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Jan31
SUCCESS, FAILURE AND GLORY: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
SUCCESS, FAILURE AND GLORY: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

The examples of “success”, “failure” and “glory of failure” in Total Stress Management can be described as follows.
The first step of success is; recognizing the stress of mortal life; amidst the “volcanic eruption” of unidentifiable metabolic, hormonal, autonomic and central nervous events. It is said that this is in continuation to the history of the past lives.
This very recognition is simultaneously; painful, igniting and motivating. It triggers an impulsive, selfless and ill defined expedition of stress management.
Thus we may fail to be selfish, careerist and rich; if assessed with materialistic yardsticks! Even our simple requirements may not be fulfilled. Moreover; as we are preoccupied in the expedition of understanding the challenge of stress i.e. injustice, sorrow and maladies of life; we may fail to be indifferent; and “enjoy” the celebrations and festivities. This may isolate us from our family, friends; and also; the society!
But in this failure lies the glory of being more loyal to our conscience and hence nearer to our true self.
The second step to success; is; getting the holistic solutions.
But this is not at all easy. It is inevitably associated with internal devastating turmoil and hence failure to be involved; to one’s own satisfaction; in piecemeal solutions and sectarian curriculums (if we are academics); and irrelevant, useless and/or counterproductive day to day work and traditions!
But as a result of this failure; we can make glorious contributions in evolving holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs and their implementation.
The third step to success is; crystallizing and applying i.e. treading the path of Total Stress Management and articulating and sharing the details of the sojourn; with others.
This is often associated with failure to match the popular demands of entertainment and failure in commercial and financial gains.
But the glory of this failure; is in; going successfully through the ordeal of being true to our core. This truthfulness sharpens our perceptions and frees us; from commercial preoccupations; and multiplies the accuracy, potentials and scope of our solutions. This accuracy averts; “being bloated with pride” and precludes “being trapped in” deceptive, hollow and vain glamour, glitter and temptations.
The fourth step to success is in happily accepting the result; as the solutions have their own scope and limitations; even though accepting “not so glamorous result” is difficult.
But even if we succeed in this; it is usually associated with the failure to be overconfident and aggressive; when compared with the aggressive and imposing sectarian forces. This leaves us with “painful guilt” of being passive and defeatist and ineffective!
But the glory of this failure is that; we are out of the rat race; and thus; the subjective, inaccurate and dictatorial elements; within us; begin to decline.
We begin to appreciate the need of greater accuracy and objectivity! We begin to understand that even the attachment and commitment to “our” ideological perceptions and convictions can throttle our true freedom! We begin to appreciate the paramount role of NAMASMARAN in overcoming the subjectivity/ego.
The fifth step of success is; surrendering the endeavors, which we thought as “ours” to the “source” from where they spring!
This kind of surrender is really painful; like death. But even if we succeed in this; we usually fail to project ourselves with so called style and flamboyance. We fail to carry the facades of greatness and impose our leadership through self aggrandizement! This is as painful as stripping our bodies publicly! The stripping of ego; makes us feel empty and low.
But this failure has the glory of being free from; every burden and bondage! Being free of ego; is a unique experience of being naturally connected with others by a sublime bond of love.
The sixth step to the success; is the return to immortal source of the solutions and being immortal!!!
This is obviously not easy. But as we progress; we begin to get glimpses of immortality!
This leads to failure in being “proficient or brilliant” in the activities of mundane affairs!
The glory of this failure however; is “the steady but definite progress in; self realization or a globally benevolent state of reunion; with the immortal cosmic reality; NAMA, BRAHMA or SACCHIDANANDA i.e. SADGURU; through NAMASMARAN (jap, jaap, jikra, sumiran, simaran or remembering one’s true self); at the cost of otherwise worthless mortal life.


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Jan31
THE GIFT OF SADGURU: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
THE GIFT OF SADGURU: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

We have used the word Sadguru to differentiate it from the modern usage of the word guru; implying expertise or mastery in a particular field such as management.
Sadguru is also called Mauli or Mother. Sadguru is like mother; but mother who is immortal and cosmic!
Our mother may or may not teach us; different arts and skills; and may or may not give us; money, fame and power.
But she gives us; birth and enables and empowers us; to sustain life! She enables and empowers us to learn everything we aspire to learn and/or; to earn!
Quite similarly; Sadguru may or may not; teach us the various techniques and crafts! He may or may not; teach us biology or computers. He may or may not; provide us with wealth, popularity and social weightage!
But Sadguru; enlivens us; to the life of life! He reorients us; to our immortal true self! He reinstates us; in our own abode! He enlightens us; to “see” the “hidden” unity and harmony; in the universe! He nurtures us; from the deepest root; of our being! He enkindles us from within!
Sadguru gives; objectivity to our existence and rectifies our vision, ideas, aims, objectives, pursuits and activities! Everything in our life; becomes increasingly unprejudiced, impartial, unbiased, accurate, appropriate and deeply satisfying!
How does Sadguru give all this?
He gives this through and in the form of NAMA that we recite and/or remember. Here; the NAMA does not connote just a name of a God, a saint; a prophet; or a mere concept of god for an atheist); though initially it appears that way!
Actually; it is the ultimate reality, the center of our being, the innermost seed of our existence; the source of omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence; i.e. Sadguru Himself; and this becomes evident as we keep on practicing NAMASMARAN (jap, jaap, jikra, sumiran, simaran, that is; remembering our true self)!


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Jan31
THE PURSUIT DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
THE PURSUIT: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

The pursuit of universalization of NAMASMARAN is actually; aiming at realization or manifestation; of already existing but unperceived unity and harmony in the world.
It is a pursuit towards inviting and including; everybody; in the joyous and melodious universal orchestra of individual and universal blossoming. It is a pursuit of manifesting; the mammoth potential embodied in NAMASMARAN; of superliving or holistic renaissance i.e. holistic perspective, holistic policy making, holistic planning, holistic programs and their universal implementation!
This target may appear to some; as utopian; as it may or may not ensure immediate results; in terms of; all the seven thousand millions individuals practicing NAMASMARAN; and/or understanding, accepting and internalizing this potential of NAMASMARAN!
But this pursuit even if unfulfilled; in itself; is rejuvenating and empowering. It unites us with the life in the universe! It connects us with the process of universal blossoming. We are no more isolated fragile individuals.
It reinforces and consolidates our own conviction (and in the course of time our own experience); in the practice of NAMASMARAN (jikra, jap, jaap, sumiran, simaran; i.e. remembering true self).
Thus; both; this pursuit (whether accomplished or not); and the practice of NAMASMARAN, are empowering and rejuvenating; and ensure; the moment to moment; victorious Total Stress Management! This is a way; as well as a heavenly destination; open to all; irrespective of their race, religion, region and theist or atheist ideologies.


