Europe-after a very long time

Last week I had to visit Wiesbaden, Germany for a session on NIPT-Non invasive prenatal testing for Chromosomal And genetic Disorders.it was a 2 day session and I got to learn so much more on how to be able to detect and rule out Trisomies and other chromosomal disorders as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy.
of course when you go to Europe as I did after 4 years one cannot help but enjoy the sights and the beauty of Europe. we were also very happy to be able to catch up with lea,Mike,Jack and Ben.it was an amazing feeling to meet and hangout with jack and Ben who I held in my hands when they were just 120 microns in size as tiny little embryos(:
it really put things into perspective for me and I felt very blessed that God gave me the skill and acumen to help infertile couples from across the world to have their own genetic babies with the help of our Ivf and Surrogacy program.

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Surrogacy provisions in the INDIAN ART draft bill.

According to draft bill provisions, no woman less than 21 years of age and over 35 years can act as a surrogate mother

Women in India cannot act as surrogates for more than three successful births, including of their own children, and it would be mandatory for surrogate mothers to have a minimum two-year interval between two deliveries to ensure they remain healthy.

These landmark provisions are part of the proposed draft Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Bill which the government plans to bring to the Cabinet before introducing in Parliament for passage. 

The bill, a first in India's history, seeks to monitor the unregulated sector of ART clinics, which offer infertility solutions to couples at huge costs, besides preventing commercial surrogacy and safeguarding the rights of surrogate mothers and children born out of surrogacy arrangements.

An estimated 15 per cent couples worldwide are infertile, making ART services critical.

The draft ART Bill seeks to fill these gaps and addresses "ethical, legal issues related to gamete donation, surrogacy and nationality of the child born out of ART in INDIA."

The bill is significant as currently there is no supervisory body in the country under which ART clinics offering services, including surrogacy to infertile couples, can be placed and there is no system to monitor these services and ensure that surrogate mothers are well taken care of.

According to draft bill provisions, no woman less than 21 years of age and over 35 years can act as a surrogate mother.

The bill also, for the first time, states conditions for foreign couples seeking to hire surrogates in India.

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surrogacy in India-Visa nightmare for Surrogacy and ivf patients!!

A lot of our patients are having difficulties in getting their visa applications accepted,once submitted it is taking quite a lot of time to get the application accepted online.

emergency visas are being processed in person.

the problem is because of the contract being awarded to change Cox and kings.

a year ago Travisa were incharge and they would do a good job then it was shifted to BLS who were horrible.

this is a horrible situation and a professional enterprise should do a better job than this.as it is the number of tourists travelling to India keeps reducing each year.

hope cox and kings do a better job of it than BLS

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/fury-anger-over-indian-visa-mess/Content?oid=2810578

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