Leaders of reproductive medicine. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

From year to year, diagnosis of infertility has been reaching catastrophic level. It is known that every sixth couple in the world faces with this disease. And this figure has been rising. Reproductive medicine has entered the battle-field, hand to hand with the global problem of childlessness in families. Surrogacy, egg donation, in vitro fertilization (test-tube babies). These are assisted methods for reproductive medicine, which are the only way to solve the problem of infertility.

Basing on moral and ethical principles, not all but just a few European countries propose their fellow citizens such treatment. But there are states as well that have entered the market of providing services of reproductive medicine and actively compete with each other. Therefore, if people can not take advantage of such methods at home, they will go to places where it is legal. Price, quality, guarantee, etc. - each country propose clients different conditions.

For example, in the U.S.A so widespread surrogacy program is legal only in some states and costs about 40 - 60 thousand dollars. The sum is quite impressive but in spite of such price American clinics and agencies do not offer their customers "all inclusive" package of services. It means that meeting at the airport, transfer, legal support, food, accommodation and other additional services are burdensome on clients. In addition there are no guarantees of program’s success and that you will leave America with your child. It can be said that you buy a pig in a poke: it looks like you have paid and agreed all details but will you get the desired result... ? No one knows. Using services of American reproductive medicine you pay only for the brand "Made in America." After all, any European much more trusts America than, for example, a little-known Ukraine, with a hazy quality of medical services. But in practice and according to the statistics just Ukraine is a leader in the field of reproductive medicine.

Ukraine is a country of Eastern Europe and it entered the arena of reproductive medicine recently. But over the last 2 years this country has become a Mecca of surrogacy and egg donation. Internet web sources contain a great number of articles and headlines about how the Ukrainian reproductive medicine clinics help hundreds of elderly foreign couples to become parents. In Ukraine, such procedures as surrogacy are legal. Thousands of European infertile couples visit Ukrainian medical centers as there are a lot of advantages there. Thus, the largest center of reproductive medicine in Ukraine BioTexCom guarantees to all its patients 100 % success of chosen program, package with unlimited number of IVF attempts, and in addition it is the only clinic that provides the «all inclusive» package. It means that patients pay once (surrogacy program costs 29,000 Euro, which is much less than in European clinics) and get everything they need: accommodation, food, legal assistance, medical examinations, interpreter etc. That is why many countries including America send their patients to Ukraine working as intermediary agents because America, for example, has more credibility than Ukraine. But there are also some drawbacks. Due to the influx of clients it can be seen shortage of surrogate mothers and turn to start the program to 2 years.  

Aristocratic and severe Great Britain is a different story. Here you will be met as a titled member of society. You will be provided with all the information you need, clearly explained the entire legal process, and so on. But it will be problematic to find woman who will agree to become a surrogate mother. In addition, only non-commercial surrogacy can be conducted in Great Britain. It means that parties can sign the agreement but it will have no legal force. Therefore surrogate mother can change her mind and do not give child, in a word to act not in the interests of the biological parents.

Everything is okay with the contracts’ legality in the Russian Federation. It is one of the few countries where all aspects of surrogacy are clearly set in the law. Considerable numbers of foreigners visit Russia, like its neighbor Ukraine, in order to use services of local surrogate mothers. And it is due to the fact that such programs as surrogate motherhood is not only legal, but detailed set in the law as well. But there is also another side of the coin – it is price. In Russia, such program costs about 40,000 euro and this sum does not include additional medical procedures, clients’ meeting at the airport, accommodation, food, etc. Because of the high cost of surrogacy program even Russians often go to Ukraine to use services of reproductive medicine.

A similar situation of clinics of reproductive medicine can be seen in Israel and Canada. In these states, officially married couple has the right to use services of surrogate mother if due to medical reasons couple is unable to conceive a child naturally. Israeli medicine and its high level are known al over the world. People come here from all over the world to treat various diseases. Technologically advanced and economically developed Canada also has a decent health care system. Like every European country Canada provides qualitative health care at a decent European level. But how much does this quality cost? Choosing Israel or Canada as a surrogacy country you run the risk to turn bankrupt. In addition difficulties can appear during selection of a woman for carrying your child.

