<p>Heard about this via a radio commercial…</p>
<p>[Surrogacy</a> - Surrogacy in India - IVF Clinic India - EGG Donors](<a href=“http://www.surrogacyabroad.com/]Surrogacy”>http://www.surrogacyabroad.com/)</p>
<p>A whole new business has gone off shore.</p>
<p>My H told me about this just this morning. He made the same comment about “off shore!”</p>
<p>Combine with the following for a full service operation:</p>
<p>[Report:</a> Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source | Onion News Network](<a href=“http://www.theonion.com/video/report-many-us-parents-outsourcing-child-care-over,14146/]Report:”>http://www.theonion.com/video/report-many-us-parents-outsourcing-child-care-over,14146/)</p>
<p>Wow, this is troubling on so many levels. Wow!</p>
<p>There was a fairly lengthy report on the Today show yesterday about it.</p>
<p>I thought this thread was going to be about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel!</p>
<p>I never thought about it before, but with adoption being so difficult, this was a business waiting to happen.</p>
<p>I’m curious as to which citizenship will apply to the offspring. Will the birth have to happen in the US or will the citizenship of the genetic material be the determining factor?</p>
<p>Funny one ‘musicamusica’!</p>
<p>Bookmarking this to read later. Real life can be so much crazier than fiction!</p>
<p>thanks for the Onion report!</p>
<p>Good question dietz. I think that nationality is based on both, but if it were my offspring, I’d make sure the surrogate delivered in the US (so my child could later become President of the US!!).</p>
<p>I didn’t read either articles, but I hope y’all know that the Onion is a satire newspaper.
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<p>So… Did we run out of people willing to be surrogates here in the US? Sure, the facilities maybe outfitted with the latest and the greatest instrumentation needed for IVF etc., but I would be very concerned about the health of the owner of the outsourced womb. India is not exactly known for its healthy population, and infectious diseases, e.g. TB, are rampant in that country. IMO, even a healthy surrogate living in that country has a higher risk of being exposed to something nasty than a surrogate here in the US. Do they keep these women in a sterile environment until the birth? Are the savings worth the risk? I’d be more willing to do this [Ultimate</a> Grandmothering!](<a href=“http://healthland.time.com/2011/02/15/grandma-gives-birth-to-her-grandchild-weird-or-wonderful/]Ultimate”>Grandma Gives Birth to her Grandchild: Weird or Wonderful? | TIME.com) rather than let my D or DIL sign up with this organization.</p>
<p>People who would hire a cut rate surrogate are insane. Cheaping out on nurturing your baby in the womb!</p>
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Do you mean parents aren’t really packing their kids in boxes and sending them offshore for daycare?</p>
<p>Yes - we know that The Onion is satire - great satire! :)</p>
<p>No, we don’t really believe that people are shipping their kids to India for day care in packing peanuts.</p>
<p>It’s not a bad idea to send your child to a good boarding school abroad, so that you and your spouse can work full-time. In the long run, it is much cheaper, and your child will grow up more independent, mature and understanding of other culture, and most importantly the rigorous curriculum will make them ready for college.</p>
<p>^^^^There are other ways to help children become independent, mature, understanding of other cultures, and have a rigorous curriculum. And still be able to see them more than once every three months.</p>
<p>When our kids were in playgroup, one of the mothers commented that she had offered to be a surrogate for her sister, who had been unable to have her child “naturally,” but her sister had so far refused. The mother in question had two healthy, active kids and was perfectly happy to carry her niece or nephew to term. It never came up for me or any of my family members, so never considered it (my docs would probably say it posed too great a risk to my health at this point anyway).</p>
<p>I agree, outsourcing your kid to be born to someone in another country seems pretty extreme to me.</p>