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India can be a daunting place to visit therefore I offer myself to accompany anybody to the clinic.

Once you select a clinic it's a simple matter of waiting for your surrogate/donor to become available which can take many months. The Akanksha/Kaival clinic in Gujarat are now taking on couples for January next year and I'm writing this in August! However, I could pull a few strings!

Once you have been given a fixed date to arrive in India by the doctor you'll be picked up and taken to a hotel to suit your budget. Rooms can be had for little as $60 a night to $200. I can even take you to a hotel where we stay costing just $20 a night along with free temple food! I'll stay at the cheaper hotel, my accommodation cost to you should not be the same. 

My air ticket can be prepaid by paypal using our website www.oneinsix.com  or by yourselves directly. Fares vary depending on the season and the clinic. I can meet you at the airport, either Mumbai or Vadodara(Baroda). I can arrive a day before and will keep a record of my hotel and taxi costs which you can reimburse at your leisure. I will escort you to the clinic and be your interpreter and guide for any decision making to which there will be many. All the processes and options will be explained to you. You'll be glad I tagged along as one or two of the decision making are hidden options which may save you thousands! Clinics may not be upfront, accompanied by a seasoned surrogacy veteran is the way to go! Local shopping and eating recommendations. What to bring, buy and take with you to India. A million and one things to bring to your attention especially when you come to collect your baby. What's the best system for feeding your baby? Where to purchase, how to sterilize and how to avoid having to sterilize! Saving you time as well as money, especially if you're having twins. Should an egg donor be required the best ones would be available for you in advance etc.

Collecting the birth certificate and the hassle of it. How to quicken the process by jumping ahead of the locals. Things are done very slowly in India and a certain 'incentive' is sometimes called for. Then the passport for your baby will be at the mercy of your embassy and collecting as much documentation of your journey to this affect. It staggers me when I hear what westerners pay for their room, phone calls and internet access. What about air tickets? Should one get a single, a return? Most surrogates deliver months early but you did not know that, nor a thousand other points I could tell you of but with a little forward thinking you can manage on your own. Or take me. Want to avoid bank transfer charges every installment to the clinic? Take me with you and pay on your arrival in India instead. Our name is our bond. You will more than recoup having to pay my airfare and accommodation costs. Taking too long to find your surrogate? Want to queue jump? Plus many other numerous benefits. And what is my reward for doing all this?  

You pay me nothing. Donation of course to oneinsix.com  is always welcome but I would not expect you to pay me a dime until you have something to really celebrate with -  a pregnant surrogate or the birth of your child. You could even simply melt away and that would be fine. I was once childless remember, I expect no reward. 

For those interested in a side trip, where Bobby prayed, the mountain trek, where he habited, the thousand potential women surrogates in that seedy red light areas who in reflection should stick to what they're good at (under the noses of the law!)  and leave the day job to proper surrogates before washing your sins at the Golden Temple! Follow Bobby's footsteps in this extra excursion activity as a stand alone trip and see India from a completely different level. An eye opener says Nikki and who would argue.

Trips can last two weeks or a few days if you're using an Indian egg donor and I can only help one couple in any one month. Remember your baby is born Indian. Try not to cocoon yourself in five star luxury. Experience the real India in a refreshingly honest way. Go by Bob!   home@oneinsix.com