India has no problems with the selection of surrogate mothers. The state of South Asia is one of the centers and leaders of surrogate motherhood. Here one can find legislation that permits such programs and very suitable price. High qualification of local doctors has been continuing to lure foreigners to visit Indian medical institutions. But there is an unusual rule in this state – it is a ban to conduct ultrasound diagnostic of pregnant women. This is due to sexual character issue. According to the old tradition boys are considered as a future heirs and breadwinners, while girls are just a burden. That is why for a long time after the ultrasound procedure women made abortions if baby's gender was female. Therefore, in order to prevent selective abortions authorities banned the ultrasound investigation. In the case of surrogacy it is a great risk that the child will born with abnormalities or defects that could be seen and prevented with the help of ultrasound diagnostics. Therefore, in India, you for sure can save a significant amount of money, visit good doctors but at the same time run the risk of a disabled child because of the medical control lack.

As for Greece where surrogacy is also can be seen ultrasonography is permitted there and medicine meets European standards. But it can be a certain difficulties with the organization of the whole process of the surrogacy program. In Greece, there are no specialized, good centers or agencies to provide services of reproductive medicine. And those that can be found there do not provide clients with impeccable organization and clarity of the implementation of all program’s phases. But it is an integral part of positive result achieving, in particular timely execution of all medical procedures, monitoring of the health of surrogate mothers etc.

Nowadays, surrogacy is very popular procedure. Because very often just this method is the last and only chance for infertile couples to achieve happiness of motherhood and fatherhood. In spite of this fact not many European countries favor such a solution of infertility problem. Hot debates still have been gathering around topic of surrogate motherhood. For example, in Spain, the law permits donation of sperm and eggs, monetary reward for donors, but surrogacy does not permitted there although it is not a criminal offense. In this case, south- western state of Europe decided to enter the market of reproductive health as a mediator. Spanish doctors work well and perform procedures that are permitted in their country but in case of need surrogacy program Spanish doctors refer patients to Russia or Ukraine where surrogacy is legal. Thus paying 5-6 thousand euro more at home with peace of mind Spaniards go to the eastern states and lawfully conduct program they need. And Spanish doctor - mediator acts as a guarantee and peace of mind of those who fly to a foreign country to receive medical services.

As it was mentioned above, European clinics do not provide their clients with a full range of services and therefore patients have to spend additional funds. And in total taking into account program’s cost fabulous sum can be seen. In Macau, city of China, Chinese successfully perform surrogacy programs that are not so expensive there. But the cost of living in this town is very high. Due to the fact that Macau is a major financial center, famous for its casinos (here there are about 33 of such), gambling houses, racecourse and night clubs, accommodation, food and other necessary services for foreigner are very expensive. You will not even notice how your bank account will make a hole in this wonderful city and you will spend more money to stay in it, rather for needed health care services.

The main difficulty of surrogacy program in many countries is a legal side when you need to receive necessary documents for a child who was born with the help of surrogate mother and get a permission to leave the foreign country. In Argentina and Brazil this program’s phase is added with one more condition, namely it should be any kinship between biological parents and surrogate mother. And of course, this fact must be proven by documents (that is, to have legal force). If you try to work around this aspect in any way or falsify a document in future you will have serious problems with birth certificate registration and leaving the country.

Surrogacy has become extremely important and frequently used procedure in the whole world. Since infertility has been recognized as a plague of the 21st century and speed of its development does not ease down. As it can be seen there are enough countries and offers, each of them has both advantages and disadvantages. A customer is only to choose which of them he agrees and which ones are firmly rejected by him. And always remember a eloquent expression of the poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam who said: “...To live a life wisely, you need to know much, 
for a start, remember the two important rules: you'd better stay hungry than to eat no matter what, and better stay single, than with no matter who”.  

Money has no smell. Reality of Turkish Medicine

(Story from victim's own lips)

One woman, resident of Turkey, used methods of reproductive medicine. She told us her harrowing story of how she and 13 ill-fated women fell into hands of unscrupulous doctor who raises high money making families unhappy.

