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Dia Hadid

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Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She was once paid to carry a baby.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

And she sold a kidney.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She shows us the scars.

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The Human Egg Sellers

She took Abhirami to a fertility clinic.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

Abhirami says she can't read.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She only finished school to the second grade.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

But her neighbour told her it was seven stops away on the bus.

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The Human Egg Sellers

So she counted them.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

Abhirami says in the fertility clinic, she was hustled into a room where patients couldn't see her.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

A nurse filled out a form on her behalf and told her to sign it with a thumbprint.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

Abhirami says a nurse put gel on her stomach and scanned her.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She says she was told to come back after she got her period.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

And when she returned, she was injected.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She's not sure with what, but it was most likely hormones to stimulate her ovaries to produce more eggs.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

Every day for about 10 days, Abirami went back to the clinic.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She counted seven bus stops to know where she had to get off and the nurse ushered her into a room to be injected.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She says she thought she'd die from the nausea she was experiencing.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She began swelling around her stomach.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

Based on what we've heard from doctors, her response to the injections sounds like she'd been overstimulated, which isn't uncommon.

Up First from NPR
The Human Egg Sellers

She focused on the money she'd make.