Louba buries his gaze on the ground.
His fingers grip an overly short white T-shirt that hugs the rounded shape of her stomach.
The 27-year-old Ukrainian with jet black hair has been carrying the baby of another couple for six months.
"It's a girl.
For Italians, ”
she smiles.
Founded in 1995, the Feskov clinic, with which she signed her surrogacy contract (Surrogacy), ensures that no direct contact is established between her and the “sponsors” of the baby.
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Louba will never see the child growing up inside her.
Soon, she will give birth behind a curtain and will pocket, in the process, a sum of about 11,000 €.
In addition, each month of pregnancy will have brought her € 350, an attractive amount, compared to € 270 which is the median salary in this region of eastern Ukraine, close to Russia.
The sponsoring parents, for their part, will have paid between € 40,000 and € 60,000, excluding travel costs, to receive a freshly born 3-day-old being in their arms.
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