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Jan30
Same Sex Parenting and Gay Surrogacy Within Reach
One of the most important,celebrated journeys in life occurs with parenthood.Infertility is not a new problem experienced only by modern women. Women in all times have had trouble conceiving,and one way in which they were able to start a family was through the assistance of a surrogate mother.

These "old-fashioned" surrogate motherhood instances were most likely rarely (if ever) spoken about,and not documented.

First Test Tube baby was born On July 25, 1978.While this was not a surrogate motherhood arrangement, this historic event paved the way towards gestational surrogacy in the future.

The year 1980 registered the first case of Paid Traditional Surrogacy Arrangement.In the history of surrogacy first case was documented where surrogate mother gave birth to a son by surrogacy arrangement that was compensated for the successful delivery of the baby.

In the year 1983 a women with the menopausal problem gave birth to a baby using donated eggs(egg donation).Through again, not a surrogate pregnancy,this remarkable event made gestational surrogacy possible.

The monumental moment in the history of surrogacy took place in the year 1985 when the first gestational surrogate pregnancy took place.The surrogate carried the biological child of a woman who had had a hysterectomy,but had retained her ovaries.

Surrogate motherhood has come a long way in the history of surrogacy.From rarely spoken of traditional surrogacies of centuries past,to family members acting as surrogate carriers and commercial surrogacy of today,the road has been long,and many miracles and hardships have been faced along the way.It will be interesting to see what will happen to the history of surrogacy in the next 20,50 or 100 years.

The journey of surrogacy has seen many ups and down throughout the world.Many a times surrogate mother refuses to part with the baby or intended parents refuses to take the custody and then there is a long legal process involved.In the cases of overseas surrogacy many a times couple faces the problem of taking their child born through surrogacy contracts to their countries.The main hurdle faced by the intended parents or the infertile couple is the selection of surrogate mother,right surrogacy clinic and the surrogacy cost.Surrogacy procedure in the industrialized countries of the West is very costly as compared to the cost involved in the surrogacy process in the country like India.

The overall view of Surrogacy in India,surrogacy center India, surrogacy contract India and the surrogacy documents India:

Surrogacy Clinics India facilitates low cost Gestational Surrogacy in India. India’s first surrogate baby was delivered on June 23rd, 1994.The Indian surrogacy journey actually began in 2002, when the Supreme Court,the apex court of the country,recognized commercial surrogacy in India as legal.In India the law states that a surrogate mother’s name is not to appear on the birth certificate and that she has no right to keep the child.Under guidelines issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research, surrogate mothers sign away their rights to any children.A surrogate’s name is not even on the birth certificate.The new surrogacy laws in India give utmost importance to the privacy of the couple which wishes to have a surrogate baby in India.As of now,there are no laws in India restricting a gay couple from coming to India and hiring a surrogate mother to have a baby.

Surrogacy clinics in India offer infertile couples, single parents and homosexuals an opportunity to experience the joy of parenthood. Many people who have failed having their own children are heading out to India for surrogacy primarily because of the low cost of surrogacy treatment,quality medical care and the sympathetic legal views on surrogacy in India.

Lower prices in India make surrogacy affordable by middle class Americans.Also, in the light of sky rocketing healthcare costs in the US and the UK, there is a need to look for affordable IVF treatments in India and surrogacy in India and a host of other countries that have positioned themselves as top value-for-money healthcare destinations.

IVF clinics in India and surrogacy clinics in India have no waiting list,for Australian,American, British, French, Japanese, and Israeli surrogacy tourists.

Cheaper prices, advanced medical care and availability of surrogate mothers and egg donors in India make it a popular destination for IVF treatment and other related surrogacy services for medical tourists.

The availability of the cheap IVF treatment cost in India brings a ray of hope to numerous infertile couples who are unable to avail fertility treatments in their home countries because of the high costs involved.Gestational surrogacy in India is one of the most in-demand services by international tourists.In India, gestational surrogacy cost is a slow as 50% (or even lesser) as compared to the usual costs in North America and most European countries.Compensation for egg donation in India falls easy on the pocket.Indian women is considered as the most affordable egg donors.Egg donors of other ethnicities can also be arranged in India, should a patient want a Caucasian or some other race as the donor. For such requirements, many surrogacy clinics have arrangements with International sperm and egg banks.

The surgeries here are performed by world-renowned surrogacy experts.Surrogacy Clinics in India boast of high-tech equipment that ensures accurate test results and quality healthcare for the surrogate mother and the baby.Doctors in India are highly skilled and hard working and many are members of a number of national and International medical associations such as the Association of Gynecologic Oncologists of India.

Surrogacy clinics in India have stringent criteria for selecting a surrogate mother. Only healthy women between the ages of 21-35 years are considered as surrogate mothers in India.The detailed medical history,surgical history, personal history, and family history of the prospective carrier is looked into.Surrogacy laws in India necessitate a detailed financial and legal surrogacy contract between the surrogate and the commissioning couple to ensure the entire procedure goes as smoothly as possible.The clinics help out with providing the documents necessary for the intended parents to bring the baby back to their home country.The medical staff is usually comfortable with English as it is widely spoken throughout the country.

Surrogacy agencies in India also facilitate the entire medical trip of the intended parents by taking care of things right from airport pick up to the surgery and post operative care.

Surrogacy Clinics facilitates low cost Gestational Surrogacy in India. Surrogacy clinics and doctors in India have been helping many childless couples, single people, and gay couples to have the chance of becoming parents. The demand for gestational surrogacy in India is rising as more and more people from different parts of the world travel here, hoping to get new additions in their family.

Surrogacy Clinics can help prospective parents get in touch with the leading surrogacy clinics in India and also answer their queries.

It is said that the gift of life is the most precious one. Reputable surrogacy clinics in India with their healthy Indian surrogates and state-of-the-art facilities beckon intended parents to embark on the journey to experience the happiness of a seraphic baby.

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Jan30
The journey of surrogacy for Intended Parents
The journey of surrogacy for Intended Parents-Intended parents, surrogate mothers egg donors and egg donation-Steps to surrogacy process in India-10 Tips for intended parents to consider before surrogacy-10 steps to successful surrogacy and parenting-Gestational Surrogacy FAQ for Intended Parents-Questions about surrogate mothers egg donors and surrogacy for Intended Parents.

Intended Parents are the infertile couples who intend to have a child through the process of surrogacy.The individual or individuals who enter into a surrogacy agreement with surrogate mother with intent to become legal parent or legal parents of the child born to the surrogate are known as intended parents.

