Showing posts with label Dr. Neeraj Pahlajani. Show all posts
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Friday, 24 October 2014

What Is India Doing to Regularise Surrogacy

Pregnancy involves the whole person, body and mind, at every conscious and unconscious moment for nine months. The act of procreation, the primal behavior of human beings, is a gift which has helped thousands of infertile couples through Surrogacy in India. It is often termed as womb-renting, which represents the final conquest of the couples, who have failed to conceive despite several attempts.

Unending quest for a child has been answered by surrogate mothers. However, becoming a surrogate mother is often looked down as a way for women in socially vulnerable positions to sell fundamental human rights. But, in 12 years of its legal existence in India, surrogacy has emerged as the most preferred option for couples to complete their families. Surrogacy has not only given an answerto fertility problems but also has harnessed the technology to enhance reproductive freedom.

Woman undergoes enormous emotional challenges posed by the unrequited desire to have a child of one's own. Even the surrogacy in Raipur has witnessed a positive boast from all directions.

However, some social workers and feminist organization have condemned surrogate motherhood. They have argued that surrogacy exploits the woman’s body and her reproductive organs, and violates poor women’s human rights. The industry has been criticised for operating in a regulatory vacuum, and while there are some rules for people who take the journey to India, it is still a minefield for many unsuspecting parents.

If we consider the feminist approach, we would have to think that surrogacy means exploiting a woman’s body and her rights. Surrogacy has always been debated on ethical and legal issues. Even the argument from equality, specifically LGBT equality, has denied dying.

Recently, the Australian couple's move to abandon one of their twins born via a surrogate mother in India has raised new controversy for surrogacy in India. The case dates back to 2012 although it came to light recently after a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The report said the couple returned home with the baby girl while her brother was left behind.

Taking a strict cognisance, the Health Ministry has proposed new moves to regulate surrogacy and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in India. The new rules will make couples mandatory to take custody of their child born through surrogacy. The bill also seeks to address issues like how many pregnancies can be allowed for a surrogate mother, the age of the mother and due compensation to be paid to her.

However, the new rules may bar foreigners from having surrogate babies in India. The Bill will also allow single parents to have children through surrogates. The Bill states that health insurance and regular tests will be make mandatory for surrogates. The proposed Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill is likely to be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament.
India is taking a move to regularise the industry for convenience of both surrogate mother and commissioning parents.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani

Obstetrician & IVF Specialist
(MS, DNB, FMAS, DRM - Germany)
MBBS - Lady Harding Medical College - New Delhi
MS - Obstetrics and Gynecology (PGI - Rohtak)
DNB - Obstetrics and Gynecology
FMAS - World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
DRM - Diploma in Reproductive Medicine (Germany)
Fellow in IVF & Embryology – (USA)
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Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Centre
(Mata Laxmi Nursing Home)
Anupam Nagar, Near T.V. Tower, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India
Phone:  +91- 771- 4052967, +91- 771- 4053285 Mobile:  +91- 9873083334, +91- 9329630455
Email - contact@raipurivf.com

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Saturday, 4 October 2014

India versus Thailand on Surrogacy


A slew of surrogacy scandals have lifted a lid on Thailand’s largely unregulated commercial surrogacy industry, which has been around for over a decade. Below are the few controversial cases that drew a large amount of flak and also led to Thai military government’s decision to draft a new law that is expected to outlaw the business of surrogacy.

Below are the three scandals that brought unregulated surrogacy sector of Thailand under scanner –

An Australian couple, who had hired a Thai surrogate to their twins, returned home with a healthy baby girl but left behind her twin brother with Down syndrome, in late July.

Shortly after, a new case of 24-year-old Japanese man who fathered at least 16 babies via Thai surrogates emerged.

A third case emerged when an Australian man charged with sexually abusing twin girls he fathered several years ago with a Thai surrogate. The man was charged in an Australian court last year for committing indecent acts with a child.


Thailand has become a favorite destination for couples from Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and a low-cost alternative to the United States. However, Thailand is one of the few countries in Asia where commercial surrogacy is not specifically banned by law. Previously, the Medical Council of Thailand had a regulation stating that doctors cannot perform surrogacy for pay or risk losing their license. But that penalty has rarely been enforced and there are no rules covering surrogacy agencies or surrogate mothers, leaving room for commercial surrogacy to occur without oversight.