“Our family had faced with the challenge of child’s conception therefore my husband and I decided that IVF procedure is our unique and probably the last chance to become a parents. Theretofore, we tried hard; in particular we had been visiting doctors and used different methods but all our attempts were unsuccessful. During our attempts (these are 7 years of fruitless efforts) we spent a good deal of money, went to the both physical and psychological efforts. IVF procedure is rather expensive and we are simple, average family. Therefore, before contacting a doctor we had to save in our everyday life in order to accumulate the required sum. But, we did it with the thought of our future child.  Because bright advertising of reproductive medicine clinics confidently promise positive result. And finally collecting needed sum we went for consultation being in a good mood and waiting for a certain miracle. In the medical institution we passed all the necessary examinations, tests and we were told that in a couple of days clinic’s worker will contact us and invite to visit a doctor. Frankly speaking during these days we were so excited that could not work, eat and sleep normally. In some days we had the second meeting with our doctor and he said us all the results are normal and we can participate in the IVF program. When I asked him about the chances and guarantees he briefly replied that everything will be o.k. and we will certainly have positive result. After that there was a procedure of stimulation. I also went through it under doctor’s control. During stimulation I took a strong hormonal drug "Progenova". And then I was sent to Greece for the IVF procedure. As a result it turned out that there were 14 women (after stimulation as I was) who were gathered in one group and sent to Greece. There we lived in one hotel. On the one hand we were pleased that we had an opportunity to support each other and it was a little easier that in a foreign country you had your fellow citizens next to you. Passing the IVF procedure (It was rather difficult physically and morally and only thought about the future child helped) I came back home. Being in the hotel we all exchanged phone numbers and agreed to get in touch by phone, share results and in general continue our communication. But later it turned out that all of us (14 patients!) had the same negative result... At first I was just in shock and felt tremendous confusion but when I got to know that no one of us got pregnant my thoughts were about doctor. I phoned him in tears asking how and why such a thing could happen. But he answered calmly that it happens so and there is no his guilt. He also added that frozen donor eggs are not always of a high quality and as for the fresh material it is not easy to get it as there are no donors in Greece.

I started to look for information about the frozen oocytes in the internet and realized that the doctor tactfully concealed the fact that frozen eggs is almost a guarantee of failure procedure. Many countries use such method earning money but without positive result for patient. Among a number of articles I also find this one (http://newseurope.info/?p=12513)

But it was too late ... we spent all our money, health and psychological state were in awful condition. I cried day and night, in secret from my husband not to upset him more. When I saw on the streets small children my heart just broke. And one day my friend invited me to go shopping. I thought it will be useful for me and I will be able to forget about troubles but when friend started to visit children's shops and choose things for her year-old daughter I went off into hysterics. I just imagined that if not quackery of the doctor now I could also choose clothes and toys for our baby...

Getting back to normal emotional state and gathering money for another one attempt we decided to try once more. My husband found in the Internet Ukrainian clinic that works exclusively on fresh oocytes and guarantees 100 % success. We also found people who have already used services of this center and they told us that doctors of this clinic just work wonders and use unique methods of treatment. I had already sent them my information and Ukrainian specialists answered they could help me. I look forward to a personal meeting with the doctors of the Ukrainian center".

       

Frozen eggs of Spain for the IVF

More and more women hurry to freeze their eggs to delay pregnancy for a more appropriate period. Oocyte cryopreservation technology is very popular today all over the world in particular in Spain. Spain frequently use frozen eggs in reproductive medicine, in particular during the IVF programs. As not many Spain citizens agree to donate part of their body for the sake of some infertile couples, private clinics buy these eggs and transfer them from other countries to Spain.

http://icsi.name/gb/articles/donor-ovum-selling.html

All fine and dandy but in practice, cryopreservation of oocytes has both its pros and significant cons. On the one hand such method is great chance, for example, for patients with cancer diseases. Because freezing cells in a healthy state, you can not be afraid of diseases that can affect the process of conceiving and carrying a child. And when it comes to late pregnancy, in this case frozen oocytes can seriously quit on. The matter is doubtful quality of frozen material and as a result it can cause unsuccessful pregnancy.

Spain is a modern developed European country. Medicine of this sunny state is considered to be one of the best in the world. So why, for example, Ukraine, country of the third world, breaks all possible records as of successful IVF and surrogacy programs realization??? Comparing Spain and Ukraine in general and medicine in particular, it is as one of the first mobile phones and the latest model of iPhone. Ukrainian clinics attract women from across the country with bright advertisements, so that they become egg donors and surrogate mothers. These women are paid "a penny" for such serious programs, and consequences of such procedures as egg donation, is far from bloomy. Thus, in the case of wrong dosage of hormones (donors take them to produce more eggs) it can be an ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, which can even cause death. As a result of hormonal stimulation, donor can face a whole bunch of diseases and complications. But donors agree to participate in programs, doctors stimulate, while Ukraine is in the list of leaders in the successful implementation of IVF and surrogacy programs. In the Internet one can find a lot of articles about the fact that Ukrainian doctors work wonders in the field of reproductive medicine! And foreign infertile couples travel to Ukraine from all over the world, fighting with their own fears to find themselves in a wild country, in the hands of uneducated doctors who work in conditions of the last century. But what is the secret of their great success?