People of all sexualities [Gay, LGBT, Same Sex and straight]who want to have a child of their own but cannot conceive due to reasons out of their control become the intended parents in the process of surrogacy.Intended parents are either biological parents or need the help of egg donor,sperm donor and the surrogate mother.The parties to the agreement will be intended parent or intended parents,surrogate and the surrogate’s husband if any.

The community of intended parents is very big and come from all walks of life and every corner of the world.They may be infertile couples,single mom or dad or gay and lesbian couples.They all have one thing in common - a burning desire to become a parent or parents.It is very important for the Intended couple to select the right surrogate based on the review of complete medical records,checking family history, and social/criminal background and education level.It is also necessary to get a perfect psychological evaluation of the surrogate before selecting for surrogacy or Egg donation.Surrogacy or Egg donation is the best solution for infertility and other relative problems.

Intended parents are people who use conventional methods to have the children.Some intended parents opt for adoption or traditional surrogacy,while others choose gestational surrogacy. Gestational surrogacy has the advantage of offering intended parents the chance to have a child that is biologically related to one or both of them.All couples with infertility issues to single people to gay and lesbian couples can enjoy the parenthood with surrogacy.They all want to be parents and cannot do so without the help of a surrogate mother and/or egg and sperm donors.

Types of Intended Parents:

The parents that contract for a commercial surrogacy and bring the baby home,are actually referred to as intended parents in surrogate motherhood.There are three main types of intended parents: traditional couples,same-sex couples,and single intended parents.

Traditional Intended Parents: The term intended parents usually refers to a male/female couple who are the parents of the child conceived via commercial surrogacy.Most of the time,at least one of the parents is the biological parent of the child conceived,though quite commonly,both the intended mother and the intended father are the biological parents of the child.

Same sex couple: Intended Fathers called as gay couple has to sought help of a surrogate mother to help them have their own children.These men will either seek a traditional surrogate mother and use the sperm of one of the fathers,or will seek a gestational surrogate mother,and also an egg donor.Most likely,sperm of one father will be used,but in the case of a gestational surrogacy,it is not uncommon for intended fathers to use sperm from both partners.

Though uncommon,there are some circumstances where a set of homosexual intended mothers would seek a surrogate mother. The reason this is rare is that with two women,the chances of both experiencing fertility problems becomes rarer.

Single intended parents: Occasionally an unmarried man or woman will enter into commercial surrogacy.The reasons for an unmarried woman to seek a surrogate are usually the same as that of a male/female couple,but for the single male,he is most likely ready to start a family,and has not found the perfect partner.

It is very important for the Intended couple to select the right surrogate based on the review of complete medical records, checking family history, and social/criminal background and education level.It is also necessary to get a perfect psychological evaluation of the surrogate before selecting for surrogacy or Egg donation.Surrogacy or Egg donation is the best solution for infertility and other relative problems.

All Intended Parents must consider following 10 most important steps while entering into the Successful journey of surrogacy.

1] Intended Parenting: Determine beforehand whether surrogacy is right for you.Intended Parents opting for surrogacy must seriously consider all issues prior to making a decision to go ahead with a surrogacy arrangement.

2] Make all necessary inquiries for surrogacy agency,surrogate process,surrogate mothers,egg donors,egg donation,surrogacy cost and surrogacy law.Read the surrogacy contract agreement properly.Educate yourself thoroughly about surrogacy related questions.

3] Create a letter or profile about yourself.To help you find an ideal match,it is best to create a letter or profile about you and your partner.Describe your personal data,why you need surrogacy,surrogacy plans,time frames and any requirements you may have for your potential surrogate mother.

4] Screening of surrogate mothers and Surrogate Selection Process.This is the most important and challenging part of the whole surrogacy process.While choosing a surrogate one must consider the surrogates reproductive history, diet pattern, previous transfer,height,weight,Surrogate's support of the spouse and the family.Besides this entire surrogate has to go through extensive medical screening for any infections or diseases should be undertaken.Physiological screening as well as a thorough background check is also done.

5] Screening and Egg donors Selection Process before egg donation.Egg donor has to go through medical and physiological examination to evaluate their genetic history.Surrogates and egg donor are selected simultaneously.Egg donor profiles and photos are provided for selection.

6] Surrogacy Legal Agreements.A legal agreement is the most essential step in the whole process of surrogacy.Intended parents should comply with the legal aspects of surrogacy.Complete research should be done regarding laws pertaining to the intended parents’ country and arrive at a customized legal agreement.Concerned parties should sign the surrogacy agreement.

7] Payments to surrogate mothers.Never send any payments prior to signing a Surrogacy Agreement.Do not send money to your surrogate mother before signing a surrogacy agreement.All payments should be reimbursed after a receipt has been made.Some surrogate mothers use retainer fees before attempts at pregnancy,be sure the retainer agreement complies with law and has been checked by your lawyer.

8] Cost involved in surrogacy.The surrogacy is very expensive.Intended parents must consider their financial position before deciding for surrogacy.It has been observed that surrogacy overseas is very cheaper rather than in western countries.Hence intended parents must keep this option also open.

9] Confirmation of pregnancy of surrogate mother.When the IVF process is completed and it is confirmed that surrogate is pregnant,Intended parents are curious to know the state of pregnancy of the surrogate.They should remain in touch with surrogates health,progress in pregnancy and with the fertility clinic.The birth of a baby is a joyful movement for any parents.Here intended parents have the option to be present during the delivery of their baby.

10] Post Birth Formalities.Once the baby is born through surrogacy,intended parents should starts legal formalities for taking the possession of baby. Educate yourself on the legal status of surrogacy in your province,state or country.Not being aware of current laws and taking shortcuts could result in jeopardizing your parental rights. One of the best way to make sure you are properly adhering to the laws and (often changing) regulations,is to hire a lawyer that specializes in third party reproduction or surrogacy consultant to help guide you through the surrogacy process.

At the end of the whole surrogacy process take a deep breath,remain patient and try to focus on the end result... your baby! Get ready to enjoy the parenthood.

Many people globally are now choosing India a destination for Surrogacy.Simple reasons like:Surrogacy Treatment is Economical In India,Best Of IVF Doctor Easy to find Surrogate Mother In India,Legal Aspect of Surrogacy as law are in favor of the Intended parents going for surrogacy treatment.

Hence Surrogacy or Egg donation is the best solution available to intended parents for infertility and other relative problems.Whether it is financial,legal,immigration,travel or medical issues that Intended Parents had to contend with; these issues are no longer going to keep anyone from their dream of beginning a family.

