Fertility Nation

Fertility tourism, or going abroad for fertility treatments, can be daunting for would-be parents. Traveling to foreign countries means having to deal with different cultures, laws, and medical regulations. All this can leave fertility tourists with questions about the safety, efficacy, and cost of seeking fertility treatments abroad. And rightly so. That’s why I’m delighted [...]

Americans and Britons are traveling abroad for infertility treatments in record numbers. No one country in Europe or Asia seems to have a lock on this medical tourism trend. Popular destinations for infertility treatments include the Czech Republic, Thailand, India, and South Africa. Spain is also very popular. In the cities, twisting old streets open [...]

Increasing numbers of Americans dealing with infertility are choosing to travel to fertility clinics abroad to avoid high prices in the US. Popular destinations for international infertility treatments include Spain and Thailand. Another popular destination for IVF holidays in Europe is the Czech Republic, a country that manages to be both old world and new [...]

In a previous post about IVF vacations abroad I noted how medical tourism was becoming a popular way of trying to get high-quality, affordable medical care. Just how popular it was getting I didn’t know until today. In a recently published article about the rise of medical tourism across the globe, Josef Woodman, author of [...]

As the costs for IVF and similar infertility treatments skyrockets in the US, cash-strapped patients are beginning to look abroad for more affordable medical care. The medical tourism trend has been popular for a while, with people going overseas to countries like Thailand, Italy, Spain, Canada and South Africa for affordable tummy tucks and cheap [...]