After meeting with representatives of Ukrainian clinics of reproductive medicine, as well as studying various medical forums, the answer has appeared itself. Work with fresh eggs is the core of success of in vitro fertilization programs. Combining fresh eggs with sperm and performing embryo transfer on the fifth day (the most successful period to work with blastocysts) Ukrainian specialists (Europeans call them Neanderthal man) achieve fantastic results.  

Female germ cells are large and contain water. So after their cooling (in particular, freezing) crystals are formed, which distort the integrity of the gametes. As a result, due to cell homeostasis disturbance, most part of material can not be used for fertilization. Also, there may be defects in cells, not visible during transplantation. Such degeneration of the genetic material in the future, can significantly affect the health condition of unborn children.

Chairman of American community of Reproductive Medicine states: "Although analysis of literature shows that cryopreservation technique is effective for women who need it for medical reasons, we can not use it widely to plan births."

Today, Spain activates vitrification method (modern method of ultra-rapid freezing of genetic material). Vitrification can enhance quality of freezing - thawing oocytes process; as a result material is exposed to less risk and has more chances to survive. But, anyway, this is far from ideal. Freezing of mature eggs is still a new science, and scientists continue to work on improving this technology. There are many issues that are needed to be done to optimize the processes of freezing and thawing eggs. So maybe in 10 years, the world of medicine and science will achieve great results and develop freezing technology, it will be an innovative method of egg freezing as a result of which the quality of the material will raise and number of miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and congenital anomalies will be minimized. And then Spain will be able to boast of a high birth rate with the use IVF procedures with eggs donation and lead the list of leaders in this area.

Ukraine does not know how to build roads but has the best reproductive medicine in the world!

Surrogate motherhood, which is so popular around the world, does not come by Great Britain. Law and legality are the main components of this issue. Because born child, regardless of the method, is to be registered. In 1985 British law stated that legal mother of the child is considered to be a woman who carried and gave birth to him. But in those days practice of surrogate motherhood was not as popular and developed as it can be seen today and laws of the last century did not consider method of reproductive medicine development. In this regard in 1990 this issue was resolved and now child born by a surrogate mother can be recognized as the legitimate child of genetic parents without a court order. In fact, only non-commercial surrogacy is permitted in Great Britain (unlike, for example, in Russia and Ukraine, where such programs are legalized and can be conducted both free of charge and for money). In Great Britain biological parents and surrogate mother can enter into an agreement that is made on a legal basis but nevertheless has no legal force. Because of this it is impossible to form a real statistics of surrogate pregnancies in Britain since a lot of such agreements are made without any legal documentation.

   Despite the fact that surrogacy can be freely carried out on the territory of the United Kingdom the majority of our residents travel to Ukraine to visit clinic of Reproductive Medicine BioTexCom. Third world country that falls behind European states entices thousands of foreign infertile couples who travel to Ukraine from all over the world. Since the topic of infertility is close to me in fact rather than in word (I've had three miscarriages and reaching the age of 47 years I can not get pregnant) I decided to carry out a journalistic investigation to find out what is this a  mysterious clinic that so fiercely attracts foreign residents.

  In one's sleep I found all the necessary information about the BioTexCom center (http://mother-surrogate.info/) and started a chat with the clinic manager (employee who answers all the questions of English-speaking clients and helps to pass the selected program). I retold her story of my own infertility. Lady asked me a few questions concerning medical part, and told me that in my case, clinic can offer me a program of surrogacy with donor eggs. After that she informed me in details about this program. When I expressed a desire to come directly to the clinic the manager asked me to send her results of medical tests that I have and conclusion of doctor that I really can not conceive and bear a child in a natural way and for what reason. BioTexCom worker explained me that she will translate all these documents, center’s doctor will examine them and only than I will be said the date of the first consultation.

