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Rubina Mondal, 30, checks on fellow surrogate Razia Vohra, 25, who is ten weeks pregnant with Karen and Thomas's (last name withheld) second baby 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, checks on fellow surrogate Razia Vohra, 25, who is ten weeks pregnant with Karen and Thomas's (last name withheld) second baby 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.