Thursday, January 6, 2011

Navigating the Infertility Maze Abroad - Mindy Berkson


With the donor egg and sperm shortage, anonymity laws and the limited access to surrogate candidates, more and more consumers / patients from European countries are traveling abroad to seek treatment options that will help them have their own biological children. 

The term “Medical Tourism” has gained popularity over the years, but it truly involves embarking on an unknown journey when exploring healthcare options in foreign countries.  Knowing how to identify appropriate resources and engaging unbiased professionals can be risky and sometimes a bit overwhelming and scary.  Healthcare decisions and most importantly, the operation of the healthcare system in the US in particular, is very different than the healthcare networks in other continents. 

At Lotus Blossom Consulting (LBC) our mission as patient advocate is to arm consumers/patients with information and education to make the best medical choices abroad.  Providing clients with targeted questions specific to their diagnosis, identifying resources to suit individual criteria and securing a team of unbiased multi-disciplinary professionals are all essential elements to successfully overcoming infertility.  Working with the Consultants at LBC, you will be assisted every step of the way from securing your hotel and travel accommodations to identifying your ideal team of worldwide professionals which includes reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, attorneys, financial and estate planners, insurance agents, immigration attorneys, and translators, to help you through a successful fertility arrangement.

One factor that can significantly increase the overall price of treatment for international clients is the lack of insurance coverage.  In our experience, the best insurance options are selected after a thorough evaluation performed by a licensed insurance agent to make the best possible choices available to mitigate financial risk factors while simultaneously addressing individual risk adversity.  LBC Consultants work very closely with teams of insurance agents to identify policies and plans that suit all parties in the surrogacy arrangement.

Working with our consultants will help streamline the fertility process from beginning to birth, and most importantly, help maximize your chances of success and minimize your financial expenditure.  But our work does not stop there.  Even after the birth, we work closely with teams of immigration attorneys and estate planners to ensure that intended parent(s) are well informed and educated about the advantages and disadvantages of various options. This is critical to the decision making process at birth, as it can greatly affect the ability to legally return to your home country with your child(ren), as well as impact the future lifestyle of your new family unit.

Lotus Blossom Consulting works with individuals from across the globe on a case-by-case basis to help facilitate the infertility process, taking into consideration clients’ emotional, physical and financial infertility issues and then develops an individualized, comprehensive plan, to help clients make informed decisions and pull together a team of unbiased professionals to accomplish a treatment cycle. Mindy is a sought-after infertility expert and has appeared on countless media programs and speaker panels educating audiences on the topic of infertility, egg banking and surrogacy. 

For more information about Lotus Blossom Consulting, LLC, 00 1 847 881 2685, email  mindy@lotusblossomconsulting.com or visit the web at www.lotusblossomconsulting.com or www.infertilityconsultant.com. 




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