   I did everything that was required and soon I received an invitation to visit a doctor. My husband and I bought a plane tickets, on the appointed date, and with a genuine interest flew in the little-known to us Ukraine. In the capital's airport we were met by the driver of the clinic, he kindly helped us to carry our luggage to the bus and said that we can sit down and wait for an hour because he needs to meet some more patients. In the car we saw another couple who also waited. It was a comfortable car interior with TV set and chairs. Having gathered all patients together the driver carried us. We had to be brought in one of clinic’s accommodation (special hostels for center’s clients). On the way there we curiously looked at the views from the window: somewhere it was beautiful, somewhere seedy but it was extremely green everywhere (Kiev is really a city of parks, as it is wrote everywhere) and very "turbulent "! Roads are probably the worst problem of the state of Ukraine. Only after driving from the airport a terrible things began: all the way we were thrown up inside the car, it seemed that we were not on the metropolitan highway but over a plowed field. And despite the fact that both car and driver were very good we came out of it with a "green" faces and rocking a little after such a trip.

   Having come to the hotel (Petropavlavskaya Borshchagovka district) we saw not really fresh room in which other clients of clinic lived. Some of them already had newborn children. My husband and I were said that we can settle down and have a rest and the next day we will be taken by the driver to the clinic. In our accommodation we talked to couples who have already become happy parents. They told me that of course conditions and service are not at the appropriate level here nevertheless BioTexCom works wonders in reproductive medicine. From the first, second attempt doctor achieves a positive result and parents get so long-awaited children. And the cost of similar services in Ukraine is lower than in Europe where such programs as surrogacy and egg donation are legalized. Therefore, people from all over the world travel to BioTexCom and turn a blind eye to the underdeveloped infrastructure of the country and certain disadvantages in the level of clinic’s service.

   So, let's return to our investigation. We were not able to have a normal night's sleep in the hotel. Because there were couples with newborn children, they cried all night and parents went from room to room talking emotionally. Early in the morning we went to the clinic.

   In the clinic we were met by the manager with whom I charted online. A pleasant, well - dressed lady, about 27 years old, invited us to sit down and wait. Turning around we did not find free place where we could sit down as clinic is relatively small building and there were a great number of patients! Someone sat on a small couch in the lobby, someone on the stairs near the entrance. People spoke different languages: English, German, French, Italian etc. Among them managers could be seen who fluently spoke these languages. We waited for about 1.5 hours until we were invited to see a doctor. During the waiting time we had an opportunity to communicate with some patients and found that specialists of BioTexCom work wonders in the field of reproductive medicine and that’s why foreigners are willing to turn a blind eye to the imperfect service in order to get the status of happy parents of healthy baby (genetically native).

   In 1.5 hours our manager finally invited us to the doctor’s cabinet. Communication with him was not so long. The doctor asked questions regarding my and husband’s health. Then doctor reaffirmed a decision that we are recommended surrogacy with donor eggs and wrote out the form on the standard medical tests for my husband (since my genetic material will not be used).

   Next our English speaking manager took us to the manipulation room for passing all necessary analyzes. In addition my husband’s sperm was also tested. To get to the manipulation room we also had to wait about 20 minutes because there was a waiting list and nurse all the time was running here and there.

   It took us about 3 hours to complete all these elementary procedures whereas in European hospitals all these take about 20 minutes. Oh well. As it is said it gets worse and worse as it goes on. Our consultant explained to us that since this surrogacy program with donor eggs we can immediately sign the contract. Because only after the contract signing and first disbursement (6 thousand Euros), our program will be activated: doctors will start selection of appropriate donor, surrogate mother and their stimulation (using special medicines). Our participation in this process is not required. My husband just has to come to the clinic on the day of puncture (taking eggs from a donor). Since my husband's sperm fertilizes an embryologist donor eggs and within five days of mature embryo transfers performed a surrogate mother.

   The fact that BioTexCom produces embryo transfer on the fifth day also speaks volumes. In many clinics such practice are not used and as a result we have many failed IVF attempts. A lot of people are not aware of the fact that the fifth day is the perfect period of embryo and thus more chances for a successful pregnancy.

   But, let’s back to our story. Result of my husband’s spermogram was ready in a moment. And we were surprised because he is 54 years old nevertheless his sperm is in a very good condition and fertilize can be made very easily and efficiently.