Thailand's New Draft Law on Surrogacy

In response to the recent global attention, Thailand’s military government has vowed to shut down the commercial surrogacy industry. A draft law expected to pass the junta-appointed legislature sometime this year prohibits commercial surrogacy and would penalize offenders with up to 10 years in prison. Agencies, advertisers, or recruiters of surrogate mothers will face up to five years in jail and a fine of up to 100,000 baht ($3,000). Experts say they fear the law will not end commercial surrogacy in Thailand and instead push it underground.


Indian Surrogacy Laws remained lose for years, while the medical council continued its attempt to regulate surrogacy sector for years. After 2002, Surrogacy Laws in India have undergone an immense change. The Union of India is taking steps to for legalizing surrogacy and making India a risk-free destination when it comes to international surrogacy arrangements. The Indian Government is implementing legal mechanisms to ensure that the child born out of surrogacy arrangement in India would have a safe passage back home. Though such measures have affected few nationals, it could be considered legally safe in the long run for surrogacy in India.

After rounds of discussion with various ministries, the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, 2013 has been cleared and will be presented before Union Cabinet during winter session of 2014, confirmed a senior health ministry official on September 22. The decision comes closely after the regularisation and legal framework of Surrogacy in India was debated. The undeniable fact about several illegal ART units cropping up across the country to shortchange the infertile couples gives a reason for the urgent need of passing the bill.

Indian Government has also chalked out certain guidelines on surrogacy to make the whole process transparent and allow to hitches. The Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, 2013 seeks to address issues like number of pregnancies allowed to a surrogate mother, age limit and due compensation paid to the surrogates. A framework would be designed for foreigners to seek surrogacy help from India surrogate mothers. With this, the issues of consent and health of surrogate mother would also be resolved.

The Health Ministry has considered the fact that commercial surrogacy changes to biological ability of a woman to reproduce into a commercial activity when money transaction is involved and lack of proper legal framework further complicated the whole process. 

Therefore, an immediate need of strong legal provisions to safeguard the interest of the surrogate mother, commissioning parents and the child born through surrogacy process has been considered.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani

Obstetrician & IVF Specialist
(MS, DNB, FMAS, DRM - Germany)
MBBS - Lady Harding Medical College - New Delhi
MS - Obstetrics and Gynecology (PGI - Rohtak)
DNB - Obstetrics and Gynecology
FMAS - World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
DRM - Diploma in Reproductive Medicine (Germany)
Fellow in IVF & Embryology – (USA)


Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Centre
(Mata Laxmi Nursing Home)
Anupam Nagar, Near T.V. Tower, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India
Phone:  +91- 771- 4052967, +91- 771- 4053285 Mobile:  +91- 9770997645, +91- 9329630455
Email - contact@raipurivf.com

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Friday, 3 October 2014

Why do you need to ask about 'Current Statistics' of a Fertility Clinic


Why the commissioning couples need to ask for CurrentStatistics of clinic before embarking on any surrogacy program?

Children born through surrogacy in Raipur have certainly put Raipur in a global picture. At Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Center, we ensure that the commissioning couples are informed with the ‘current statistics’ for the surrogacy cycles for the past three months.

For example – Your fertility specialist informs you, “In the past month, we did 10 egg donor cycles with fresh embryo transfer of 3 embryos on day 2 and p number were positive and q number were negative.”

What does this mean? Why is it necessary to ask about current statistics?

Asking for actual number of cycles (rather than percentage of your cycles) would help you know the status of your cycle. You should know that statistics should be divided into the following categories –
1.      self-cyclers - fresh transfer
2.    self-cyclers – Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
3.    egg donor cycles - fresh transfer
4.    egg donor cycles - frozen embryo transfer

For self-cyclers - fresh transfer, you should enquire about the statistics of surrogacy cycles,
·        age under 30
·        age 30-35
·        age 36-40
·        age above 40

For self-cyclers – FET, enquire about same above four age categories.
In any of the above queries, if the clinic informs you by giving the actual number of embryo transfers in a given number of cycles during the particular period of time, then the clinic is honest. It is important to know the current statistics than the number of babies the clinic has delivered in a particular period of time. If you are not given actual data, do not bank on the clinic.

