Low cost surrogacy
By Dr Anita Mani
***The cost of surrogacy involves many things .
To decrease the cost of surrogacy, the free availability of human resource is important.There are plenty of potential surrogates in India, hence compared to other countries surrogacy cost is very low in India .
The other aspect of expense is the cost of living, which is also considerably low in India, so it is much cheaper to do surrogacy in India and especially in Kerala, where women are healthy and educated .
The maternal and neonatal mortality rate in Kerala is very low and is comparable to UK and USA .The success rate is quite high in surrogacy in India .
The cost can be further reduced by preventing multiple pregnancy, by doing single embryo transfer to surrogates,avoiding twins, or triplets( which are 30 % more expensive )
NICU charges are less for single babies .
The Surrogacy cost includes-
1.Recruitment of surrogate mother and donor (if needed)
2.Legal agreements
3.Keeping of Medical records
4.Blood test, scanning and medical check-up for surrogate
mother and donor
5.Counseling of surrogate mother, donor and surrogate
mother’s husband
6.Injections and medicines for surrogate mother and donor
7.OR / GA (Ovum pick-up; Oocyte retrieval)
8.IVF / ICSI Lab charges
9.Surgeon’s fee, Embryologist’s fee, Nursing charges,
Post / OP ICU charges
10.Embryo transfer
11.Food, accommodation and travel for surrogate mothers
12.Regular scanning, blood test in pregnancy
13.Anti-natal screening for genetic abnormalities - nuchal
translucency scan, double marker / triple marker test,
3D / 4D anomaly scan, Doppler scans, CTG monitoring.
14.Delivery / Caesarean
15.Post-natal care of surrogate mother
16.Remuneration to the surrogate mother
Additional costs (which might occur in some cases)
1.Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
2.NICU Charges
3.DNA Testing
4.Multiple pregnancies
5.Fees for Passport, Citizenship, Visa, Birth Certificate,
Exit Visa
6.Accommodation and living expenses of biological parents
when they are in India