   After our question concerning how fast our program will start manager replied that due to the great number of patients, women who are willing to bear a child is off. So we must wait for about half a year. My husband and I referring to the long- term period of expectation refused and said that maybe we we'll back a little later. The driver took us to the airport at the appointed time and we successfully flew home.

   Communicating with people who have already gone through such a serious and complex program as a surrogate motherhood and basing on our own experience it's safe to say that Ukraine really wins in the field of reproductive medicine. And numerous articles in the internet that BioTexCom is a leader using assisted methods of reproductive medicine are justified. In addition Ukrainian prices for such procedures surprise. For example, the surrogacy program will cost you nearly 30,000 Euros. And this price includes everything you might need as a foreigner in a foreign country: driver, translator, accommodation, meal and so on. And the most important aspect is that BioTexCom clinic can provide patient with an unlimited number of attempts until successful pregnancy. And let us suppose Ukraine is considered to be a third world country that lags behind other European countries in development by all indicators and has roads as ploughed land but it does not prevent Ukrainian doctors give happiness to people all over the world and help them in such an important issue of a global importance as continuation of human genus.

Freelance journalist

Kerry Chak

BioTexCom Knows How to Deal With Infertility!

Frequently we face the situations when seriously ill people seek for a suitable donor of blood or internal organs around the world to get the hope of life. As well as infertile couples (about 53 million) relying on assisted methods of reproductive medicine in order to solve own problem of infertility. Donation of oocytes is among such methods. It is the most effective treatment of female infertility when the ovaries do not produce own eggs. Legislation of most European countries prohibits such procedures as egg donation, basing on religious or ethical aspects. But there are also states where such donation is very popular in reproductive medicine. These states are Ukraine, Russia, America, Canada, Kazakhstan, Romania, Belgium and Spain. Ukraine has carries the palm in egg donation area. In comparison with European clinics that use assisted reproductive technologies, in particular oocyte donation, Ukrainian Center of Reproductive Medicine BioTexCom sets all records in success performance of such programs.

http://newseurope.info/?p=8616

BioTexCom specializes in programs of egg donation and surrogate motherhood (using only fresh oocytes!). Day after day medical specialists of Ukrainian clinic achieve incredible results in this area! And it concerns patients of all age groups. Almost all records of late pregnancies (after 60) were fixed in BioTexCom clinic.

http://forum.mother-surrogate.info/viewforum.php?f=153&sid=97ab6061e89b39f99887d8bfaaf80f9f

What do medical center BioTexCom use to achieve such a great results? Foremost, specialists of the center work only with fresh genetic material and do not welcome cryopreservation. It automatically multiplies the chances of successful fertilization. Secondly, highly skilled embryologists of this clinic conduct not only spermogram but the analysis of sperm’s apoptosis as well. These methods give BioTexCom a great opportunity to determine the presence and quantity of harmful cells failed to perform successful conception, and can also cause damage of DNA. In the case of low-quality cells, doctors prescribe appropriate treatment (special drugs improve the quality of problematic cells) after that retest and successfully fertilize an egg.

Starting to work with infertile couple, doctors of the BioTexCom clinic use only individual approach to each case. First of all, doctors conduct a detailed diagnosis of patients in order to clearly identify the cause of infertility or reasons of unsuccessful IVF attempts. There are no identical protocols as each individual patient is tested and prescribed a single treatment. BioTexCom team does not work in the traces because the positive and successful outcome of the program is the main goal of doctors.

Working with programs of egg donation and surrogacy doctors of BioTexCom center also know how to calculate and determine the ideal "window of implantation". It means the most opportune moment for the embryo transfer without disturbing the structure and integration of the endometrium.

Basing on all advantages that were mentioned above, BioTexCom clinic offers unique conditions. It is the only center of reproductive medicine in the world which will return the client full cost of the program in the case of its failure. But it is rather hard to meet such precedents here. Patients from all over the world go to Ukraine to visit BioTexCom clinic. And they find here so long-awaited happiness of motherhood / fatherhood even after ten unsuccessful attempts of IVF in different European countries. Coming to hands of BioTexCom specialists clients who have already lost faith become parents from one maximum two attempts.

There is no absolute infertility! BioTexCom knows it for sure and continues to improve its methods amazing the whole world with incredible results.