What are the signs of a quack fertility clinic?
  1. Payment to surrogate mother is kept a secret from you
  2. Clinic is not allowing establishing contact with surrogate mother after your child is born.
  3. High rate of surrogate hospitalizations
  4. False statistics



Dr Neeraj Pahlajani

Obstetrician & IVF Specialist
(MS, DNB, FMAS, DRM - Germany)
MBBS - Lady Harding Medical College - New Delhi
MS - Obstetrics and Gynecology (PGI - Rohtak)
DNB - Obstetrics and Gynecology
FMAS - World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
DRM - Diploma in Reproductive Medicine (Germany)
Fellow in IVF & Embryology – (USA)
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Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Centre
(Mata Laxmi Nursing Home)
Anupam Nagar, Near T.V. Tower, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India
Phone:  +91- 771- 4052967, +91- 771- 4053285 Mobile:  +91- 9300511044, +91- 9329630455
Email - contact@raipurivf.com, sameerp5000@hotmail.com

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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

How to deal with failed IVF

The introduction of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) more than 30 years ago has made parenthood possible for millions who otherwise would never have been able to conceive. When your body says no to in vitro, you at least have options like surrogacy to discover and still have child with your own genes.

It is understandable that an IVF procedure requires an enormous emotional commitment at each level of the program, whether or not IVF is successful. From a personal experience, it was observed when the couples were undergoing IVF in Raipur, failed IVF leaves broken heart.

What if experiencing the failure of your last IVF is the key that begins to end the misconceptions? What if spending time with your tender broken heart can not only help balance your hormones, but can help you heal every other failure you have yet to heal? 

Technical Truths

IVF patients need to be prepared for the fact that about 15-20% of pregnancies miscarry, and the risk of miscarriage after in vitro fertilization is probably the same as for natural conception. The reason the IVF miscarriage rate sometimes appears to be higher is that an IVF pregnancy is diagnosed long before it normally would be in the case of a natural pregnancy.

Most women who conceive on their own do not test themselves for pregnancy until they have missed their period, whereas with IVF the diagnosis of pregnancy is made before the woman misses a period. One should remember, however, that a pregnancy is not confirmed until the presence of a gestational sac has been diagnosed by ultrasound. If this criterion is used to verify pregnancy, then the miscarriage rate with IVF is no greater than that of the population at large.

Ask yourself. You are not a quitter right?

But miscarriage can have a positive side, however. Painful as it is to the couple, the very fact that they conceived at all indicates they are likely to be able to do so again. It is reasonable to expect that although a successful pregnancy was not achieved on the first try, the fact that they could initiate a pregnancy means that their overall chances of having a baby will increase on subsequent IVF attempts.

A failed IVF or a canceled in vitro cycle can be the first step of real healing. Don’t blame it on assisted reproduction for the rest of your fertility journey.
The physical demands of IVF ranging from the annoyance of hormone shots and blood tests to the discomfort of egg retrieval for the woman and the need for the man to produce a semen specimen on demand, all add to the emotional stress associated with the process. 

So, be emotionally prepared and call for support from your family throughout the treatment cycle. It will help both partners cope more effectively with the physical demands on the woman.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani

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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Life of Surrogates at Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Center


Referring to one of the news publishing about social activists demanding to ban commercial surrogacy and to regularise it like egg donation. In the article, the data of three states are cited in reference to illiteracy, poverty and unemployment of women, who are mostly unaware of the contract terms and agree to become a surrogate mother mainly for funding the education of their children.

However, the scenario is different for women agreeing to assist infertile couples for surrogacy in Raipur. Although, Chhattisgarh has high women illiteracy rate but women who agree to become surrogate mothers for interfile couples at 

Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Center are given best understanding of the contract to ensure transparency and safeguard of the rights of both surrogate and infertile couple. 

To ensure that a surrogate does not feel exploited, a better understanding of her expectations from the process is taken. Considering that surrogacy is “commercial” in India, the balance in cost of surrogacy in India and remuneration to the surrogate mother is maintained.

