinic that specializes in fertility related treatment."

Because most clinics accept requests from all clients – married and unmarried couples, singles, gays or heterosexual – they do not necessarily differentiate between single heterosexual and homosexual males. "Some of them project themselves as singles but we are not sure whether they are singles or gay," says another Doctor from India. "[If] the law in their country does not permit gay relationship, they project themselves as single."

What about allegations of exploitation of poor women, especially in India? A couple of months ago in Ahmedabad a surrogate mother for an American woman died in the eighth month of her pregnancy. Dr Samit Sekhar, of the Kiran Infertility Centre, tackled this problem head on.

"It is difficult for a Person from abroad (journalist) to offer a correct picture of so called "reproductive tourism" in India because they have never lived here for more than a few days. Have they ever tried to stay in the house of a woman who agrees to be a surrogate mother? I am sure they would walk out after a few hours. Unfortunately the level of poverty in India especially rural India is such that surrogacy opens up a whole new window of opportunities for these women and their families."

Comments from one of the leading infertility doctors in the United States, suggest that American IVF clinics are also anticipating a surge in demand for surrogates for gay couples. He told BioEdge:

"We have followed the legislation over the years related to gay marriage both internationally and nationally. What has emerged is fairly predictable trends.

"When a country begins to consider legalizing gay marriage, we get a surge (primarily internet based but also by telephone) of inquiries regarding the 'basics' of becoming involved with an egg donor and surrogate. About 1/3 of the inquiries continue on to seek our services even before the legislation is passed; 1/3 advise us they are waiting to see what developed with legalization; and we don't hear immediately back from 1/3.

"In instances where marriage is actually legalized, we get another surge of inquiries including hearing back from those that contacted us with a 'wait and see' response. Once legalized, about 40% of the 'new' inquiries want to sign up, and we ultimately hear back from about 30% of the remainder."

"We operate a large office in Guadalajara, Mexico and have watched carefully the laws evolving. Mexico City has apparently legislated some tolerance of gestational surrogates and we are looking into this. The State of Jalisco, where our Guadalajara facility is has no laws one way or the other. We will be watching Latin America closely."

The dynamics of the relationship between same-sex marriage and surrogacy appear to be poorly understood. There are no good statistics on the clients of the surrogacy agencies which are proliferating on the internet in countries like India, Guatemala, Cyprus, and the Ukraine. Little is known about whether surrogacy really helps women to escape from poverty or debt. Media reports have painted pictures of "baby farms" and "baby factories" in India. But there are no reliable figures available even about the number of IVF clinics there.

What is certain is that demand for cheap wombs will grow to bring gay men the happiness of being the parent of their own child. What is uncertain is the long-term benefits for the women who bring these children into the world.

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Tuesday 10 July 2012

The 16th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)

We are happy to announce that Dr Samit Sekhar, Dr Kiran Sekhar and Anjani Kumar from the Kiran Infertility Center will be in Singapore for discussion about Surrogacy in India from July 19th to 22nd at The 16th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility.

The 16th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility COGI - All about Women's Health Held Jointly with The College of Obstetricians, Singapore. The groundbreaking series of COGI Congresses provide a unique platform to discuss controversial issues in all fields of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility. The ability to discuss only controversial topics with emphasis on clinical solutions in cases where no agreed-upon answers or consensus exist, provides clinicians with an insight and a take-home message that ameliorates treatment in the most difficult situations.



We will be happy to meet Intended Parents who want to undergo Surrogacy or IVF on 21st July 2012 at 7:00 PM. The details of the venue are as follows.


The address is as follows:

Fairmont Singapore
2 Stamford Road
Singapore 178882

RSVP: Please write an email to info@kiranivfgenetic.com by 15th July if you will be coming!

Link: http://www.congressmed.com/cogisingapore/

Monday 9 July 2012

Miguel and Pere, successful and happy parents of twins Miquel and Daniela, born with the help of the IVF Surrogacy program at the Kiran Infertility Centre, Hyderabad India. Dr.Samit Sekhar From KIC

This was aired in prime time news of the most important private channel of Spain. It speaks of three couples at different stages of the process of subrogation. Miguel and Pere were recorded just hours after receiving confirmation of the pregnancy news from Kiran Infertility Centre!

dr.samit sekhar - IVF Emvrio Transfer For Surrogacy



dr samit sekhar - Indian Surrogacy : Executive Director of Kiran Infertility Centre Pvt. Ltd.(KIC), he also holds positions of IVF and Surrogacy Program Director , Director- Supra Sperm Semen Bank and is also the Chief Embryologist in KIC. With an experience of more than 5 Years in the field of Infertility, he has treated a clientele of more than 2000 IVF/ ICSI Patients and 800 Surrogacy Patients from 21 different countries. In charge of the overall maintenance of the IVF lab he is also involved in day to day patient interaction and counseling He passed his Bachelors in medicine in distinction. His expertise includes In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intra Cytoplasm Sperm Injection (ICSI), Embryo Freezing (Vitrification), Semen Banking (Semen Freezing) and PIGD (Pre-Implanation Genetic Diagnosis). Dr. Samit has been instrumental in bringing India on the Medical Tourism World Map as Surrogacy Capital of world. Under his leadership there have been 221 births through Surrogacy Program in KIC for Intended Parents of 17 different countries. Different from what people imagine a Doctor should be. love to live life on my own terms, I think out of the box.

dr samit sekhar - Indian Surrogacy


Dr Samit Sekhar - Director - Supra Sperm Semen Bank, is In charge of the overall maintenance of the Kiran IVF lab and is involved in day to day patient interaction and counseling. As you would have noticed our entire team as a unit, deals only with infertility and nothing else, this is what we do all the time, and we can proudly and confidently say-we are good at what we do (www.kiranivfgenetic.com).