IVF for women over 50: pros and cons

In Ukraine, the topical issue of acceptable maximum age of women who want use in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure came up. After the case, when 66-year-old Swiss woman used IVF procedure in Ukraine, and gave birth to twins media war broke out in the world community. According to the Ukrainian law, it is absolutely legal to use assisted methods of reproductive medicine (such as egg donation and surrogacy). Because of this, a great number of infertile foreigners come to Ukraine, as in most European countries this sphere is not open enough. In addition, Ukraine has no age limit for the carrying out of such programs. Because of this, the country has become a Mecca for aged Europeans. High level of reproductive technologies, comparatively low prices and loyalty legislation contribute a lot to the medical tourism in Ukraine. As, French legislation, for example, prohibits surrogacy, in Norway and Sweden, use of donor eggs is punishable by law and the German "Act on the Protection of embryos" in general prohibits the transfer of genetically foreign embryos. And all fine and dandy, but 66-year-old mother from Switzerland caused fierce debate in the community. Many experts argue that a woman should not only give birth, but also to raise a child. How could she do this fine, if she is, I'm sorry, Grandma! A number of such cases have pushed people's deputies of Ukraine to amend a bill on reproductive technologies and limit the age of women, who will be available for in vitro fertilization, up to 51 years. Ukrainian doctors, in order, assure that these changes will stop the positive development of new technologies, and make thousands of infertile women unhappy. The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, did not support the proposed law, explaining his decision in such way: “proposed consideration of the draft law is not full enough”. Thus, the age of the woman for the in vitro fertilization program remains unlimited in Ukraine. Many NGO representatives complain that crowds of women over 50 leave Ukraine with their newborn babies. This is not normal! Thus, for example, Kyiv clinic BioTexCom, one of the leaders in the field of reproductive medicine, annually helps about 200 women over the age of 50 years to have a baby out of the tube. But after the incident with a Swiss woman, authorities threatened clinic direction to deny a license, claiming that its work is immoral: aged clients participant in IVF programs, embryo reduction, etc. Yes, all these can be seen in clinic, but due to these, as a result, children are born perfectly healthy, even in the most hopeless cases. Maybe society just needs to look at the situation from the other side. In Europe, there is a common style of life firstly to get a decent education, profession, earn capital, to enjoy your life and only then give birth to successors. But we must be in mind that female body, after 51 years can not do this without the help of assisted reproductive techniques. And it is a great fortune that today they have been existing and successfully developing. Such technologies help a lot of desperate couples go through the happiness of fatherhood and motherhood. Community just needs to look at this issue from the other side and slant on the question more modern, considering all trends of the 21st century. Also do not forget the fact that if woman decides to take such a step, it means that she has a serious reason for it and it would be better to consider the state of her health, financial situation and other factors in each individual case, but not her age. Why, for example, a weak half of humanity must work for the country’s benefit (meaning the retirement age), but have no right to give birth? In a word, the issue of reproductive medicine, as all others, has both pros and cons. But let's not forget the fact that humanity is evolving and the world changes over time. And it is important to take into account these changes.

  

There is no absolute infertility! “All good things come to he who waits”

Female, male infertility is a global challenge the whole world has faced with. As of today, more than 20 % of couples all over the world have some problems with impregnation. Hostile environment, harmful products, potato coach lifestyle, bad hobbits are among the main aspects which negatively influence human health, in particular, reproductive function. By reason of a great number of people can not quick with a child naturally a set of complications arises. They are of both personal and social nature. In the matter of the first point, of course, every typical person wishes to have a family and kids. And understanding of the bitter truth that you will never have all these can extremely oppresses. As a result, a lot of families break up, infertile wife or husband runs into depression and the whole life goes downhill. Speaking about the social (global) side of the issue, infertility causes demographic obstacles. Birth rate falls, number of elderly people rises and as a result it can be seen ageing population. According to experts, demographic situation in most advanced nations is pretty miserable and a low replacement level and population’s senescence can lead to the nation’s degeneration in the nearest future. But science and medicine are not at a standstill.  And today, modern reproductive medical centers offer all who have come across infertility diagnose a set of assisted reproductive technologies, which work wonders.