At Pahlajani Surrogacy Care, the surrogates are kept under best medical care. They live in an environment of peace and sisterhood under the roof of Pahlajani Surrogacy Home, where they are given best medical assistance.
Indian surrogacy is often targeted about the authenticity of contract signed between commissioning parents and surrogates. The fact cannot be denied that there are several clinics which do not adhere to the provisions of remunerations. However, Pahlajani Surrogacy Care ensures that the rights of a surrogate, who is assisting a childless couple to complete their family.

Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Center is the only center in Chhattisgarh having an in-house embryologist and does not conduct IVF/ICSI in batches. With the number of successes in helping the childless couples in having their babies by providing best medical assistance to both surrogate and commissioning couple, we have climbed another step in the ladder of human connection. Knowing that giving birth for someone else is a job only a selfless human being with most giving heart can perform, Pahlajani Surrogacy Care derives its confidence from surrogates for showing their faith and performing commendable jobs for couples.

Along with the celebration of different festivals with the surrogates, we celebrate Mother’s Day, Women’s Day and even organise plantation drives for surrogates. Surrogates are made to feel like home in our surrogacy homes. The reports about the violation of laws and shortchanging the surrogates are baffling. Rights of surrogates should be safeguarded and they should be given best medical care.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani




Saturday, 9 August 2014

10 Must Read Books for Surrogates and Intended Parents


1.  Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction by Susan Markens (NON FICTION)

The book is about the social construction of surrogacy in the United States and debates surrounding two bills on surrogacy in 1992, one in California and one in New York, and at the way the feminist lobby and other factors shaped two very different outcomes. In New York surrogacy was eventually outlawed, while in California it is leniently practiced.

2.  Surrogate Motherhood: International Perspectives by Shelley Day Sclater (NON FICTION)

This edited collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject of surrogacy, including perspectives from law, psychology, anthropology and social work.

3.  Surrogacy Was the Way: Twenty Intended Mothers Tell Their Stories by Zara Griswold (NON FICTION)

It is a collection of surrogacy journeys of mothers. Women becoming surrogates should read this book as it will be helpful in contracting a surrogate and even to those interested in becoming a surrogate for the insider perspective it provides.

4.  The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception by Debora L. Spar (NON FICTION)

This book gives the facts about commercial surrogacy and some interesting insights into the global market.

5.  Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self by Elly Teman (NON FICTION)

Book narrates the personal experiences of surrogates and intended mothers. It breaks many common myths about surrogacy and about relationship between participants in gestational surrogacy arrangements.

6.  Surrogate Motherhood: Conception In The Heart (Institutional Structures of Feeling) by Helena Ragoné (NON FICTION)

The writer looks at traditional surrogates-- women who use their own egg and are inseminated with the intended father's sperm. The analysis sheds light on the way surrogacy changes established notions of kinship, family, and motherhood.

7. Due Date by Nancy W. Wood (FICTION)

Surrogate mother Shelby McDougall just fell for the biggest con of all—a scam that risks her life and the lives of her unborn twins.

Shelby McDougall, recent college graduate, is facing a mountain of student debt and carting a burden she'd like to exorcise. But Jackson and Diane have their own secret agenda, one that has nothing to do with diapers and lullabies.

8. Womb for Rent by Amanda Brian (FICTION)

It is two books in one.  It has stories of a wealthy business tycoon Derek Cameron and his own resident pet sitter Talli Paxton, and Jenna McBay, who owns a bookstore and wants to wed a man of means.

9. Her Sister's Baby by Janice Kay Johnson (FICTION)
Colleen will do anything for her sister Sheila, including having her baby. Sheila's husband, Michael, wants a baby, too. When Colleen offers to be a surrogate for his wife, he's deeply grateful.

10. And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families by Susan Goldberg, Chloë Brushwood Rose (FICTION)

(Courtesy: www.goodreads.com)



Dr Neeraj Pahlajani

Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Does obesity reduce chance of getting pregnant with donor egg?