"Surrogacy Mumbai",a website hosted by Rotunda-The Center for Human Reproduction gives you an insight into the surrogacy in India, egg donors services, surrogate mothers,egg donation and is Surrogacy IVF specialty clinic in India.Seeking surrogacy is by no means an easy decision both emotionally and financially,no matter how compelling the reason to seek it may be.

Whether it is financial,legal,immigration,travel or medical issues that Intended Parents had to contend with;these issues are no longer going to keep anyone from their dream of beginning a family.

We demystify the process making it as easy and comfortable Surrogacy journey as possible for the intended parent(s) We have every service relevant and pertinent to surrogacy under one roof.With a ground logistics team helping with the accommodations and travel,years of experience,we are fully geared to help clients of nearly all nationalities realize their dream for parenthood through surrogacy.

The most fascinating thing is that you may not have to come to India at first,You have to just send your sperm by The Rotunda CryoShip Global service.We find an egg donor,we get your surrogate pregnant."You just come down,pick up your baby, and go back home."

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Jan30
Embryo Adoption
Adoption is an act of love,fulfilled by the courage of couples who want to share their love with children.Embryo adoption is life-giving love in action in an age of technology.Egg and embryo donation are types of fertility treatment used to help infertile couples to conceive.Egg donation is when eggs from a donor are fertilised with your partner’s sperm in a laboratory dish. The resulting embryos are then transferred to the uterus of the needing couple.Embryo adoption is the newest technology of family-building, which combines assisted reproductive technology with adoption, so that instead of adopting a baby, infertile couples adopt an embryo.

IVF is the step suggested by the infertility specialist when infertile couple get exhausted with all the other ways of trying to get pregnant.In an ivf cycle normally more then one embryos are created.After transferring the fertilised embryo into the womb of the women,remaining embryos of good quality are frozen for the future use.These embryos may be used for failed ivf cycle,future pregnancy or to help infertile couples by donating them.

Thus Embryo Adoption is simply the adoption of frozen embryos donated by another couple.These embryos are frozen and are a
source of hope for others who want to add children to their family.There are now more than 600,000 embryos in frozen storage
in the United States: a 54% increase over the previous census in 2002.More couples are choosing to donate embryos.Embryo
adoption is a viable and affordable adoption choice.

The process of embryo adoption is suitable for following prospective intended parents.

* Couples and singles who are pre-disposed to adoption as a way of bringing a family's love to a child in need.
* Couples who are infertile.
* Concerned couple is at a high risk of passing on genetic disorders to offspring.
* Had recurrent IVF failures.
* If You are looking for an alternative to fertility treatments such as IVF or donor egg recipient IVF.
* ARE unable to afford IVF or other methods of treatment.
* Unable to carry to term full pregnancy.
* Those who do not wish to go through the expensive and emotionally exhausting process of adopting a newborn.

Now couples can fulfill their desire for a family, give birth to the very child they adopted as a tiny,frozen embryo and ensure that a precious life is preserved at the same time.

What is the difference between the embryo adoption and traditional adoption?

Embryo adoption is simply another choice available to families who are interested in adopting a child.Biologically,embryo adoption is exactly the same as a traditional adoption.The child and the parents have no genetic linkage.The most obvious difference between an embryo adoption and a traditional adoption is the pregnancy experience.In traditional adoption child is adopted after the birth.In embryo adoption adoptive mothers are able to experience the joys of pregnancy,labor and birth.Parents who adopt embryos are able to begin the bonding process with their child before they are born.They are giving frozen embryos an opportunity for life.The embryos belong to the adopting parents before they are placed in the womb of the mother and the donating parents relinquish all parental rights.The child born to the adopting couple is their legal child.
In addition,embryo adoption may be much more affordable than traditional adoption. Embryo adoption also offers couples
privacy and secrecy,so that they do not need to worry about societal acceptance of their adopted child.

Is surrogacy different from embryo adoption and donation?

Yes,in surrogacy,an agreement is made for embryos to be transferred into a woman's uterus,and she carries the pregnancy for
the benefit of the infertile couple.The intended parents or the infertile couples are specifically making embryos in vitro for placement into the surrogate using either their own genetics or purchases donor genetics.Compare that to embryo adoption and donation,where the adopting mother herself carries the child or children.The placing couple relinquishes their rights to any children born from the embryos prior to the transfer of those embryos into the adoptive mother's womb. The child that the adopting mother carries and gives birth to is the child that she and the adopting father will parent.In simple words in surrogacy,a woman carries a pregnancy for the benefit of the infertile couple.In embryo adoption,the child that the couple carries is the child that they will parent.

How does embryo donation and embryo adoption work?

An anonymous donation occurs when donors and recipients do not know one other's identities.No contact is made between the donor or the recipient, either in the present or in the future. Anonymous donation most often takes place through a fertility clinic,but may be facilitated by an adoption agency.The recipient couple does not even need to inform their obstetrician that they achieved their pregnancy through embryo adoption.Most clinics that have an embryo donation program provide very limited information to the recipients about the donors.

Donors are rarely involved in the process of selecting recipients, but are sometimes permitted to set stipulations for eligibility to receive their donation. Medical information about the donated embryos is provided to the recipient. Occasionally,a "semi-open" arrangement is used in which the parties know family and other information about each other, but their real names and locating information are withheld, in order to provide a layer of privacy protection. In an open
adoption both the parties know each other on a first and last names, and be able to have contact with each other,on mutually agreed upon terms.

Embryo adoption costs are primarily paid by the adopting family. Generally the donating family does not receive payment for their donation nor should they expect the recipient family to cover any of the IVF expenses they incurred. Embryo storage costs prior to the match are also the responsibility of the donor family. The recipient family may be asked to pay for storage fees after the match is made.

How many embryos to transfer?

The number of embryos available to transfer will be based on the ARSM guidelines and the donor woman’s age at the time the
embryos were created. It cannot ensure that each embryo transfer will become a baby. One easy way of improving the chances of
achieving a pregnancy in an IVF cycle is by transferring more embryos. However the risk of having a multiple pregnancy also
increases. Adopting families should limit the number of embryos transferred to the number that they are willing to carry to term in the event that all the embryos implant. Some embryo adoption programs specifically require their adopting families to agree to transfer all thawed and viable embryos and to not selectively reduce the number of embryos that have begun developing. Due to the high-risk nature of a multiple pregnancy, most doctors recommend limiting the number of embryos transferred to no more than three embryos at a time. This is something adopting families should discuss with their doctor prior to their scheduled embryo transfer.

The process of matching donated embryos with adopting family.

