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Leap of Faith – Irish Dads Continue to Create Families Across Borders - Growing Families

International Surrogacy | Same-sex Couples | Success Story | Surrogacy in Ireland

Leap of Faith – Irish Dads Continue to Create Families Across Borders

Growing Families has been running family building education for Irish nationals since its first sold-out conference in 2016. Our Sunday seminar on 26 March 2023 in Dublin will bring together GLBTI and heterosexual parents, intended dads and professionals from around …

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Children in Ukraine. Free and Happy

Media

Ask Me Anything! Digging deep into surrogacy & donor IVF journeys

DONOR CONCEPTION AND SURROGACY, SHARED STORIES 23 FEBRUARY, 2023 – www.fertilityhelphub.com/blog/shared-stories/digging-deep-into-surrogacy-donor-ivf-journeys Surrogacy arrangements necessitate a lot of moving parts. The carrier themselves, lawyers, IVF clinics, donors, surrogacy professionals, counsellors and, increasingly, specialist couriers. Not to mention, the confusing laws that only …

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Community

Growing Families initiates International Advisory Board

Growing Families has established an International Advisory Board to assist in providing leadership and minimum standards in the international donor and surrogacy environment The background here is that cross-border surrogacy & egg donation are increasing, due to lack of affordability …

Saturday, 4 March 2023

Surrogacy Law by Country broken down

Legal

Surrogacy & Donor Law By Country

The following countries allow specified types of surrogacy or egg donation within their own jurisdictions. Where a process is not allowed within a country, citizens of that country will often engage in a country which does allow it COUNTRY COMPENSATED …

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Surrogacy Struggles in Europe - Stories from Georgia, Greece and Kazakhstani

Surrogacy Europe

Surrogacy Struggles in Europe

I deal with singles and couples every day of the week who require independent professional support to create a family. Some of them have no womb, others have failed IVF or are on treatments making carrying a baby too dangerous. …

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Sam Everigham from Growing Families book on Surrogacy Sttories

Surrogacy

Surrogacy Stories – Twenty Extraordinary Journeys

As well as running conferences and webinars, International family building expert Sam Everingham  has been working these past two years with a colleague on a book – Surrogacy Stories – which takes a deep dive into the family building journeys …

Saturday, 20 August 2022

Engaging In Ukraine for Surrogacy with the War is not a good idea - Growing Families

Surrogacy

Why Engaging in Ukraine Surrogacy Is a Terrible Idea

If you have embryos still in Ukraine, it may be tempting to initiate a new surrogacy arrangement in Ukraine, particularly if your surrogacy agency and surrogate are agreeable. This is a highly risky proposition. Why is it Unsafe? Who else …

Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Donor IVF

Hey Guys – Australian Women Need Your Sperm

Many of us have benefited from egg donors to have a family – now its our turn to give back by becoming a sperm donor. Over the past couple of years, Australia has seen sperm donor waitlists escalate because of …

Monday, 6 June 2022

Surrogacy

Changes in the Landscape

The global landscape is always changing. Below are some recent developments you should be aware of. *          In Australia and New Zealand, there are important changes to RTAC guidelines around embryo shipping. We are holding a session on this at …

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Medical

How Many Miscarriages Would You Endure?

As Australia’s 11th consumer conference on family building options approaches on 18-19 June in Sydney, Growing Families director Sam Everingham profiles one of the many woman who struggled with repeated miscarriages over more than a decade, before turning with her …

Friday, 13 May 2022

Surrogacy Europe

Impact of Invasion on Ukraine Surrogacy Births

Growing Families has a decade of experience of working with government and agencies during crises to guide parents and their newborns through safe exit processes. These have included a military coup in Thailand, earthquakes in Nepal, sudden changes in laws …

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Providers

WHY YOU NEED TO LEAVE HOME

I have been working in this field for over a decade and the intended parents who come most unstuck in creating family are those who try to rely solely on social media tips as their manual for family building. While …

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

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