According to a new study conducted by Washington University of Medicine, women who use donor eggs to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF), those who are obese are just as likely to become pregnant as normal weight women. The study showed that these complications are restricted to women trying to conceive naturally. Obesity doesn't significantly affect women trying to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

However, the women are advised to reduce weight before pregnancy in any type of conception, including ovum donation. Being obese during pregnancy can have a major impact on your health and your baby's health. The best way to protect your health and your baby's wellbeing is to lose weight before you become pregnant. By reaching a healthy weight, you increase your chances of conceiving naturally and reduce your risk of the problems associated with being overweight in pregnancy.

Obesity is not an influential factor when it comes to analyzing the differences in the rates of miscarriages or live births among obese women who use donor eggs. Investigators aren’t sure whether the quality of a woman’s eggs or her uterus is most affected by obesity. As a result, several studies have focused on donor egg recipients to provide some clues.

Many IVF programs have arbitrary body mass index (BMI) restrictions that help them determine whether women can receive treatment. These cutoffs need to be re-examined.

In this analysis, obesity (defined as a BMI over 30) was not associated with a difference in pregnancy rates when compared with pregnancy rates in women with a normal BMI. The data from this study also indicates that obesity was not associated with differences in the rates of miscarriage or live birth among obese women who used donor eggs, when compared with women of normal weight. However, live births and miscarriages were not reported in all of the studies.

Previous studies have stated that obesity reduces chances of spontaneous pregnancy in women. Even if an obese woman gets pregnant, there are high possibilities of her suffering complications. Obesity was not found to be associated with differences in the rates of miscarriage or live birth among obese women who used donor eggs, when compared with women of normal weight.

However, reproductive outcome has affected female obesity. An analysis egg donation treatment shows that female obesity reduced the receptivity of uterus of embryo implantation and thereby compromises reproductive outcome.  

If you are very overweight and you are pregnant, don't try to lose weight during your pregnancy as this may not be safe. Although there are risks associated with being obese during pregnancy, there is no evidence that losing weight while you're pregnant will reduce these risks.


Dr Neeraj Pahlajani 

Sunday, 3 August 2014

Surrogacy in India Mythology


It was from the period of Mahabharat that surrogacy was practiced started. Not commercial though, but practice of carrying child for intended mother. There are references in Indian mythology to surrogacy, most notably in the legend surrounding Lord Krishna.

Notably, before the advent of modern assisted conception techniques, natural surrogacy was the only means of helping childless women to have children. Later as artificial insemination was accepted, this became the usual means of achieving pregnancy in cases of infertility, being more socially acceptable than the natural way. When assisted conception methods such as invitro fertilization (IVF) become available, it was a method to use the eggs of the women wanting the baby/donor woman and the sperm of her husband/donor male, to create their embryos in vitro and transfer these to a suitable host.

Another story of embryo transfer was regarding the seventh pregnancy of Devaki, by the will of the Lord, the embryo was transferred to the womb of Rohini, the first wife of Vasudev, to prevent the baby being killed by baby Kamsa. Therefore, surrogacy is practiced in India from the time of Mahabharat. 

Surrogacy has been a sensitive issue in India and there is constant controversy over Indian laws to regularise surrogacy sector.
However, unlike countries like Germany and Canada, where surrogacy is outlawed, India has maintained that the surrogacy beneficial for both surrogate mother and intended parents. In United Kingdom, surrogacy is highly regulated and very expensive while in Germany, there have been a few controversial cases.

Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh has dominated its presence by constantly making news about increasing ‘surrogacy tourism’. Surrogacy in India has benefited couples from the world to have babies. Pahlajani IVF Center ensures extraordinary surrogacy journeys of both surrogate mother and intended parents.

Despite knowing that surrogacy is practiced in India since Mahabharat age but still people let the inhibitions grow and attach unnecessary doubts to the entire process. It cannot be ruled out that surrogacy requires having confidence in third person sometimes you meet for the first time but reputed IVF Clinics in India ensure resistance free surrogacy journey in India.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani




Monday, 21 July 2014

Egg Donation

Egg donation is the process in which a woman donates eggs, also called ova or oocytes for purposes of assisted reproduction. The donated eggs are used for in vitro fertilization as the eggs are fertilized in the laboratory or are frozen and stored for later use by the intended parents. 

Below is the process of egg donation -

1. Locating Egg Donors

For finding egg donors, you can contact donation agencies or fertility clinics in India.