Once it is decided to proceed with embryo adoption then the matching of donating and adopting parents begin.The matching
process includes the following steps:

1] Both donating and adopting parents provide the adoption agency or attorney with information about themselves and indicate the type of adopting/donating family they desire.

2] Donating parents indicate their preferences regarding the age, income, post-birth work plans, religion, prior marriages , existing children in the family, and race of the adopting families as well as their desire for future contact.

3] Both donating and adopting parents has to go through several medical test,infectious disease screening and genetic test.

Assuming an adopting family matches these criteria, their introductory letter, biography, and photographs are sent to the
donating parents for consideration and possible selection. The donating parents' profile information (introductory letter, biography and photographs), and medical health history are sent to the adopting family for their consideration and possible selection. There are additional ways for donating and adopting parents to be matched. Some fertility clinics will facilitate the matching process, or matches sometimes come about through word of mouth or by searching the Internet. After all screening has been completed the recipient couple may proceed with a cycle. Once this matching is done adopting family doctor will receive the embryology reports, freezing and thawing protocols and all infectious disease screening results. If the embryos were created with an egg and/ or sperm donor information on the donor(s) will also be sought. The clinic will be decided to perform a frozen embryo transfer (FET) using those embryos. The number of embryos to be thawed and transferred
should be mutually agreed upon. Legal contract will also be coordinated.

What if donating parents change their minds after embryo donation?

The legal agreement is signed by both the donating and adopting parties. Hence the risk of the donor parents changing their
minds regarding their donation is ruled out. The donating family contractually transfers their ownership and parental rights
by signing an agreement prior to the embryos being shipped to the adopting family's clinic. The contract agreement and relinquishment forms are legally binding between the two families. Once the embryos have been transferred, the donating parents have no legal claim to any resulting children, nor any responsibility for them.

Embryo adoption is an alternative for infertile couples who need egg or sperm donation.The best results with embryo adoptions
are with fresh embryo adoptions, which are done with a Donor Egg IVF Program. Embryo adoption offers the unique opportunity
to be pregnant,to bond with their child prior to birth, and to give birth. In addition, embryo adoption may be much more affordable than traditional adoption in the countries like the US. Also in India, certain groups such as Christians and Muslims cannot adopt. Embryo adoption can be an extremely attractive option for them. Embryo adoption is an alternative for infertile couples who need egg or sperm donation.

At Rotunda Clinic in India, we handle embryo donation like a closed adoption. There is absolutely no contact between the donor couple and the recipients, who never see each other. The recipient couple does not even need to inform their obstetrician that they achieved their pregnancy through embryo adoption! Unlike traditional adoption, the couple does not have to go through a legal process to adopt, but do so through medical treatment.

All Appointments are scheduled according to your convenience at Rotunda Fertility clinic,Embryo Adoption Clinics.
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Surrogacy in India, Surrogacy Clinic India
Pregnancy is not possible for everyone. There are many infertile couples who cannot attain parenthood after trying to conceive for more than one year. There are many reasons attached with these infertility either in men or in women or in both and sometimes there is unexplained infertility. Couples keen to take the first steps on the path of parenthood, or singles seeking the joys of bringing up a young life are taking the help of surrogacy and surrogate mothers to realize their parenthood dreams. Individuals and couples, who have tried and failed to get pregnant, often seek solace in surrogacy.

Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman is hired to carry and deliver a child for a couple or for some individual. Depending on sperm and egg sources, different cases of surrogacy fall under different categories. Normally surrogacy is of two types, Gestational Surrogacy and Traditional Surrogacy.

Traditional Surrogacy:

In this method surrogate’s own eggs and another man’s sperm are used. It is done via artificial insemination. It is also known as Natural Surrogacy. Surrogacy laws & medical ethics board in many countries, including India and USA, do not consent to this practice of surrogacy.

Gestational Surrogacy:

In this, fertilized eggs from a third party donor or the intending mother are implanted into the surrogate's uterus. This is done by in vitro fertilization. Gestational surrogacy in India can be a good option for people looking to start parenthood, but unable to do so the natural way. The woman hired to carry the pregnancy to delivery has no genetic relationship with the embryo, which is transferred to her uterus. When done for financial reasons, the arrangement is known as Gestational commercial surrogacy.

Gestational surrogacy is mainly opted by most of the couples because traditional surrogacy is illegal in many countries, in natural surrogacy the intending mother is not genetically related to the off spring and in traditional surrogacy, the surrogate mother may have emotional attachment and may refuse to part with the child leading to medico-legal issues.

The possible reasons why the couples opt to go for surrogacy program.

1. Single Men, single women and same sex couples.
2. Uterus has been removed because of some medical reasons.
3. The mother cannot carry the baby due to some medical condition.
4. Lower or poor sperm count in husband.
5. Women without uterus or where Woman’s uterus is malformed or damaged and is incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term.
6. Woman is suffering from medical problems such as diabetes, heart and kidney diseases and pregnancy in her would be life threatening.
7. The problem of repeated miscarriages and failed IVF cycles.
8. Ovulation problem due to premature menopause.
9. Woman has some genetic disease, and there is a fear that same may be passed to her offspring.

Besides these, there may be a few other situations in which people opt for surrogacy. In some cases, the social mother, despite being fertile and healthy, opts to arrange for a surrogate only because it allows her the convenience of avoiding pregnancy, labor, and delivery pains. However, this type of surrogacy arrangement is not preferred most of the time.

To be able to make confident decisions about surrogacy and find the right surrogate, you will need to get in touch with trusted and experienced healthcare professionals. Surrogacy Clinics with its distinguished surgeons, doctors, and medical specialists will help you to add to your family with a safe and comfortable surrogacy.

Why surrogacy in India?

The surrogacy program in India makes sure that the surrogacy journey for couples become prosperous. The surrogacy clinics are also well equipped with the latest technology, and the doctors are internationally trained. With an affordable surrogacy cost in India and high-quality treatment, people from different countries are preferring it as the surrogacy destination.

One of the biggest advantages of surrogacy program in India is the cost. In USA an average surrogacy procedure would cost 200 thousand to 250 thousand US dollars and as compared to India where an entire program would cost not more than 40 thousand US dollars inclusive of travel, hotel stay, legal fees and the whole package. Secondly, there will be no language problem as India is an English speaking country where most of the medical staff, the paramedical staff and the support staff all speak English. So the couples from English speaking countries feel very comfortable. With all these positives working for you third biggest advantage is that the Indian government has a very simple exit process with minimal paper work for the babies to go back home.

With recent economic boom in India, India is having wonderful health care facilities that are comparable to the best in the world. Doctors are trained abroad and are best as compared to the world. The surrogacy clinics are highly equipped with latest technology equipments in the field of ART. The success rate of Indian surrogacy clinics is comparable to the best clinics located in first-world countries.

