Cost of surrogacy in Australia?

[MoonBreeze]

Will someone that has personal experience of using a surrogate in Australia give me a figure on the total costs, please? Not the FS & IVF fees as I will get those from the clinic.

What I am needing is the out of pocket expenses for medical (doctor visits for the surrogate, ultrasounds, etc) that is not covered by Medicare, clothing, food, legal fees and anything else that you, the IP, had to pay for.

[overitand36]

guess it all depends on surrogates preferences and budget you both agree on

public v private of course will make a huge difference

[MoonBreeze]

Are there financial advantages of using private insurance? Doesn't Medicare cover the entire costs of medical during pregnancy?

[overitand36]

Doesn't Medicare cover the entire costs of medical during pregnancy?

Are you joking Medicare is useless esp if you want to go private and have a choice in your care providers and use an OB

ob management fees are really expensive we are out of pocket around $4k but its well worth it for private care and knowing who will be delivering our baby

public system is fine used it before but if I was to be a surrogate I would be going with the best available care

no real financial advantages for having PHI but I would not want to be going private without it, covers all hospital fees and ob fees whilst in hospital

[MoonBreeze]

I found this article in the archives and it answers my question on the medical part.

http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/archive/index.php/t-3819.html

The women that went public would do it again. My SIL went public with both of hers and she also had great care and no regrets.

I used public when I had my hysterectomy last year and I was in great hands. No complaints from me at all.

Did anyone go to a lawyer and have contracts made up? I read somewhere that no courts in Australia will honour the contracts. So, I don't see the need for that. But, I do see the need to have everything written out that is agreed upon between the two parties. Just for reference sake.

I guess, the only time you need to pay for legal fees is after the birth when you need to officially adopt the child?