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Womb for rent: a taboo in Bangladesh
http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=279274&date=2012-09-14
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By Mahmudul Hasan Raju ---
DHAKA, Sept 14, 2012 (BSS) - Renting wombs is not unusual throughout the world, especially in neighboring India. Womb renting or surrogacy is a medical practice that allows a woman to carry and deliver a baby for another woman who is unable to have babies herself.
A surrogate mother may be a child's genetic mother in traditional surrogacy, or may be genetically unrelated in gestational surrogacy, experts said.
If a surrogate mother receives compensation beyond the reimbursement of medical and other reasonable expenses, the arrangement is called commercial surrogacy; otherwise it is often referred to as altruistic surrogacy.
Whichever way it goes, it's still a taboo in Bangladeshi perspective, said Dr Rashida Begum, a pioneer in the field of infertility research in Bangladesh.
Dr Rashida, who was behind the very first success in the field of test tube baby in Bangladesh said, "Religious and social sentiment still prohibits us to accept the procedure."
She opened the door of the era of test tube babies in Bangladesh in her Mohammadpur clinic known as Infertility Care & Research Centre, in 2003, and others followed in her footsteps successfully.
On July 6 this year, three test tube babies were born at a private hospital in Dhaka from frozen embryos which doctors say "rare" in Bangladesh.
Doctors of "Bangladesh Assisted Conception Centre and Women Hospital Ltd", led by Professor Feroza Begum, brought smiles to two couples - one delivered twin baby boys after 12 years of their marriage and another couple a girl after a wait of six years.
The experts said the first ever frozen embryo baby in the country was born on September 19, 2008, at Modern Hospital in city's Dhanmondi.
Although there is no national figure on the number of infertile couples in Bangladesh, doctors say it is increasing. They cannot pinpoint the reasons, as there is no study on it.
Citing statistics, experts said in neighboring India, one in every 10 couples is infertile. Though actual surrogacy is not being practiced in our country, our physicians are moving ahead successfully with other similar procedures such as test tube babies.
According to the experts, all do not need the test tube method to have a baby. Only 10 percent of all infertile couples need test tube method.
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Womb for rent: a taboo in Bangladesh
http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=279274&date=2012-09-14
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By Mahmudul Hasan Raju ---
DHAKA, Sept 14, 2012 (BSS) - Renting wombs is not unusual throughout the world, especially in neighboring India. Womb renting or surrogacy is a medical practice that allows a woman to carry and deliver a baby for another woman who is unable to have babies herself.
A surrogate mother may be a child's genetic mother in traditional surrogacy, or may be genetically unrelated in gestational surrogacy, experts said.
If a surrogate mother receives compensation beyond the reimbursement of medical and other reasonable expenses, the arrangement is called commercial surrogacy; otherwise it is often referred to as altruistic surrogacy.
Whichever way it goes, it's still a taboo in Bangladeshi perspective, said Dr Rashida Begum, a pioneer in the field of infertility research in Bangladesh.
Dr Rashida, who was behind the very first success in the field of test tube baby in Bangladesh said, "Religious and social sentiment still prohibits us to accept the procedure."
She opened the door of the era of test tube babies in Bangladesh in her Mohammadpur clinic known as Infertility Care & Research Centre, in 2003, and others followed in her footsteps successfully.
On July 6 this year, three test tube babies were born at a private hospital in Dhaka from frozen embryos which doctors say "rare" in Bangladesh.
Doctors of "Bangladesh Assisted Conception Centre and Women Hospital Ltd", led by Professor Feroza Begum, brought smiles to two couples - one delivered twin baby boys after 12 years of their marriage and another couple a girl after a wait of six years.
The experts said the first ever frozen embryo baby in the country was born on September 19, 2008, at Modern Hospital in city's Dhanmondi.
Although there is no national figure on the number of infertile couples in Bangladesh, doctors say it is increasing. They cannot pinpoint the reasons, as there is no study on it.
Citing statistics, experts said in neighboring India, one in every 10 couples is infertile. Though actual surrogacy is not being practiced in our country, our physicians are moving ahead successfully with other similar procedures such as test tube babies.
According to the experts, all do not need the test tube method to have a baby. Only 10 percent of all infertile couples need test tube method.
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..... Am I right guys????
For a Canadian resident, not too much I guess.