With all this you cannot have a more favorable destination than India for surrogacy and all that you need to do is now focusing on the right clinic so that you have a very smooth process and the exit process is also well thought of and planned. As with any other option, there are some challenges one might encounter when opting for surrogacy in India. However, the clients usually decide that considering the extra low costs, state-of-the art facilities, and the high quality of the work, the problems encountered with India surrogacy are easily outweighed by the advantages.

Surrogacy opens an option for the infertile couples, gay couples and single parents, to be parents, that too at an affordable cost. Attractions like low-cost egg donors, internationally trained doctors,cutting edge technology at surrogacy clinics and low cost of surrogate mothers in India, draw people from different parts of the world visit India for their dream to come true.

Before participating in the surrogacy procedure, one must appoint an experienced / competent surrogacy lawyer to avoid legal complications and to understand the surrogacy law prevailing in the country where the surrogacy is to be opted for.

The ride begins from the moment you decide to have a baby and goes on till you have a little life in your arms to take back home, and Surrogacy Clinics strives to make it a pleasant and delightful journey for you. Rotunda-The Center for Human Reproduction based in Mumbai India is one such clinic that offers customized surrogacy and affordable surrogacy packages to people of all nationalities. All couples including lesbian and gay couples and even single men and single women can avail this facility to fulfill their dream of enjoying parenthood.

Now everyone can have baby, everyone can Start Creating Families through Surrogacy and be a proud parent by contacting on websites at http://www.iwannagetpregnant.com or http://www.surrogacymumbai.com or at http://www.wewantababy.com


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Surrogacy and the Surrogate Mother
Surrogate motherhood is one of many forms of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) that have developed in response to the increasing number of individuals/couples who find themselves unable to conceive a child on their own. Surrogate motherhood involves the services of a woman who agrees to carry/gestate a child with the intention of surrendering that child to the intending/commissioning couple upon the birth of the child. The demand for surrogate motherhood is created by a diagnosis of female infertility, although a woman need not be infertile in order to employ the services of a surrogate.

Factors that have contributed to the popularization of surrogate motherhood and other reproductive technologies are both medical and social in nature. A diagnosis of infertility is defined as the inability of a heterosexual couple to produce a pregnancy after one year of regular intercourse, that is,unprotected intercourse. The social factors that have contributed to the rise in the rates of infertility and that have resulted in an increase in the demand for reproductive technologies are the trend toward later marriages and the tendency for growing numbers of women to delay having children until later in their reproductive years. With advances in reproductive medicine, couples who would not have been able to reproduce in the past are now able to have children who are completely or partially genetically related to them.

Surrogate motherhood has come a long way in the history of surrogacy. From rarely spoken of traditional surrogacy’s of centuries past, to family members acting as surrogate carriers and commercial surrogacy of today, the road has been longhand many miracles and hardships have been faced along the way. It will be interesting to see what will happen to the history of surrogacy in the next 20,50 or 100 years. Normally surrogate mothers are of two types.

1). Traditional surrogate: The surrogate mother is also the biological mother. The surrogate is inseminated (usually artificially) with the intended father’s sperm.

2). Gestational surrogate: Both the egg and sperm of the intended parents are joined and the pre-embryo(s) are placed into the surrogate who will carry and deliver the child. The gestational surrogate has no genetic link to the child.

Surrogates are rewarded for helping an infertile couple realize their dreams of becoming parents. They are also compensated, and in addition, all legal, medical, maternity clothes, child care (if necessary), transportation and other costs related to the arrangement will be paid by the intended parents.

It is very crucial decision to decide about surrogate mother for both intended parents and for surrogate herself. Surrogate has to go through stringent selection process. When it is about surrogate and a baby, no compromise is made. A lot depends on the approach, thought process, medical condition of the surrogate that is selected. Surrogate must love to be pregnant.

Every step is planned, designed and standardized for all potential surrogates. They are initially counseled and educated about the surrogacy program and the responsibilities it carries along with. Following are the few requirements that a surrogate has to fulfill before entering into any surrogacy contract.

1. Detailed Interview (verbal & written): surrogate has to go through a detailed set of investigations regarding her education, family life, financial conditions, her need to become a surrogate and many more.

2. Psychological analysis: She has to pass a psychological screening by a mental health professional to uncover any issues with giving up the baby after birth. This is carried out to make sure she is ready to become a carrier and is comfortable with the arrangement.

3. Reliable support system from family, friends, and work environment: It is equally important that surrogate has the support of her family, husband and friends. It is necessary to know whether she is doing it on her will or she is forced to become surrogate because of the financial benefits..

4. Investigations / screening for surrogate: Once a surrogate is decided she has to go through lots of test. It is advised that a surrogate have a complete medical evaluation and pregnancy history to assess the likelihood of a healthy, full-term pregnancy. Screening for infectious diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, cytomegalovirus, and hepatitis B and C is also done. Surrogates also need screening for immunity to measles, rubella, and chickenpox. A medical procedure to visually "map" the normal structures of the uterus is also advised. This is to evaluate the potential to carry a pregnancy.

5. Background Investigation: This is done to know whether surrogate or her family has any criminal records. It is also done to validate the information, the surrogate has provided.

6. Age limit: the surrogate has to be between the age of 21 to 35 years.

7. The surrogate must have already given birth to at least one healthy baby so she understands first-hand the medical risks of pregnancy and childbirth and the emotional issues of bonding with a newborn. Surrogate should not have experienced any major pregnancy complications in her previous delivery.

8. Surrogate shouldn't be prone to any kind of unwanted habits like smoking, drinking or drugs. It is also seen that she is not used to excessive caffeine.

Once the choice for the surrogate is narrowed down the final step is to make and sign the surrogacy contract. It is important to remember that intended parents are selecting a surrogate and the surrogate mother is also choosing you. Both the parties are ready to sign the contract. Pay special attention to the details of the surrogacy contract, to make sure it includes everything that has been agreed upon, including the fee. To protect your rights as parents-to-be and the rights of the child you're hoping to have, hire an attorney well-versed in reproductive rights. The attorney can write a surrogacy contract. The contract should clearly state the obligations of the surrogate mother and the parents-to-be. Such a legal contract may help if legal issues arise after birth. Along with any financial arrangements, a surrogate contract outlines agreements about all possible outcomes of the pregnancy, For instance, what will happen if a multiple pregnancy, such as the birth of triplets, occurs. Once this phase is complete, the contract will be signed by all parties and all the surrogates payments, if she were to become pregnant, are deposited in an account to make sure all payments to the surrogate are promptly and accurately made. This summarizes some of the primary duties of the surrogate mother.

