Valley gets its first surrogate mother

With the help of the doctors at Srinagar8217;s Rotunda Hygeia, the Valley8217;s only fertility clinic, Shabnum conceived on December 26.

8216;8216;The father came to our centre with the surrogate mother,8217;8217; said director of the centre, Dr Ruheel Nisa. 8216;8216;We took consent from all the parties involved and started treatment. Now, everything is going normally with the mother,8217;8217; she said.

Although this is the first-ever case of surrogate motherhood in the Valley, there have been over 26 test tube babies and cases of egg donation. Normally it is a close friend or a relative of the woman who is the egg donor.

Today, two-year-old Kubra in downtown Srinagar is the oldest test tube baby in the Valley.