Infertility

Is anyone watching or has watched "Google Baby"?

It's on HBO right now.  I just happened to see it and I'm watching it now.  The description of it is:  "By using surrogates in India, potential parents have a less-expensive method of reproduction."  It is following a woman how is donating her eggs in NY and the spern donors are in India.  It's pretty wild to see this since it's HBO they are showing it all.  ER and everything.  It's on HBO2 right now if you want to check it out.
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  • We don't get HBO; is it something you can rent on DVD?  Fertility clinics are popping up all over the place in India & I've heard of people doing surrogacy there as it's so much cheaper than in the US or Europe.  An IVF cycle in India is less than 1/2 of what it is in the US & the REs are often trained overseas. 
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  • I'm not sure but I bet it will be.  It says it's a documentary and it came out in 2010.  It's pretty interesting.  They have Surrogate Houses that all the surrogates live in  while pregnant. 

    The donor that had the ER in NY had 30 eggs.  The gentleman in India shipped the sperm from 6 parents to the NY clinic.  They were fertilized and shipped back to him in India.  Now he is on he way to Mumbai to have the embryos transplanted into the surrogates.  For one parent, they are using two surrogates to increase the chances of a pregnancy.  Another parent is a 57 year old single woman who wants a child.  Seeing the different aspects of all of this is pretty interesting.

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  • This was crazy to me. My RE was opposed to using my sister's DE's because she's 40 (and I wanted them to mix her eggs and my eggs so we wouldn't know what took) - They looked at me like I was unethical for me to ask.

     Isn't this like a form of black market baby buying? You want a child at 57 so you financially arrange to have that happen... I am shocked! I may be going too far but isn't this somewhat on the verge of irresponsible?

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     Isn't this like a form of black market baby buying? You want a child at 57 so you financially arrange to have that happen... I am shocked! I may be going too far but isn't this somewhat on the verge of irresponsible?

    Did you watch it too?  DH and I sat here watching glued to the tv and I couldn't turn it off.  When it ended... I wasn't really sure how I felt.  I get how you feel.  I also felt weirded out about the surrogate houses.  But then DH and I talked about the money they recieved for doing it and the houses and all they were able to get for their families.  For me, it was like.. wow.. that's all I could say.  Wow...

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  • Hi. I just joined this board and happened to notice the topic. I just watched Google Baby last week. It was very interesting indeed. My husband and I have actually been to Mumbai, India twice for surrogacy. Our first trip was in September 2009 and our most recent effort was this past September 2010. Unfortuntely, neither attempt resulted in a pregnancy. The documentary does show what India is like. We only used the surrogacy services as we were using my eggs and my husband's sperm so that is really the only part that I am familiar. It has been an amazing journey and I only wish we could have brought a baby home.
    Fibroids discovered and removed October 2005. Pathology came back with suspicious results (potential cancer) and had a partial hysterectomy January 2006. I still have both ovaries. September 2009, DH and I travelled to Mumbai, India for gestational surrogacy but it didn't work. We tried again September 2010 and it didn't work again. By this time we decided to expand our family through adoption. Home study completed February 14, 2011. Matched with a birth mom August 1, 2011. Match failed September 8, 2011. Matched with a new birth mom January 2012. Our baby boy was born March 6, 2012. Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
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