Surrogacy in Eastern Europe

After failing to become pregnant, and facing the obstacles in adoption, many couples’ last chance to have a baby lies with hiring a surrogate to carry their child.

Surrogate pregnancy in East Europe has received a boost primarily due to high cost of surrogacy in the western countries.

Conflicting laws in the west can make it difficult to ensure that the child will be considered belonging to the commissioning parents and not the surrogate. The ease of surrogacy laws has also opened opportunities for some Eastern European countries such as Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia to establish a more flexible, much less costly system for surrogacy.  Foreign couples, or even single people, can travel to East Europe, hire a surrogate and be confident that their baby will be legally theirs when it is born.

Surrogacy for the intended parents

The only legally allowed form of surrogacy is gestational surrogacy. This means the surrogate has no relationship with the child.  The child is 100% related to whoever donates the egg and sperm that is then conceived in vitro in a laboratory. 

Undergoing surrogate pregnancy in Ukraine can be viable as Ukraine has extensive assurances for commissioning parents. The surrogates are fully pre-screened and tested. The baby will belong to the commissioning parents. The names of the commissioning parents go on the child’s birth certificate from the beginning. The less stringent legal framework of surrogacy in Ukraine is luring a lot of parents-to-be to this country.

Armenia too has the same guarantees that commissioning parents will be the legal parents of the child.  Only women between the ages of 18 and 35 are allowed to be surrogates.  They are tested for health and mental issues over a period of six months. Georgia has similar surrogacy laws and assurances.

Benefits of traveling to East Europe for surrogacy

Besides the lower costs and legal assurances, childless couples who have had difficulty conceiving will be able to travel and see the beautiful, exotic and ancient cultures of Europe. 

Being away from familiar stresses with a chance to be dazzled by the delights of a foreign country can probably put anxious parents at ease. Healthy eggs and sperm that result in fertilization and eventually a baby have a greater chance if the couple is happy and relaxed.  No guarantee, but a holiday environment usually helps.

By all means, all legalities should be checked out. Before embarking on a trip to Eastern Europe, couples should have written guarantee of their rights and expectations.  Consulting with a lawyer in East Europe is always a good idea.

Many couples have successfully traveled to Eastern Europe to have a surrogate give birth to their baby and with a little research and investigation, others can have the same success.

Womb for Rent in Ukraine

Many restrictions in western, industrialized countries make it difficult for childless couple, or singles to have their own baby through surrogacy. In Ukraine, however, surrogate pregnancy is a legal, regulated industry. Couples and singles, from all over the world, who desperately want to have their own baby, are welcome to come to Ukraine.

The doctors are highly qualified and the clinics are state-of-the-art.  Yet, because the cost of living in Ukraine is so much lower than in the industrialized world, surrogacy can be 50% or lower in cost than in the childless parents’ home countries.

Surrogacy is being sought after by people looking forward to their journey down the parenthood road. As per statistics released by the CDC and Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), the number of babies born through gestational surrogate pregnancies grew by 100 percent over a period of time from 2004 to 2008 in the US.

Special Laws for Surrogacy in Ukraine

Ukrainian law makes certain that a surrogate is fully tested, and does not suffer from any sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and health problems. She cannot be drinking alcohol or taking illegal drugs. She must have had at least one child and cannot be over the age of 35.

Married couples, common-law couples or single men and women are welcome to come and hire a Ukrainian surrogate. The child is immediately considered the child of the commissioning parents or parent. The surrogate cannot change her mind at any time and decide to keep the child. The child’s passport is issued with the names of the commissioning parents and may return home with the baby soon after birth.

There are no wait times. As soon as the couple or single persons are ready to come to Ukraine, a surrogate will be waiting for them. The couple may supply their own egg and sperm. If a couple cannot supply an egg or sperm, or if the intended parent is single, an egg or sperm donor can be supplied for them. The egg and sperm legally belong to the childless parents regardless of the donor.

Hassle-Free Travel Arrangements to Ukraine

All arrangements can be made through a medical tourism company. The agency can suggest the doctors and clinics, negotiate a fee and payment plan suitable to both parties and make the entire hotel and travel arrangements.

While the commissioning parents wait for fertilization to take place they are welcome to relax and visit the tourist hot spots of Ukraine. This ancient land has some of the finest and oldest well-preserved renaissance, baroque and classic architecture in the world.  Fine restaurants, music and cultural events, festivals, markets, parks and botanical gardens are all waiting to be explored.

