About World Center of Baby

Interesting enough, World Center of Baby history has its initial roots in adoption, not surrogacy. But before that, let’s get acquainted with the personal background of Vladyslav Natochii ― CEO of WCOB.

Vladyslav was born and raised in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Although having chosen an educational path in politics, as a student of Donetsk National University, Vladyslav realized that his life mission lies far from political debates. He has always felt deep love and devotion toward kids. And so, after considering the children and parents’ happiness might be his most important life goal, Vladyslav and his mother organized an adoption channel between Spain and Ukraine, helping families to become complete by filling them with a child’s warmth and laughter.

Contributing to expanding the adoption sphere and giving numerous children second chances for a caring family, is truly a noble way to fulfill one's purpose. Furthermore, it gave Vladyslav a sense of accomplishment and great contribution. It was in 2017 however, that a significant turnaround began in Vladyslav’s mindset. A family from Argentina ― Federico and Silvina, with adopted son Alex ― recommended Vladyslav pay attention to the fact that there was a desire for intended parents in Ukraine to have a biological kid too. That advice is what kicked off the surrogacy-oriented history!

Following his gut feeling, Vladyslav began to investigate the whole notion of surrogacy – how it works, and which benefits it provides to intended parents. Later that year, World Center of Baby was officially registered.

At first, we positioned ourselves as a surrogacy agency with a chain of partner fertility clinics. It warms our hearts to remember the first surrogacy contract, which was signed in 2018 by a Brazilian couple who welcomed their baby in October 2019. Vladyslav truly believes he has chosen the right path, and forever thanks Federico and Silvina for their advice back in 2017.

Once World Center of Baby began to flourish and feel the firm ground as a surrogacy agency, the team was faced with a serious challenge: a worldwide pandemic. We however, understood that the first priority was that of our surrogates and intended parents, and so began to work towards ensuring their safety and initiating a smooth exit process against all odds.

Vladyslav made a decision to cooperate with embassies to secure a comfortable way out for all couples, despite closed borders and absence of flights. WCOB tried its best to support each intended parent and surrogate mother, given such uncertain times. Moreover, we can proudly say that we were even able to organize a flight for a Swedish couple on a private plane, all for the sake of safety and ultimate comfort in turbulent conditions.

Fortunately, we were able to pass through this challenge successfully, and since the borders were opened again in June 2020, World Center of Baby has welcomed 19 couples.

In the summer of 2020, Vladyslav suggested establishing a new direction for the surrogacy program. This idea resulted in signing a partnership agreement with the Columbian fertility clinic. Such a step meant a lot for our team, given that we could finally offer single intended parents and same-sex couples the possibility to experience parenthood as well.

In order to increase the probability of healthy pregnancies and successful childbirths, World Center of Baby was in constant search of the best medical practices. We also had an ongoing dream to open our own fertility clinic in the heart of Ukraine, and once we had identified our intended purpose, all WCOB team members became united in the goal in order to reach it as quickly as possible. And so, by the end 2020, we successfully opened our first practice, Alice Clinic in Kyiv! The name was derived from Vladyslav’s first daughter, Alice, who was born half a year before the clinic opened. As such, Alice Clinic is far more than just a fertility clinic, it’s a symbol of our CEO’s selfless love for children.

It’s truly wonderful how World Center of Baby achieved such huge success within the short period of time since the clinic’s opening. The number of healthy pregnancies, as well as the amount of shipped embryos, continues to increase significantly.

Vladyslav is the kind of person who constantly has his hands busy and continuously works to generate new innovative ideas in the field of surrogacy. And so, in 2021 WCOB launched an alternative surrogacy niche for single parents, becoming partners with a proven clinic in Mexico City. Right now we are in the process of opening up our own fertility clinic there too.

We always ensure all current innovations are included in our clinics’ equipment. We’ve bought the most modern facilities we could find, and right up until the end of 2021, we have guided the entire surrogacy process in partner clinics on our own: stimulation, punction, embryo creation, shipped embryos procedure, and overall pregnancy maintenance. It truly lifts our spirits to assist in the growing number of happy families, who realized their dream of parenthood with our help.

Another happy event which took place in 2021, was the birth of Vladyslav’s second baby! Feeling an all-encompassing joy and gratitude, Vladyslav began to work even harder to help more and more intended parents feel the same emotions as he did during the cold December night of 2021 in the maternity hospital.

One moment we were taking part in surrogacy exhibitions in Dublin, London, and Beijing. And the next, a terrible war had changed the WCOB routine with a snap of a finger. It was an incredibly tough decision for Vladyslav to close Alice Clinic in Kyiv for the time being. World Center of Baby continues to work actively to ensure all the new lives we assist are welcomed into this world in a safe and peaceful environment.

It cost us an incredible effort not to panic and immediately respond to the newly-minted circumstances. But thanks to our strong will and never-ending passion, we were successfully able to relocate surrogate mothers to safe destinations in Lviv and the Czech Republic, with all the biomaterial transported to the liquid nitrogen plant in Western Ukraine.

It’s true that today’s realities are quite burdensome and upsetting, however the darkest hour is always before dawn. And so, World Center of Baby has decided to concentrate on the light we can bring to struggling couples across the globe during this difficult time. Especially now, the weight of light we spread is absolutely invaluable.

Amidst the chaos of the first months of the war, a decision was made to relocate our headquarters to Limassol, Cyprus. In parallel, Cyprus and Georgia were launched as alternative destinations, and WCOB has transported embryos for all willing intended parents from Ukraine to 3 other destinations free of charge. We wanted to make sure that our intended parents had the opportunity to continue with their journeys without further delays.

Alice Fertility Clinic has re-opened in Kyiv, Ukraine, and we continue our day-to-day operations despite disruptions caused by air raid sirens, power cuts, and missile attacks.

By the end of 2022, WCOB has representative offices in Cyprus, Georgia, Mexico, and Ukraine with in-country presence in all destinations where we offer our surrogacy programs.