2. Educating donors 

It is important that a donor is educated about the medical process, reproductive system, effects of donation, medical implications, legal requirements, and complications involved in the process.

3. Medical background of donor

The donors would have to undergo some specific tests before donation to ensure they are fit for the program, and will give good results as expected by parents. 

4. Signing Contract

After discussions, briefing, understanding the responsibilities, limitations, financial considerations, a contract is signed with the donor.

5. No contact with Intended parents

As per the Indian laws, the egg donation is anonymous.

6. Medical Procedure

The retrieval of egg is done through medical procedure by ensuring best medical facilities at Pahlajani Surrogacy Care.

Dr Neeraj Pahlajani


Wednesday, 31 July 2013

How Pahlajani Surrogacy India is different from other one

Infertility, Intended Parents and Surrogate mothers
Infertility is a big problem now a day’s because of the urban population becoming too westernized and problem of modern society living culture; both male and female are more prone towards career building and especially female skipping their most fertile period till mid thirties. Sometimes for the sake of career building they sign a contract in which the clause of maternity leave is not there, thus the problem of infertility sets in. This gives an opportunity for the infertility treatment or if not conceive finally survive for surrogacy. Thus the demand for Infertility treatment and surrogacy gets its top most priority in India. We understand that infertility is not about being unable to conceive it is also the trauma individual or the couple passes through. India is the cheaper destination and low cost treatment provider with quality medical procedure and high success rate. The cheaper availability of surrogates in India is attracting a lot of couples from all over the world who are unable to have children.

Pahlajani Surrogacy India is a centre where Doctor and Experts implant an embryo into the womb of a surrogate mother. If everything goes well then in nine months time surrogate mother will deliver a baby. A team of doctors, lawyer’s medical professionals and support staff work in assisting the birth of babies by surrogacy to Indian and International intended parents to see smiles in the face of childless couples.

Pahlajani Surrogacy India has very detailed and rigorous criteria for choosing surrogate mothers. The surrogate should be between 21 to 35 years of age. They are married with previous normal deliveries and healthy babies. Detailed medical history, surgical history is looked and only a few are chosen. The hospital authorities maintain a record so that the same woman will not take the same task within a stipulated period of time.

In our surrogacy centre, many childless couples from India and abroad are coming with hope of getting a child through a surrogate mother. The couples prefer surrogacy than adoption; the parent can find their own identity with the child.

How Pahlajani Surrogacy India is different from other one.
Dr. Neeraj Pahlajani is an experienced infertility specialist of Pahlajani test tube baby centre who offers patients a combination of excellent clinical expertise, strong experience and warm personal care. Dr Neeraj Pahlajani and her team are among the most experienced IVF - Surrogacy providers in India with High success rates. Our Professionals has hands-on experience to perform all donor/client scans, egg collections and embryo transfers under one roof. Pahlajani Surrogacy India’s embryology team is experienced and sought after by IVF and surrogacy centres across India. We enjoy a higher than normal positive pregnancy results with 75% of donor egg/surrogacy clients achieving pregnancy on their first try. 90% of clients are pregnant on their second efforts, very few clients need to try a third time. Our miscarriage rate is lower than national and international averages.

Pahlajani Test Tube Baby Centre is brand new and equipped with the latest medical equipment. We are proud of the modern facilities we have created for the comfort of our surrogates, donors and clients. Our centre is the best among the hospitals in the world in terms of medical care and comfort. Pahlajani Surrogacy India follows the guidelines for IVF and Surrogacy practice recommended by the Indian Council of Medical Research. In the absence of Indian legislation regulating surrogacy agreements, ICMR guidelines set out code of ethical standards our practitioners closely observe.