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We are Birgit & Michael, a German couple wanting to have kids (i. e. together). So we searched the net for any information about surrogacy, well knowing that it is not legal in Germany. Having heard that it can be done in Britain, we found Nikki & Bobby´s website and we were overwhelmed by the dedication and the emotion that had been put into it. Won´t forget the first e-mail contact with Bobby, we had asked him what we could possibly do to start the surrogacy process and the answer was: "You have to go abroad. Far abroad." Of course, he was speaking of Mother India. As I -Michael- have a friend who years ago spent a couple of years in India, I immediately had sort of an affinity to the country, or rather to the thought of starting our adventure there. We have seen many big cities all around the world, but still, we were a little insecure of what would be waiting for us going to Mumbai, including the fear of malaria, typhoid or cholera. Plus a lot of curiosity, as we are very open for foreign cultures, mentalities and people. We had decided to go to India without any jabs together with Bobby, he had arranged everything perfectly well, including food, hotels, the clinic, rural life, "shopping", religion, even a selfmade map of where to find what, simply amazing!
As we had never been to India before, we had certain pictures in our heads and plans of what we´d be getting up to once arrived. Bobby was waiting for us at the airport (it was after one o´clock in the morning!) and took us all to the hotel with a hired car plus driver! (For anyone who hasn´t had the privilege to have experienced India: If a foreigner rents a car there from Avis or any company it comes with a driver because driving in India is different from driving outside India, and we quickly learned why.... ). Early next morn, the driver took us to the clinic and it was so personal, Rotunda Center for Human Reproduction. It is very clean and all that but does not make a sterile and cold impression, everyone was very friendly. (It was definitely good Bobby was there as he knew the people in charge...). After the appointment at the clinic we all went to the City of Poona (Pune), approx 160kms south-east of Mumbai. There we were staying for four nights befor going back to Bombay for another clinic appointment. Poona overwhelmed us completely, entirely, it was so great to make this experience, out of this world! The people are all so friendly there, and they kind of shake their heads when saying yes (a thing we´ve had to learn in order to communicate properly). The atmosphere was so peaceful, you get the feeling you can trust the people. The food was terrific, the people are so proud of this beautiful country. An Indian boy smiled at us outside the railway station saying "Welcome to India". Bobby guided us through all the streets and places, showing us where to buy what for our baby, whenever he/she arrives, and we learned a lot about the Sikh faith, the religion that actually is for the people. We went to the temple very often and there was peace and quiet in the center of all the traffic and noise and hassle of a 3,5-million-city. Even free food every night you can get there and it tastes so authentic. There were cows in the middle of the market or on the streets and goats and wild dogs. We could keep raving away about the place and the atmosphere and the country and the people, but I´ll say more another time. These people have such a fine dignity in midst their poverty, which strikes at every corner. One of these women will be the genetic mother of our child, if everything goes its way.... We are just asking destiny, Mother India and the Gods and gurus for help, for Bobby, Nikki and ourselves. We´ll be back!

From Michael
Originally posted here

Finally good news from the German couple who I escorted to Rotunda.

Their surrogate is pregnant! The follow up test will be done, fingers crossed for the couple that went to extreme costs to take me (Bobby) with them.

I'm very happy I contributed directly to somebody's happiness.

Summer 2011

There's three couples at least who wish to start surrogacy in India and thinking of doing it with me in tow. Smart idea as no doubt somewhere along the line I will save them more money than it would cost them to fly and house and feed me for the two weeks. Much more. Then they have the luxury of knowing they and their baby will be prioritized 9 months down the road at our luxury apartment which will save them $$$ on hotel fees. Not to mention the stress and headaches they will have avoided.
And what do I get out of it? Nothing. The price you pay for being a roaming ambassador of surrogacy.

Can't skip the following dates:
24th June,   family wedding
6th-7th August,  Son's first birthday
14th August, family wedding
Daughter's b'day on 2 July I can skip if anybody wishes me in India

If you was staying at our apartment all this running around and worry would be easily sorted.
Our contacts would be there to help you get out of India as they had done with us when we got screwed.
And you would avoid this...

Hi how are you? we are fine and still in india.could you pls tell us where did you go for the exit clearance and what documents did u have to provide.we went to our local FRRO as the baby is born here but they said we need supporting letter from frro from Dehli.did u get supporting letter to support your exit clearance from the Consulate in dehli?

You will need to transfer Rs50,000 to the clinic when registering for starters. Subsequent fees for the drugs etc you will need to wire across before the surrogate is impregnated.

Bank transfer fees on top each time you make an installment.

There is an alternative. It appears our name is our bond. A reputation earned a not-so-easy way.

You pay on arrival in person at the clinic! Only to those I personally escort to India. As if you needed another reason to take me along with you

Congrats to a UK couple whose surro is expecting. They want me 9 months down the line to go to India with them to sort out their paperwork. Sure, my bags always packed