A baby made in India: a couple's dream comes true

Robyn and Jason Wright are learning the dusty streets of their son's birthplace, where spluttering rickshaws weave around abandoned cows with bright painted faces, piles of trash smoldering on the sidewalk.

This is Anand, half a world away from their American home, where amid all the chaos, passersby strain to catch a glimpse of the tiny bundle Robyn is cradling in her arms.

Baby Jake Wright, seven weeks old and weighing just four pounds is the baby they thought they would never have, as Robyn was unable to carry a child after a hysterectomy.

“We’d written it off, thought we’d never have kids,” Robyn told us. “Someone had mentioned doing surrogacy in India. I thought they were crazy.”

Crazy as it seemed, the Wrights flew from their home in Wyoming to the Akanksha Infertility Clinic here in Anand: the reproductive tourist hub for an international baby boom. They supplied the egg and sperm for baby Jake and he was carried in the womb of an Indian surrogate mother called Usha, who gave birth to him in December.

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Surrogacy in India

Surrogacy is a booming business in India with women carrying the biological child of paying clients, who are largely from America.
This article on the growing trend highlights one American couple who spent $25,000 to have an Indian woman carry and deliver their biological child. The woman was paid $7,000 for her services and was housed in a clinic during her pregnancy where her health and nutrition were monitored.
I’ve heard of this system before, but the most interesting part of the article for me was the comment section. Some readers questioned why American parents would go to such lengths to “keep their genes” when there are children who need adoptive parents. Others argued the adoption system in America is too expensive and cumbersome. Some people said the surrogate should get a bigger cut of the money, and others raged about population control.
I find it funny that people get so riled up about the way other people choose to grow their families.
My husband and I considered surrogacy after we were told not to have more children because of my health. A dear friend of ours actually offered to carry a baby for us. We seriously considered this, but in the end decided we felt more comfortable with adoption. I don’t think surrogacy is wrong, just not right for me. I would rather find a baby that needs a home than go to such lengths to create one. Of course, I have been lucky enough to have two children already.

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Becoming a mom against the odds

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mother's Day is always particularly sweet for one woman.

Not long ago she and her husband were facing major infertility problems.
But thanks to an innovative technique and a little bit of luck, her dream of being a mom is now reality.

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Little Kenley is celebrating her first birthday as she defied the odds just by being born. Her conception was a challenge her parents say they never expected.

"It's easier to take when it's just happening to you versus preventing her from having what she's wanted her entire life as well," said Jason Schiraldi, with Cleveland Clinic.
Kenley's mom Jen had trouble producing eggs and her dad Jason was unable to produce enough sperm.
So to try in-vitro fertilization, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic first surgically removed testicular tissue from Jason to look for sperm. In most cases, thousands of viable sperm can be found this way, but after 9 hours of searching, Jason only had one.
"We were able to find this one lone sperm that we were able to freeze, all by its lonesome," said Dr. Nina Desai.

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Surrogacy In India

About Us

Fourth Generation

WeeCare Partners USA LLC (WCPU) was founded by Victor Hui Wee of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Like many WCPU clients, Victor and his wife Mary had always wanted children, but ran into more obstacles that they were prepared for, particularly when it came to their desire to raise a newborn. Whether it was local or international adoption, they were always faced with the same problems: too much red tape, too expensive, or too much competition. Things became more dire when laws about international adoption tightened, all but excluding a couple of their ages. IVF treatments also proved fruitless, leaving the couple with disappointment and $45,000 in medical bills. For a time, they gave up hope of ever achieving their dream. Mary completed her doctorate and Victor expanded his already successful businesses. But it wasn't long before that familiar longing returned and a chance flip of the remote changed their lives.
Surrogacy, international or otherwise, had never occurred to Mary and Victor, because they had spent so much time on adoption and medical procedures, but an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on international surrogacy opened their eyes to the possibility that they really could have a child of their own. After much research and struggle, the couple decided to go it on their own and work with Yashoda Infertility & Healthcare Services, a choice they are elated to have made, for they are now the proud parents of a beautiful boy, Connor.

A Happy Ending

Though it has a happy ending, to call Victor and Mary's experience traumatic is an understatement. From exorbitant agency costs for any kind of assistance to paperwork requirements they'd never heard of after Connor was born, they have been through the gauntlet of Indian surrogacy and realized that they didn't want anyone else to suffer through the frustrations, pain, and fear they had to endure. Thus WeeCare Partners was born.
Taking his knowledge about all the things, great and small, that can go wrong in the process, Victor made multiple trips to India to study the surrogacy process, the legal system, medical centers, and the American Embassy's requirements following birth. Partnering with the best medical and legal professionals, he has dedicated himself to helping families like his navigate the international surrogacy process, so that others can bring their babies into the world with a spirit of joy and relaxation.

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