We understand how difficult it can be place your dreams of a family in the hands of a clinic in a foreign country. Most of our clients start the surrogacy process feeling alone and overwhelmed, but unwilling to give up what is, for them, a basic human need – to love and nurture a child. Every single client, past and present, has walked a difficult path in their pursuit of creating a family; most of our clients have suffered years of infertility, or had repeated miscarriages and failed IVF treatment. We understand how difficult it is to have your baby growing so far from home. We provide regular test results throughout your treatment and pregnancy. 
Surrogacy and their types

Traditional Surrogacy:
Traditional or Straight surrogacy is the simplest and least expensive form of surrogacy and is also known as artificial insemination.  The surrogate mother uses an insemination kit to become pregnant using the intended father’s semen.  The baby will therefore be conceived using the surrogate’s egg. Some people prefer to use a clinic for inseminations, but it can also happen at home and can therefore seem a more natural and less ‘medical’ way of becoming pregnant than host surrogacy.  It can, however, can be harder emotionally for both the surrogate and the intended parents.

Gestational Surrogacy:
Gestational or Host surrogacy is when IVF is used, either with the eggs of the intended mother, or with donor eggs.  The surrogate mother therefore does not use her own eggs, and is genetically unrelated to the baby.  It is physically more complicated and considerably more expensive than straight surrogacy and always takes place in a fertility clinic. Some Surrogates prefer this method as they may not be comfortable with using their own eggs in surrogacy.

There are three stages to gestational surrogacy:
1.       Egg donation:  The female Intended Parent, or the egg donor, undergo special procedures to extract a number of eggs
2.       Fertilisation:  The egg is fertilized with semen in the laboratory
3.       Transfer:  The fertilized egg is transferred into the womb of the surrogate mother

The fertilized egg can be transferred to the surrogate either ‘fresh’ or after having been de-frosted from egg storage.  For a fresh egg transfer the monthly cycles of the surrogate and the egg donor must be synchronized, and this is done using hormone medications.  In cases where embryos have been frozen already and the de-frosted embryos are being transferred some IVF clinics will insist on the surrogate mother taking hormone medications to ‘ready’ her womb lining.

The Complete Cost of Surrogacy in Pahlajani Surrogacy India:
Surrogacy costs in India may be less expensive than in your home country, the process is still expensive. Be aware that there are significant costs beyond those typically quoted in a surrogacy package, including travel costs, medical costs not covered by the package, and especially the cost of multiple tries. Because the full cost of having a baby through surrogacy includes much more than just the payment to the clinic, it's worth being clear on the full surrogacy costs at the outset. Listed below are approximate surrogacy costs at Pahlajani Surrogacy India.

Foreigners are attracted to India because it is cheaper than in the West to have a surrogate child. The 'package' for surrogacy can vary between Rs.9,00,000 to Rs.15,00,000, including the cost of doctors, legal fees, antenatal care, surrogate compensation, egg donor, drugs and consumables, IVF costs and other additional Charges in Pahlajani  Surrogacy India.

The price of surrogacy has been increasing. There are many factors driving the increased costs like life insurance for the surrogate, higher surrogate compensation, strengthening Rupee and they are likely to keep going up. Prevailing exchange rates also affect the cost, as most of the clinics charge in Rupees.

Each clinic quotes fees differently and can change their packages over time, so the fees listed may not be apples for apples comparisons. Use them as guidance only. Confirm with the clinic you select what is, and is not, included in the fees, and compare with other clinics. Often included but to be confirmed are the IVF procedure for the egg donor and surrogate, payment to the surrogate, the surrogates medical checks during pregnancy, any housing fees for the surrogate, and delivery fees. These criteria of fees are often structured as follows: 

IVF Procedure:
» Surrogate Recruitment
» Surrogate endometrial preparation
» IVF fees

Surrogate Pregnancy Cost:
» Surrogate compensation
» Antenatal care for surrogate
» Surrogate caretaker
» Surrogate housing
» Deposit for any required antenatal hospital fees
» Life insurance policy for the surrogate
» Delivery

Additional Fees:
During a cycle, there are many possible additional fees. Fees that may not be included in a standard price list include:
» Egg donor fees, including housing for egg donors
» Medication, especially if you start your cycle at home
» HIV/STD screening for you and our partner before starting the program
» Additional medication
» Additional ultrasounds
» Additional blood tests
» ICSI
» Embryo freezing and thawing
» Amniocentesis
» Surcharges for twins
» Selective reduction
» Termination
» DNA testing
» Agency fees if a third party sources or assists in monitoring the surrogate
» Additional housing fees for the surrogate
» Hospital and medical charges for complications during delivery
» Neonatal care for premature delivery
» Delivery charges (check whether these are included or not)

Legal Facts in India
Single men, women and even gays and lesbians could soon get the legal sanction to have children using surrogate mothers. The draft Bill legalizing surrogacy in India - The Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Regulation Bill 2010 has provided for single parenthood by allowing “unmarried couples” and “single persons” from India and abroad to have children using ART procedure and surrogate mothers. The Bill, with potential to rewrite the social landscape, may be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament if the Union Cabinet clears it.

