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Each country now independently determines the rules for the entry of foreign citizens, due to the global pandemic COVID 19. Ukraine is no exception.

Embarking on the noble path of helping other people in finding a happy family, a surrogate mother needs to wisely choose a surrogate agency / clinic that will represent her interests. On the reproductive market, there are a variety of surrogacy programs from all kinds of clinics and intermediary institutions. The choice of the right surrogacy journey, as well as the intended parents, provides confidence and comfort throughout the process.

Future parents invest great financial, moral and time resources in surrogate motherhood, which undoubtedly entails a number of risks. People pin great hopes on the main character of the whole process - the surrogate mother. Therefore, it is important that she is healthy, psychologically stable and positive. And she could give birth to a healthy baby without complications and other troubles.

Starting a family using surrogacy is a way that requires a huge investment of emotional, time and material resources. For most people, covering the costs of this ART method requires planning and competent organization. Intended parents may plan for the procedure over several years. But, in any case, both the process itself and the financial preparation for it for each couple are individual.      

Childless couples from all over the world come to Georgia annually. In this country, the legislation in the field of reproductive technologies is loyal: commercial donation is allowed, strict selection is made of candidates who want to help childless couples become parents. A woman who wants to donate eggs should be physically and mentally healthy, preferably have at least one healthy child, be younger than 35 years old, have no bad habits (special tests are performed to identify traces of alcohol, nicotine and drugs) and hereditary burden.

Egg donation in Australia has a legal basis, but legislation has created conditions that reduce the number of offers and create a shortage. For example, the country does not allow commercial donation, so the question “How much does an egg donation cost in Australia?” is not relevant. In addition to  remuneration, anonymity is also prohibited: the law requires that parents, upon request of a child who has reached 18 years, provide him with complete information about the donor. This is another factor that reduces the number of women who want to help childless couples become happy parents. And the cost of egg donation in Australia is largely composed of the cost of related medical services and, in the end, is impressive. 

For couples having difficulties with childbearing, finding an egg donor in Europe is often very problematic. In a number of countries (Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands), donor anonymity is excluded, since according to the law, parents must provide full information about the donor at the first request of their child who has reached the age of 18 years. In Austria, Germany, Switzerland, egg donation is prohibited.

Coming into the world of a child is a welcome and blessed event in the life of any couple.

UK laws for egg donation allow exclusively non-commercial reporting and prohibit anonymity. Moreover, the legislation obliges parents to inform children who have reached the age of 18 of the circumstances of their birth and the full information about the donor at the first request. As a result, the number of offers declined sharply and demand rose, leading to shortages and lengthening the waiting lists for programs to several years. Even after several increases in recent years, compensation is less than a thousand pounds. Thus, the prices of egg donation in the UK are not determined by fee, but by the cost of accompanying medical procedures. The final amount is quite impressive, given the limited number of oocytes and IVF, which do not always become successful from the first attempts. 

Fertility (translation from Latin) is the ability of a person to reproduce quality offspring. In relation to the female sex, this means that she is able to conceive a healthy baby.