Surrogacy has emerged as the revolutionary technique in medical world especially in the field of reproductive health. Surrogacy is now the most sought after Assisted Reproductive Technique or ART for couples who are experiencing problems in conceiving or having their own child or baby through natural reproductive methods. Surrogacy is a boon for those couples who are in despair of willing to have a child and through surrogate mother the dreams of such couples come true. Surrogacy as such has now turned into a multi million-dollar industry offering a wide range of reproductive choices resulting in tens and thousands of birth around the world.
India has now emerged as the capital of commercial surrogacy with couples from around the world flying down in search of surrogate mothers in India. Surrogate mothers are those women who intentionally gestates a baby for others especially infertile couples. Those surrogates who accept to gestate out of compassion, love or service for friends, family members are known as “altruistic surrogates” and those women who do it for commercial purposes are called “ commercial surrogates”. In India, the majority of surrogacy is through commercial surrogates and that is why India has emerged as the land of commercial surrogacy.
The commercial surrogacy has helped in the growth of reproductive tourism with foreigners coming to the country for infertility treatment such as IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) thorough hundreds of IVF Clinics in India located in every town and city. Each of these surrogacy clinics handles about 150 to 200 cases. In addition, the surrogacy market in India can grow leaps and bounds, as there are an estimated 20-25 million infertile Indian couples with surrogacy appearing to be the most effective assisted reproductive technique. Infertile foreigners and non-resident Indians or NRIs, opting for surrogacy treatment is a relatively inexpensive proposition.
About 30 to 40% of couples who come to the surrogacy clinics in India are foreigners and about 30% of foreigners are of Indian origin. The surrogacy laws in India allow single Indian parents to commission a surrogate and in case of commissioning foreigners, they are required to have been married for at least two years before seeking a surrogate baby in India. Commercial surrogacy is thriving in India ever since it was legalized in 2002 resulting in its growth as more than $400 million industry in a year. Majority of couples who had pursued surrogacy in India have been able to have child with the parents own genetic material or with the assistance of donor egg.
Surrogate mothers in India are quite compassionate and are motivated by philanthropy. After taking counseling from their doctors, these surrogate mothers do meet the intended parents or couples, understand their agony and pain, and consider money received as just a byproduct of what they are doing to these helpless couples. We at Kiran IVF diligently follow the best practices of surrogacy duly taking care of the needs of both the surrogate mothers and the couples who are desirous of having their own child. For further details you can contact us through email – info@kiranivfgenetic.com or visit our website –www.kiranivfgenetic.com