How to Choose a Fertility Clinic in India?

Having a baby is an incredible experience for every couple, but not all couples are able to conceive naturally.

Dealing with a fertility challenge can be frustrating in and of itself. Choosing the best IVF Hospital in India doesn’t have to contribute to the stress and confusion.

Not all fertility clinics are the same and there is certainly a range of quality in the services. To help your research and decision, we have listed few points to look out for:

Clinical Environment: Fertility treatment is a bumpy ride at the best of the times, a fertility clinic must be welcoming and calming place where you feel comfortable, confident and are being taken care and respected.

     Types of Services: Different fertility clinics offers various range of treatments but may only have a certain amount of experience. Therefore, you can start by determining the types of services you know you need to get started. Since there are a continuum of fertility treatments available, make sure the clinic and doctors you chose match your time and speed with their availability and are in alignment with your personal and budgetary needs.

Embryology Laboratory: With commendable breakthroughs in medical science, the chances of conception have also rose remarkably. Henceforth, the skills of embryologist and the quality of lab can have a direct influence on the likelihood of success. Regular checks with your gynecologists regarding the potential embryology lab associated in the hospital is a must.

Success Rate: One of the most important parameters to choose while researching the treatment. Success Rates should be thoroughly considered when clinics offer comprehensive treatments like IVF, ICSI, IUI and all other fertility enhancing therapy. Most of it is already mentioned on website online. However, it is very essential to discuss in person as it may vary according to the procedure choosen and the age of the couple.

Billing and Costs: An efficient fertility clinic will follow ethics and transparency in the medical as well as financial process. 

Ensure the clinics provide the clarity in the costs. The inclusion of the costs pre and post treatment must to be informed in the counselling sessions. Also, to maintain patient confidentiality during treatment is an important aspect to be looked after.

Best Surrogacy Service in India at Akanksha Hospital

Akanksha Hospital and Research Institutes motto promotes "A journey of a Patient to a Parent", with advanced facilities like IVF, ICSI, IUI, IMSI, IVF with Surrogacy, Sperm and Oocyte cryopreservation, Embryo Cryopreservation, Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donation, Laser Assisted Hatching, PESA and TESA, world class facilities and Instruments for enhancing the success ratio.

Surrogacy is the form of Third party Reproduction. "Surrogacy", means an arrangement in which a woman agrees to a pregnancy achieved through ART, in which neither of the gametes belong to her or her husband, with the intention to carry it to term and handover the child to the person or persons for whom she is acting as a surrogate.

Indications for Surrogacy includes:

• Women with absence of uterus

• Women with huge fibroids, severe adenomyosis

• Women with hysterectomy for various reasons 

• Women who suffer repeated miscarriages

• Repeated IVF failure – due to non-receptive uterus 

• Women with certain medical conditions – severe heart disease, kidney disease

• Women for whom the prospect of carrying a baby to term is very remote single father

Steps in Surrogacy

• Proper patient selection

• Source of surrogate (ART bank) 

• Proper selection & screening of the surrogate

• Intensive counseling – the key factor

• Proper controlled ovarian stimulation and IVF technique

• Preparing the surrogate

• Synchronizing the cycles of the surrogate and the genetic mother

• Window period for embryo transfer

• Taking care of the legalities and financial contracts

• Transparency of the whole arrangement

We have been in the Surrogacy since 15 years and our first case was Asia's First and World's Fifth case of Grandmother Surrogacy. Since then the journey started and we are proud that Akanksha Hospital and Research institute has 1400 Surrogate babies delivered under one roof.

An unique Surrogacy agency in India which follow Proper ART guidelines. The surrogate mothers are strictly selected among 25-25 years age, with proven history of atleast one Healthy child Birth, thoroughly screened for all infections, physically, legally ans psychological fit individuals are properly counselled with all implications informed. They live in a special Accommodation in the hospital itself where 24*7 they are monitored and all the requirements are taken care of. With proper diet and medication.

Moreover, Vocational training like Sewing, Knitting, Art and Crafts, Beauty Parlour are been taught to the surrogates living in-house.