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Rubina Mondal, 30, holds a photo of Brady, who she gave birth to two months earlier in Anand, India on April 14, 2007. Rubina had the Korean-American couple's first baby in February and decided to become a surrogate because her eldest son has a heart problem that needs expensive medical care. She now has a job at the clinic as a counsellor and advisor to the surrogates. Dr. Nayna Patel currently has more than 25 women who have been implanted with embryos at her clinic. A few have already gone through the process once and are eager for a second go-round. While Patel claims many of the women do this for altruistic reasons, she acknowledges that money was the primary reason these women had queued up to be surrogates; without it, the list would be short, if not nonexistent. Payment usually ranges from about $2,800 to $5,600, a fortune in a country where annual per capita income hovers around $500.

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Rubina Mondal, 30, holds a photo of Brady, who she gave birth to two months earlier in Anand, India on April 14, 2007. Rubina had the Korean-American couple's first baby in February and decided to become a surrogate because her eldest son has a heart problem that needs expensive medical care. She now has a job at the clinic as a counsellor and advisor to the surrogates. Dr. Nayna Patel currently has more than 25 women who have been implanted with embryos at her clinic. A few have already gone through the process once and are eager for a second go-round. While Patel claims many of the women do this for altruistic reasons, she acknowledges that money was the primary reason these women had queued up to be surrogates; without it, the list would be short, if not nonexistent. Payment usually ranges from about $2,800 to $5,600, a fortune in a country where annual per capita income hovers around $500.