An enterprise known as reproductive outsourcing is a new but rapidly expanding business in India. Clinics that provide surrogate mothers for foreigners say they have recently been inundated with requests from the United States and Europe, as word spreads of India’s mix of skilled medical professionals, relatively liberal laws and low prices of medical services and surrogate mothers.

Commercial surrogacy, which is banned in some states and some European countries, was legalized in India in 2002. The cost comes to about $25,000, roughly a third of the typical price in the United States. That includes the medical procedures, payment to the surrogate mother, which is often, but not always, done through the clinic, plus air tickets and hotels for two trips to India (one for the fertilization and a second to collect the baby).

Surrogacy is an act of love, but also a financial transaction, that brings people together like this. In India surrogates do it to give their children a better education, to buy a home, to start up a small business, a shop, to repay their debts and to have a better lifestyle. It is two people who are helping out each other. There are no firm statistics on how many surrogacy’s are being arranged in India for foreigners, but anecdotal evidence suggests a sharp increase. Under guidelines issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research, surrogate mothers sign away their rights to any children. A surrogate’s name is not even on the birth certificate. This eases the process of taking the baby out of the country.

The clinic, known more formally as Rotunda — The Center for Human Reproduction based in Mumbai India is one such clinic that offers customized surrogacy and affordable surrogacy packages to people of all nationalities. All couples including lesbian and gay couples and even single men and single women can avail this facility to fulfill their dream of enjoying parenthood.

Now everyone can have a baby, everyone can Start Creating Families through Surrogacy and be a proud parent by contacting on websites at http://www.iwannagetpregnant.com or http://www.surrogacymumbai.com


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Success Rates of Surrogacy in India and Egg Donor IVF Program
Today Surrogacy now grew to become a great boom for anyone couples and singles who are yearning to make a child but cannot attain naturally. Every married couple would die to enjoy parenthood by having kids because children make every day living special. On the other hand, there are enough of those who can not enjoy the thrill of parenthood that brings fulfillment to their marriage.

Surrogacy or Surrogate refers to alternate or a substitute. In medical terminology, surrogacy indicates an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to undergo the pregnancy, labor, and delivery for another individual who either cannot through artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized ovum or embryo.

Commercial surrogacy is legal in India, as recognized by the Supreme Court of India in 2002.Now we can say that India is one among the emerging country as a leader in international surrogacy and fertility. Indian surrogates have been increasingly popular with fertile couples in industrialized nations because of the relatively low cost. Indian clinics are at the same time becoming more competitive, not just in the pricing, but in the hiring and retention of Indian females as surrogates.

Success rates of Surrogacy in India

According to the 2007 reports of society for assisted reproductive technology the India’s surrogacy clinics likely delivered 150 successful gestational pregnancies (with both patients and donor oocytes). This makes India the second most common location for gestational surrogacy. India has special clinics in gestational surrogacy with very good and well experienced doctors.

Surrogacy in India Whose main focus is to guide Intended Parents through every detail of the process for surrogacy. The goal and intensity behind this is to make each parent feel confident that every aspect of the process was being managed for them, and the overwhelming stress usually associated with Surrogacy in general was removed from the experience. What ever may be the reason or a constrain may be it is financial, legal, immigration, travel, or medical issues that Intended Parents had to contend with; these issues are no longer going to keep anyone from their dream of beginning a family. Surrogacy Abroad, Inc. goal with each Intended Parent is to exceed their every expectation while guiding them toward fulfilling their dream of parenthood.

Types of surrogacy:

•Traditional: Oocytes (eggs) from a donor are retrieved using traditional IVF-ET techniques, are fertilized from the husband's sperm and placed in the recipient’s uterus. In traditional surrogacy, the recipient is the mother that will raise the child.

•Gestational: Oocytes (eggs) from the biological mother are retrieved using traditional IVF-ET techniques, are fertilized with the husband's sperm, and are placed in the carrier's uterus. The carrier is also known as the gestational surrogate.

•Gestational with egg donor: This is very common for gay male couples, as they seek both a gestational surrogate and an egg donor.

In general Oocytes from younger women possess greater fertility potential, so if you are using a donor egg, the Egg Donors age is one of the most major factors for a successful birth.Surrogacy in India and IVF clinic India clinics state success rates close to 50%.

Surrogacy Abroad at Rotunda Clinic offers Egg IVF Program

Surrogacy had made life easy and very good option for the people who cannot conceive. This is a wonderful treatment option for older women and women with ovarian failure. They have work with experienced and internationally trained IVF and Surrogacy specialist Gynae doctors and hospitals in India. The success rates for IVF treatment and Surrogacy is 5 - 15 % higher than those in the other countries.

Our Egg Donor program attracts the best and the brightest Egg Donors and surrogate mothers because we have built our reputation on high quality, exceptional candidates. We also offer a full service surrogacy program to help you find a gestational carrier. Intended parents living abroad can benefit from their international surrogates program.

We encourage the intended parents to submit their query with their medical details and clinical details. We will revert to your query within 2-3 working days. Our Surrogacy Program manager will get in touch with you personally to discuss the case and provide you with a personalized medical quote.

Whether it is financial,legal, immigration, travel or medical issues that Intended Parents had to contend with; these issues are no longer going to keep anyone from their dream of beginning a family.

Our business is about people helping people to make families every day.We have helped no of couples including [lgbt]lesbian and gay couples and even single men and single women to fulfill their dream of enjoying parenthood.

Surrogacy Abroad at Rotunda Clinic is specialized in Gestational Surrogacy in India to people of all nationalities. All couples including lesbian and gay couples and even single men and single women can avail this facility to fulfill their dream of enjoying parenthood.The main intension behind Surrogacy Abroad at Rotunda clinic is to make complete process of Surrogacy smoothly and emotionally rewarding as possible.

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Surrogacy in India and Indian Surrogacy Laws
A law to regulate India’s multi-billion dollar assisted reproduction industry has been in the works for some time. The draft Assisted Reproductive Technologies Regulation Bill-2010 will be presented to Parliament this winter, and even many inside the ART industry are eager to see it come to fruition. The first-of-its-kind Bill to control and monitor cases of surrogacy in the country has been drafted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,along with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and has been sent to the law
ministry for approval.

India has become a major destination for foreign couples to hire surrogates to bear their children. This has been made possible by the legalization of commercial surrogacy in India in 2002. It has also been facilitated by the lack of stringent laws on surrogacy India and its low cost in the country. While surrogacy in the US may cost around $50,000 to $100,000, it costs only around $ 25,000 in India. Besides, India offers advanced medical care facilities and the added advantage is that most doctors speak English and can communicate well with foreign couples. In fact, commercial surrogacy in India is all set to become a $2.3 billion-worth industry. Couples, including gay and lesbian couples, from all over the world, have benefited from the surrogacy options available in the country.

