This video was taken on 08 August 2009 by hammockguy66. It was recorded with the approval of the Patel's, on a Sunday when there were few people. On Monday through Saturday, this place is bustling with activity; too much to be sensitive to privacy concerns. A skeleton crew of staff is available though, usually to assist intended parents with daily injections, which usually occur around 11 am. Hitesh is Dr. Nayna Patel's husband.
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BBC Breakfast Show - Indian Surrogacy Feature
BBC Breakfast Show - Indian Surrogacy Feature (13th Oct 2008) with Daisy and Nikki from oneinsix.com.
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Baby Manji: A stateless surrogate baby
This is one of the cases that really brought surrogacy to the forefront of Indian debate in 2008. This Indian news story focuses on baby Manji in early 2008. A Japanese couple used a gestational surrogate with a donor egg, but then divorced before the baby was born in Dr. Patel's clinic. The wife (who was not genetically related to the baby) didn't want the baby, but the father (who was genetically related to the baby) did. However, at the time, Japanese law didn't recognize surrogacy and Indian Law wouldn't allow a single man to adopt a baby child. The story ended well - the baby did end up getting a Japanese visa and going to Japan. And, single fathers have since been successful in getting babies home from India, especially through Rotunda. Dr. Patel doesn't work with single fathers, so she has less experience with these types of cases than Rotunda.
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"Wombs for Rent" on Oprah, Oct. 5 2007.
Dr. Patel's clinic in Anand featured on an episode of Oprah.
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Gay dads bringing babies home through surrogacy (this is with U.S. surrogate)
Gay dads through surrogacy are bringing their babies home (this is with a U.S. surrogate) - part 1/4.
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Investigative report on Surrogacy with negative slant
Investigative report of Surrogacy, interviewing Dr. Patel at Anand. Has a negative slant on commercial surrogacy, but informational nonetheless. Embedding was disabled by the producers, but the video can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqXZGM_sfvA.
The same story, with a slightly different editing, titled "The Baby Factory", was aired on Australia's Dateline in Feb, 2009.
Issues raised in the video (and issues to watch out for) include:
- costs were not well understood ahead of time - make sure you clearly understand costs ahead of time, and understand what is and is not included in the costs.
- when should embryos be transferred - day 3 or day 5 (bastocysts). Most surrogacy clinics seem to do day 3 transfers; the IVF doctor quoted in the video (and likely inexperienced in surrogate egg transfers) said they should be done on day 5.
- genuine legal issues of whether a surrogacy contract would stand up in an Indian court of law, although no case of the Indian surrogate mother asking to keep the baby is known. Read more on contract issues at Stateless babies? And the surrogacy contract and What to Know, What to Ask.
http://player.sbs.com.au/naca/#/naca/dateline/Latest/playlist/The-Baby-F...
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Interview with Rotunda's Dr. Kadam
Interview with Rotunda's Dr. Kadam. This interview was done by Medical Tourism Co., which is one of several medical tourism companies that can assist in the process of coordinating an overseas healthcare visit. Read Go direct or use an Agency for more information on whether using an agency is right for you; see agency. See Rotunda for more information about Rotunda.
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An India news story about Surrogacy
Phoenix Hospital and Dr. Shivani Gour mentioned in an India news story about Surrogacy.
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Two Men and Two Babies
Two Men and Two Babies is a 60 Minutes (Australia) piece on Peter and Trevor, two gay Australian dads who had twins through Rotunda, shown in May, 2009. No preview available, but the full 13 minute show is available on 60 the Minutes Australia site.
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Australian series chronicling Lisa and Nik's story
"Babies for Sale" is a three part series on Australia's Sunday Night Channel 7 chronicling Lisa and Nik's story (who used Surrogacy India).
Although you'll have to watch an advertisement first, the title of the story is "Babies for Sale". The site does make it difficult link to videos, so if you can't find the video through the link, you can google babies for sale site:au.tv.yahoo.com, although you may then have to further search for the video titled "Babies for sale" on the landing pages.
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"Reproductive Tourism" Rob and Greg's pursuit of surrogacy
"Reproductive Tourism", an interview with Rob and Greg's who are pursuing surrogacy using Surrogacy India. Aired on Washington's NBC.
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Feb 2009 BBC World News report on Surrogacy in India
A Feb 2009 BBC World News report on Surrogacy in India (.wmv file will open in your media player). Includes interview of Dr. Anoop Gupta of Delhi IVF.
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Google Baby: 77 minute independent movie
Google Baby is a 2009 movie that features Dr. Patel and her clinic. It used to have a 3.5 minute preview on IMDb, but that preview is no longer available.
The official description of the movie: Google Baby is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry in the age of globalization. Doron, an Israeli entrepreneur with a high tech background proposes a new service - Baby production. The baby producer (as he introduces himself) provides customers with a cost effective solution using outsourcing of the surrogacy element to India as way to lower prices. The preferred genetic material is selected by the clients and the rest is left in the hands of the producer: Sperm and eggs are purchased on-line and multiple embryos are produced and frozen. Packed in liquid nitrogen only the embryos that fit the customers preferences are shipped by air to India - where they are implanted into the wombs of local surrogates. The customers arrive only at the end of the nine month pregnancy period to pick up their babies. Today, technology has turned 'making a baby' into an act independent of sex. And globalization is making it affordable.
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Surrogate House in Anand
Video of the surrogate house in Anand, taken by dannah10 who cycled at Anand in August 09.
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Dr. Gautam Allahbadia of Rotunda Interview
Interview of surrogacy Dr. Gautam Allahbadia of Rotunda. Here in the interview he shares knowledge about the surrogacy program in India. Couples with infertility issues, Singles and Gay couples are clients of surrogacy clinic in India. This video is from MedicalTourismCo, a medical tourism company.
