Surrogacy is a fertility procedure in which professionals first take the eggs and sperm of the biological parents and perform an IVF procedure in a laboratory to create a healthy embryo/s. Once the embryos are ready, the embryo specialist places them in the womb of the surrogate mother and waits for signs of pregnancy. Couples and the surrogate mother visit a fertility clinic for a pregnancy test after 14 days of embryo transfer. The specialist will perform an ultrasound examination to check the state of pregnancy in the uterus of the surrogate mother. If the expert finds that everything is fine and the surrogate mother and the baby are healthy, they will release the surrogate mother from the fertility clinic. After that, couples must visit their local gynaecologist for further treatment. The surrogate mother will carry the child until full birth and hand the child over to the biological parents.
A surrogate mother can be anyone who is a friend of the couple, a relative, or any known person who selflessly helps them have children.
The estimated surrogacy cost in Bangalore ranges from INR 13 lakhs to 18 lakhs, whereas surrogacy costs in Delhi for the same procedure range from INR 15 lakhs to INR 20 lakhs. The price difference is due to location, medical facilities, experienced fertility specialists, etc.