I was invited to be a guest on the Creating A Family radio show titled “Practical Considerations When Going Abroad for Treatment“.
I was interviewed by Dawn Davenport along with Kathryn Kaycoff-Manos (a surrogacy expert and founder of Global IVF). Click the link above to access the stored podcast that you can listen to at any time. Here are some of the topics that were covered:
- For US citizens going abroad for infertility treatment, what is the most common treatment being sought abroad?
- What is the most common reason for infertility tourism?
- For foreign citizens coming to the US, what is the most common treatment being sought in the US?
- What is the most common reason for coming to the US for fertility treatment?
- What information is available on egg donors in countries outside of the US?
- How much information is provided to intended parents on potential egg donors?
- Can intended parents choose the egg donor or do the clinics assign the donor?
- Are pictures of egg donors available in other countries?
- Can you find known donors abroad or only anonymous donors?
- What countries have Caucasian egg donors?
- How much money can you save by going abroad for egg donation?
- How much money can you save by going abroad for surrogacy?
- What are the immigration issues when going abroad for donor egg or surrogacy?
- What issues to consider with unused frozen embryos left over after treatment is complete?
- How to select a fertility clinic abroad?
- What hidden fees should you look for?
- What issues to consider when going abroad for surrogacy?
- What advanced reproductive technology is commonly available in other countries?
- How many embryos are commonly transferred in countries outside of the US?
- How to determine success rates for foreign infertility clinics?
- How can infertility patients from abroad find egg donors of specific ethnicities?
- Are frozen egg banks commonly used by foreigners coming to the US for fertility treatment?