Surrogacy, Surrogate mothers of India
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In the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, the mornings are full of hustle and bustle. European, African, Asian, American and Indian clients wait anxiously for their next egg and sperm count reports and there is an occasional spike of intense shared excitement of new biological parents' celebrations of their newborns. Dr. Nayna Patel's Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
![Ganesh visits his wife Diksha as she lies in her shared surrogate's room on the 3rd floor of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India...Clockwise: Ganesh Gurunja, 28 (yellow, top left); Diksha Gurunja, 28 (top right); 2 boys, 11 and 8 (below).Nepali couple based in Anand, Gujarat..- Ganesh is a merchant operator and earns Rs. 6,000-7,000 a month but is not working right now. He's taking care of the kids and home while Diksha is pregnant with her second surrogacy..- The education expenses of the children are alone Rs. 20,000 a year. .- They used to rent a three-bedroom apt. for Rs. 2,000 per month, which they bought for Rs. 3.5 lakhs with money from Diksha's first surrogacy..- Both the surrogacies were for Japanese couples...Quotes."You have to lose something to gain something. And what we gain is a lot more than what we lose. For nine months we live like this away from family but with the money, we could get his [Ganesh's] kidney stone operation done, buy a house, a bike, send children to English-medium schools, and eat, wear and sleep well. There are no problems now." - Diksha..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee](https://www.suzannelee.com/img-get2/I0000HZSZefScmkk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000_vUNU1yhcoY/I0000HZSZefScmkk.jpg)
![Robyn Wright,38 (Left) and Jason Wright,44 (Right) is an American couple from Wyoming, USA, who are new surrogacy clients of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat. India...- Robyn works as a nail tech. in Wilson, a town with reportedly among the highest per capita incomes in the US. .- Robyn's monthly income ranges between $ 3,000-5,000. Jason works as a guide in national parks and earns about $ 150 per day. .- They've been saving up for three years to be able to afford the surrogacy in India, which will cost them about $ 25,000 (not including travel costs).- Robyn has a 14-year-old daughter from her first marriage but had to have a partial hysterectomy a month after delivery due to a medical complication. ..Quotes.."To get us back here [to try again for surrogacy in India in case it doesn't work out this time], I would have to work everyday in the summer. I'll start selling my possessions, if I have to." - Jason."I definitely relate with the surrogates to the extent that everybody has to sell their soul to earn money." - Jason."A girl-friend offered to be a surrogate but that would have been harder. It would have led to complex emotions." - Robyn.., where some surrogate mothers stay, in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee](https://www.suzannelee.com/img-get2/I0000Jm3Txl1PpKY/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000_vUNU1yhcoY/I0000Jm3Txl1PpKY.jpg)
![Robyn and Jason re-enact their daily activities while in small town Anand, India, for 2 weeks for the IVF treatment. Robyn Wright,38 (Left) and Jason Wright,44 (Right) is an American couple from Wyoming, USA, who are new surrogacy clients of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat. India...- Robyn works as a nail tech. in Wilson, a town with reportedly among the highest per capita incomes in the US. .- Robyn's monthly income ranges between $ 3,000-5,000. Jason works as a guide in national parks and earns about $ 150 per day. .- They've been saving up for three years to be able to afford the surrogacy in India, which will cost them about $ 25,000 (not including travel costs).- Robyn has a 14-year-old daughter from her first marriage but had to have a partial hysterectomy a month after delivery due to a medical complication. ..Quotes.."To get us back here [to try again for surrogacy in India in case it doesn't work out this time], I would have to work everyday in the summer. I'll start selling my possessions, if I have to." - Jason."I definitely relate with the surrogates to the extent that everybody has to sell their soul to earn money." - Jason."A girl-friend offered to be a surrogate but that would have been harder. It would have led to complex emotions." - Robyn.., where some surrogate mothers stay, in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee](https://www.suzannelee.com/img-get2/I0000TexvD06QjTA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000_vUNU1yhcoY/I0000TexvD06QjTA.jpg)
![Ganesh visits his wife Diksha as she lies in her shared surrogate's room on the 3rd floor of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India...Clockwise: Ganesh Gurunja, 28 (yellow, top left); Diksha Gurunja, 28 (top right); 2 boys, 11 and 8 (below).Nepali couple based in Anand, Gujarat..- Ganesh is a merchant operator and earns Rs. 6,000-7,000 a month but is not working right now. He's taking care of the kids and home while Diksha is pregnant with her second surrogacy..- The education expenses of the children are alone Rs. 20,000 a year. .- They used to rent a three-bedroom apt. for Rs. 2,000 per month, which they bought for Rs. 3.5 lakhs with money from Diksha's first surrogacy..- Both the surrogacies were for Japanese couples...Quotes."You have to lose something to gain something. And what we gain is a lot more than what we lose. For nine months we live like this away from family but with the money, we could get his [Ganesh's] kidney stone operation done, buy a house, a bike, send children to English-medium schools, and eat, wear and sleep well. There are no problems now." - Diksha..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee](https://www.suzannelee.com/img-get2/I0000wXOnp6Ye_cY/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000_vUNU1yhcoY/I0000wXOnp6Ye_cY.jpg)
![Ganesh visits his wife Diksha as she lies in her shared surrogate's room on the 3rd floor of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India...Clockwise: Ganesh Gurunja, 28 (yellow, top left); Diksha Gurunja, 28 (top right); 2 boys, 11 and 8 (below).Nepali couple based in Anand, Gujarat..- Ganesh is a merchant operator and earns Rs. 6,000-7,000 a month but is not working right now. He's taking care of the kids and home while Diksha is pregnant with her second surrogacy..- The education expenses of the children are alone Rs. 20,000 a year. .- They used to rent a three-bedroom apt. for Rs. 2,000 per month, which they bought for Rs. 3.5 lakhs with money from Diksha's first surrogacy..- Both the surrogacies were for Japanese couples...Quotes."You have to lose something to gain something. And what we gain is a lot more than what we lose. For nine months we live like this away from family but with the money, we could get his [Ganesh's] kidney stone operation done, buy a house, a bike, send children to English-medium schools, and eat, wear and sleep well. There are no problems now." - Diksha..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee](https://www.suzannelee.com/img-get2/I0000CF5I2C4WKcI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000_vUNU1yhcoY/I0000CF5I2C4WKcI.jpg)