India may have been a booming center of ‘reproductive tourism’ for several years, but it took the complicated case of Japanese baby Manji — born to an Indian surrogate mother — to bring into relief the fact that the law hasn’t managed to catch up with the burgeoning
baby industry. But this is set to change now, with India set to be the only country in the world to legalize commercial surrogacy. The proposed rent-a-womb law, if passed in the parliamentary session, will clearly be one of the friendliest laws on surrogacy in the
world.

India's booming, and much publicized, surrogacy industry may soon feel the effects of significant regulatory developments. The 35-page bill seeks to regulate India's heavily market-driven fertility industry, and introduces a number of policies ranging from clinic regulation to restrictions on ART access.

Some points that are worth noticeable in Indian Surrogacy Bill ,which the bill formally includes are:

1) Surrogacy shall not be available to "patients for whom it would normally be possible to carry a baby to term."

2) Surrogacy contracts shall be legally enforceable.

3) Married women need their husband's consent in order to become a surrogate.

4) Surrogates shall not undergo embryo transfer more than three times for the same couple.

5) Egg donor identities shall remain strictly confidential.

6) There shall be a detailed accreditation process for fertility clinics and gamete donor banks.

7) The Department of Health Research shall establish and manage a "national ART registry."

8) The only "couples" eligible for ART shall be those "having a sexual relationship that is legal in India." (This would
apparently exclude gay couples.)

9) Foreigners seeking surrogacy services must provide written proof that their home country "permits surrogacy, and the child born through surrogacy in India, will be permitted entry in the country." (This would apparently exclude people from Canada and a number of European countries that specifically prohibit commercial surrogacy, and could exclude people from countries that don't explicitly permit it.)

10) The bill also calls for the formation of both national and state advisory boards composed of Health Department workers,
industry representatives, scientists, and other civil society members. These boards are charged with operational zing and
enforcing the many guidelines enumerated in the bill.

11) The ICMR's ART Bill, 2010, has put in place several important provisions.It says a woman acting as a surrogate mother in
India cannot be less than 21 years or over 35 years. Also, she cannot give more than five live births, including her own
children.

12) The Bill mandates the appointment of a local guardian in case of surrogacy arrangements where the intended couple is staying outside India. This local guardian will be legally obliged to take delivery of the child born of the surrogacy arrangement if the intended couple does not do so.

It is yet unclear to what extent the 2010 bill's language, and more importantly, its interpretation, implementation and enforcement if passed will address these and other social justice and health concerns. The implications for reproductive tourism are undoubtedly huge, and will certainly be shaped by the forthcoming responses from international commercial ART/surrogacy agencies, rights groups, and other civil society voices.

The finalized bill's implications for certain groups, especially LGBT communities and foreigners seeking surrogacy in India, are turning heads already. Depending on how its rules on surrogacy are interpreted and enforced, the legislation would disqualify gay couples, both foreign and domestic, as well as individuals or couples from countries such as the UK, Canada and Germany where the practice of commercial surrogacy is illegal. Such steps in India, the commercial epicenter of what has turned into a global business,would drastically affect the global politics of reproduction "for hire."

The Future of Indian Laws on Surrogacy India and Gay Couples.

Indian laws on surrogacy are not clear. However, as the government plans to pass the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
bill, this uncertainty will change. The ART bill will regulate In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and exclude gay couples from hiring surrogates in India. This is because the government of India has not legalized gay relationships, although it has been decriminalized by the Delhi High Court. Further, surrogacy for gay couples will be an option only after the country legalizes gay relationships. The bill also provides for prohibiting IVF clinics from conducting surrogacy transactions.Instead, it plans to set up special ART banks that will track reproductive donors and surrogate mothers.

The bill’s stipulations about who is eligible to use assisted reproductive services are also problematic. It states that ARTs will be available to all married or unmarried couples as well as single people, but defines “couple” as two persons “having a sexual relationship that is legal in India,”where homosexuality has been decriminalized but not legalized. “Married” and “unmarried” couples are also defined as those in marriages or relationships that are legal in the country where they are citizens. Accordingly the ambiguous language makes it unclear whether assisted reproductive technologies would be available for gay couples, and particularly for Indian gay couples.

As the world's media seems intent on declaring that forthcoming legislation in India will effectively ban gay couples from becoming parents through surrogacy, the question arises as to exactly what foundation these claims have. Drafts of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2010, which has been in process since 2008 and includes recommendations dating as far back as 2005, have thus far not explicitly stated one way or another whether gay couples will be eligible under the proposed rules.

Thus from these concepts we can only draw the conclusion that a gay couple may fall short of the requirements of being a
"couple" for the purposes of this Bill, but may be acknowledged as being married, or unmarried depending on their legal
status in their home country. In fact it would seem that in adding these more specific references to types of relationships or relationship status that are legal in countries other than India, that there is an increased possibility for gay couples to be eligible for surrogacy under the terms of what may become the new laws that govern this area of medicine.

The Bill therefore makes no specific stipulations about gay couples entering in to a surrogacy agreement, apart from their being generally eligible as one of the defined groups from Section 32 (1). Furthermore, both individuals who make up the "commissioning" couple must be party to the legally binding contract that will be drawn up.

Unless specific changes are made during the passing of this Bill, it is difficult to see how the current content will preclude or prejudice gay couples.

The ART bill also provides that foreign couples obtain a document from their embassy stating that the surrogate child will be granted the countries citizenship. This document is a must-have for securing a surrogacy agreement with any ART clinic. The clause, however, may hinder the prospects for couples coming from countries that do not recognize surrogacy.

Regardless of how the bill moves forward, there is an ongoing boon in the Art industry and commercial surrogacy in India.

Becoming a proud parent with the help of Third Party Reproduction involves a considerable financial and emotional investment. The surrogacy treatment cost is very economical in India as compared to the cost involved in European countries. The best medical facility and the use of latest technology in the treatment aided by renowned team of doctors and the well trained clinic staff has made India the favorable spot among the foreigners for surrogacy journey.

Rotunda offers surrogacy to people of all nationalities. We are an LGBT friendly clinic and offer surrogacy services to same sex couples. We also offer surrogacy to single parents. We believe in one simple principle, to provide our clients with the highest standard of care in the surrogacy and egg donation industry at an affordable price.

Enjoy the most awaited journey of parenthood with Rotunda Fertility clinic or You can contact for further assistance at
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