Donor & Shipping Options for Australians

Ashley had  always known she didn’t want children, but recognised others had a strong desire for family. Ashley decided she had eggs ‘going to waste’ and wanted to help. She has since completed 8 donor cycles and will be doing a 9th in early 2019. Four babies have been born from her donations so far with three recipients awaiting frozen embryo transfers. She has completed donations in NSW, VIC, and Tasmania.

Dr Shadi graduated from the University of Alexandria, and gained invaluable experience working in hospitals internationally, including the United States, Gulf countries and Australia. At the University of Illinois, Chicago, Shadi undertook an advanced training in male fertility where he trained in advanced microscopic surgical techniques and developed a patent for a specialised device to assist in male fertility preservation.

Since his arrival to Australia he obtained a fellowship from the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology after further training at St George and Sutherland Hospitals. He also went on to complete three full years of training in advanced and difficult fertility cases, as a part of his subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is also a conjoint lecturer at UNSW, where he is writing a Master’s program to teach specialists more about fertility issues using the latest research and evidence in clinical practice.

Shadi currently consults out of Alexandria, Sydney CBD and Kogarah clinic. He also operates from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hurstville Private Hospital and Sussex day surgery.

Jen and her partner worked with San Diego Fertility Center in California having travelled for transfer with an exemption during Australia’s travel lockdown. She fell pregnant  on the first try and is currently 23 weeks pregnant, so due in mid-late February. She and her partner have additional embryos  with San Diego

Kim travelled to Cape Town, South Africa to access donor eggs during covid-19 and is  currently 28 weeks pregnant after her first embryo transfer. She will discuss her experiences to date

Leen’s journey started in 2018 after a few miscarriages and failed IVF procedures. She and her partner opted for egg donors overseas because of the “no waiting list” – availability of donors. They choose Eugin as they felt most comfortable with them and the fact that the clinic was based in Europe (closer to her family in Belgium) They went in September 2018 for a first transfer and were successful – that produced a 2.5 year old daughter Gabriela. Leen travelled a second time to Spain in October 2021 for a further transfer, and flew back to Australia a week later. She spent seven days in hotel quarantine. Thankfully, this transfer was also successful and she is 6 weeks pregnant

Rebekah’s IVF journey started in 2006 at the age of 23 when she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease . After trying naturally for two years to have a child, from 2012 she completed three failed IVF cycles with her own eggs. She and her partner then travelled  to Cambodia twice to undertake 2 IVF cycles (1 fresh and 1 Frozen). Both failed. On her last egg pick up there was a complication leading to internal bleeding .
Refusing to give up, she undertook a known Donor cycle where a South African donor flew to Brisbane in 2016.  On the first transfer this resulted in a positive pregnancy to a daughter Sienna who just turned 5 years old

Sam is the dad to two girls Zoe & Ruby via surrogacy and as the global Director of charity Growing Families has become one of the globe’s foremost commentators and researchers on surrogacy trends, capacity and bst practice. Through conferences, seminars and consulting he has assisted over a thousand singles and couples to plan safe and reliable routes to building families through surrogacy & donor IVF. With a background in public health and research he is also the author of three books.

Tiffany required both an egg and sperm donor and was able to select the donors she wanted via a US donor program. This resulted in the birth of twins on 14 March 2019. Tiffany will discuss the process, costs and ups and downs of her journey