Ukrainian center of reproductive medicine BioTexCom is a perfect choice to crack the problem of infertility. Here in clinic, subject matter specialists use the latest methods of artificial insemination and fix one of the highest rates of birth. Obstetrician-gynecologists of the BioTexCom center conduct embryo transfer on the fifth day, when it reaches the most appropriate stage of development to carry out a successful fetation. In addition, doctors do not work with congelated embryos; they work only with fresh eggs. In addition, donor’s cells for a certain patient are not divided between some clients. It means that each patient receives his own donor. All these significantly increase chances of positive pregnancy.          

BioTexCom medical center has 70% of efficiency. And the greatest pride of center is women who become happy mothers at the age of 40 and even elder. During the last year, about 3 thousand women find happiness of motherhood being over the age of 45 years. It has become possible owing to the IVF procedure in the BioTexCom clinic. And the most famous client of this center is 66 years old woman who arrived to Ukraine from Switzerland, and gave birth to healthy twins. Overall, more than 60% of patients who visit BioTexCom medical center are women after forty who came to the capital of Ukraine from different states of the world.

Managing director of the reproductive medicine center BioTexCom is a German citizen, who has used European experience and introduced the best practices of the infertility treatment in Ukrainian Clinic. Addressing BioTexCom specialists, clients give high rating to European standards of medical treatment and highish plateau of services. Under command of a German specialist, BioTexCom clinic uses the latest methods of assisted technologies to cope with the most hopeless cases of infertility, these are in particular IVF (in vitro fertilization), ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), pre-implantation diagnosis and egg donation.  

“There is no absolute infertility!” is the main slogan of the BioTexCom clinic. This medical institution wrings water from a flint in the reproductive field. Stating this, doctors are supported by several facts. Firstly, BioTexCom clinic makes use of only competent infertility treatment that makes pregnancy possible even in case of complicated diagnoses. And secondly, the majority of clients who came to the Ukrainian reproductive medical center have become happy parents and translated their cherished hopes and dreams into reality. At times, obstetrician-gynecologists, embryologists could hardly believe in positive results, but correctly, well-staged treatment has helped some practically hopeless couples to experience parenthood.

BioTexCom reproductive medical center is in the list of top leaders in infertility treatment sphere all over the world. In addition to the highest rate of births Ukrainian reproductive center has something more to write home about. Namely, center works with couples of any age. Nowadays, in comparison with the previous centuries, it’s absolutely unproblematic to give birth after 40, and even 50 years. Due to the brilliant possibilities of assisted reproductive technologies that BioTexCom clinic turns to useful account it has become quite real to achieve desired pregnancy in any age. Such procedures as egg donation and IVF have made it possible to inseminate women of any age. By the way, the lion’s share of clients who address BioTexCom center is women over 45. It can be said with 100 percent certainty that happy tears of parents and words like “Oh, I have never been so happy in my whole life!” is the most valuable reward for the clinic’s staff.

Of course, Ukrainian center BioTexCom is not the only one to treat infertility. So, reasoned question arises, why can you trust just this Ukrainian clinic? We have already mentioned above about high rate of birth and work with all age groups. Meanwhile, legislative aspect of this matter is the most important one. In this part of the issue BioTexCom clinic is highly responsible as well.

In the sphere of reproductive technologies Ukrainian legislators have proven to be far more progressive than many of their European colleagues. Today, Ukraine is one of the very few friendly countries in Europe that provide the full range of procedures in the field of assisted reproductive technologies. Unlike nations that restrict or even put under a ban such kind of actions, Ukrainian legislation permits and regulates all of them. So, it means, that all procedures concerning reproductive medicine are absolutely legal in Ukraine. Moreover, BioTexCom meets all requirements drawing up necessary agreements. In general, it must be said that European clients appreciate value-for-money ratio and favorable set of services that contract includes. 

In addition to all advantages one can receive visiting Ukrainian medical center BioTexCom there is one more bargaining chip – tourist attractiveness! Ukraine is a real tourist gem. Holding the final match of the Euro 2012 football championship Ukraine has opened the world all its hospitality, rich history, beautiful architecture and a great number of places that are worth seeing. In a word, choosing BioTexCom clinic to solve your reproductive problems you kill two birds with one stone. In Ukraine, you will be able to see unique objects of interest and leave this state together with your so long-awaited baby.

From year to year, Ukrainian center of reproductive medicine BioTexCom is going strong and develops. Currently, active negotiations on the subject of a new building construction are under way. It is planed to construct a skyscraper in Kyiv downtown.     

("Dear Doctor with DrChris Steele" magazine)