Harrow couple battle to bring surrogacy baby home from Belarus

The cost of this process in the UK can exceed £50,000, so the couple looked at other countries and eventually settled on Belarus, which they said had favourable rules.

So far, the couple estimate they have spent about £35,000 on the surrogacy process, and more than £6,000 on fees and other costs.

They said the surrogate mother, who is in her 30s and a mother of three herself, was paid around £275 a month for 10 months and a £13,000 fee once the baby was born, as well as her daily expenses.