For a worry-free, affordable surrogacy, Ukraine has to be one of the best places to go.

An Overview of Plastic Surgery in India

In India, plastic surgery can be performed at 50% to 90% of the cost in western countries.  The quality of services provided by plastic surgeons in India is equally as high as in the developed countries and hospitals and clinics are internationally accredited.

Plastic surgery used to be the domain of wealthy people and movie stars. However, average citizens are also now deciding to do something about parts of their bodies that do not make them happy.  They too deserve to have features distorted by disease or accident fixed, or to have something more attractive than what they were given at birth.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), 1,555,614 plastic surgery procedures were performed in the United States in 2010.  This indicates that the plastic surgery market is in high demand.  No doubt advances in medical technology have made it possible to have procedures done more easily and cheaply.  However, in western countries like the United States it is still very expensive and not available to the vast majority of people who would like to get it done.

The surgeons, clinics and hospitals in India are state-of-the-art. The reason fees are so much less expensive than in the western world is that the cost of living in India is much lower.  Doctors, medical staff, hospitals and the medical tourism industry are able to pass those costs on to patients and provide them with services that are easier on the budget.

Different Plastic Surgeries Procedures in India

Every possible procedure is available. Major procedures such as breast augmentation, breast implant removals, nose job, tummy tuck, vaginal rejuvenation and many others are regularly done. Minor procedures such as chemical peel, laser hair removal or soft tissue fillers are also done.  Sex reassignment surgery is possible too.

Getting Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery in India

The best advice is to do all the possible research on what medical tourists must know before travelling to any foreign country for medical care. Ask what guarantees can the surgeon and clinic provide, and what avenues of compensation there are if the service is not satisfactory.

Much of this can be handled by a medical tourism agency that is specialized in knowing the accredited doctors and clinics with the highest reputation.  A medical tourist agency can do all the hard work of arranging the medical details and making all travel and hotel arrangements. 

The agency can also arrange vacation, sight seeing and visits to attractions if the medical tourist wants time to relax before or after the procedure.  This is an excellent chance to combine getting a new beautiful body and travel to an exotic ancient country at a cost that is cheaper than staying home.

Cyberknife Surgery in Korea – an Overview

Of all the countries offering cyberknife surgery, Korea is one of the first do so. What happens when you hear of a new cutting-edge technology that has made remarkable strides in fighting cancer, yet you know you can’t afford it?  The Cyberknife has been making remarkable strides in both destroying tumors and making cancer treatment much more bearable than standard chemotherapy.  Success rates vary depending on patient and cancer, but they can be as much as 90% to 15-20% with standard chemotherapy.

The Cyberknife has been tested and is in operation against every type of cancer, but it is not covered by most insurance policies, and financially out of reach to the average public. For this reason, South Korea has made Cyberknife treatment facilities available to anyone in the world for half of what it would cost in western countries, or even lower.

How the Cyberknife Works

Patients are fitted with equipment that will help the Cyberknife detect tumors.  The Cyberknife scans their body.  Wherever it detects a tumor it shoots a beam of radiation that is so precision-designed it only hits the tumor, not the surrounding tissues.  It can target all the tumors in the body, including ones not picked up by regular x-rays or ones that may be too difficult for a surgeon to operate on manually.

Patients suffer for weeks after standard chemotherapy because chemo drugs do not differentiate between healthy cells and tumors.  They attack the whole body.  Even when the drugs shrink or destroy tumors, the rest of the body suffers very much.  However, the Cyberknife is so precise in targeting only the tumors that the rest of the body is left healthy and untouched.

A Cyberknife session can last as long as a dentist’s appointment and the patient is healthy enough to get up and go home.  Some minor headaches or aches and pains can follow because radiation does enter the body, but they are nothing in comparison with standard chemotherapy.

Why South Korea for Cyberknife Treatment?

The government of South Korea has invested a great deal in establishing a medical tourist industry to compete with western countries. The booming medical tourism in South Korea assures the finest, state-of-the-art hospitals, very well trained physicians, fluent English-speaking staff and excellent aftercare. Spinal cancer patients can opt for cyber knife spine surgery in Korea.

A good medical tourist agency can recommend physicians and facilities, negotiate medical costs for any budget, and make all hotel and travel arrangements.  Before or after treatment, a patient is free to explore the sounds and sights of Seoul and the natural beauty of the Korean countryside. 

With the simplicity of the Cyber-knife in South Korea, vacationing and medical treatment in Korea can be a much more beneficial experience than remaining at home with standard chemotherapy as the only option.