Commercial surrogacy is legal in India. But it’s still unregulated in our country as we don’t have legislation controlling surrogacy. And although the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set ‘national guidelines’ to regulate surrogacy, these are still simply guidelines. All that this means is that surrogate mothers need to sign a “contract” with the childless couple. There are no stipulations as to what will happen if this “contract’ is violated.

The Indian Council for Medical Research gave guidelines to help regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology procedures. The Law Commission of India submitted the 228th report on Assisted Reproductive Technology procedures discussing the importance and need for surrogacy, and also the steps taken to control surrogacy arrangements. The following observations had been made by the Law Commission:

Surrogacy arrangement will continue to be governed by a contract amongst parties, which will contain all the terms requiring consent of surrogate mother to bear the child, agreement of her husband and other family members for the same, medical procedures of artificial insemination, reimbursement of all reasonable expenses for carrying child to full term, willingness to hand over the child born to the commissioning parent(s), etc. But such an arrangement should not be for commercial purposes.


A surrogacy arrangement should provide for financial support for the surrogate child in the event of death of the commissioning couple or individual before delivery of the child, or divorce between the intended parents and subsequent willingness of none to take delivery of the child. A surrogacy contract should necessarily take care of life insurance cover for surrogate mother. One of the intended parents should be a donor as well, because the bond of love and affection with a child primarily emanates from biological relationship. Also, the chances of various kinds of child-abuse, which have been noticed in cases of adoptions, will be reduced. In case the intended parent is single, he or she should be a donor to be able to have a surrogate child. Otherwise, adoption is the way to have a child, which is resorted to if biological (natural) parents and adoptive parents are different.
» Legislation itself should recognize a surrogate child to be the legitimate child of the commissioning parent(s) without there being any need for adoption or even declaration of guardian.
» The birth certificate of the surrogate child should contain the name(s) of the commissioning parent(s) only.
» Right to privacy of donor as well as surrogate mother should be protected.
» Sex-selective surrogacy should be prohibited.
» Cases of abortions should be governed by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 only.

Home Ministry Guidelines 2012:

The Home Ministry has issued new Guidelines in July 2012 regulating visas of foreigners coming to India seeking surrogacy

» They must be on a 'medical visa'
» Only a heterosexual couple married for two years is eligible for the visa
» The home country's foreign ministry or embassy must certify they recognize surrogacy
» There should be an official assurance that the child/children will be allowed to enter the home country as a biological child of the couple
» The procedure must be done at an assisted reproductive technology clinic recognized by the Indian Council of Medical Research

Process of Surrogacy:

Surrogacy is an expensive and complex treatment option, which is best reserved for women without a uterus. Research shows that the reason for failed implantation is much more likely to be genetically abnormal embryos because of poor quality eggs, rather than a uterine problem. For women with repeated failed IVF cycle; repeated pregnancy losses; and older women, donor egg IVF or embryo adoption is a much better choice, because it's less expensive.

» Find out if your embassy will allow you to take your baby back with you after you surrogacy treatment.
» Our legal consultant can guide you.
» Our legal consultant will explain all the legal formalities you need to comply with and will get your signatures.
» Our legal consultant will explain all the legal formalities of your surrogate on your Surrogacy Agreement and Contract, so that it is legally.

» Pahlajani Surrogacy India is a world-class clinic for Surrogacy treatment which will maximize your chances of success and give you peace of mind you did your best.
» Treatment can be expensive, but a baby is priceless. Our charges are very cost effective because of our high success rates.
» Send your registration fees so we can start Surrogacy treatment process.
» Come to India for treatment.
» Have realistic expectations, Surrogacy has a high success rate.
» Once your surrogate gives birth, fly down to India; and then fly back with your baby.

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