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Uniting parents with their newborns during lockdown

Growing Families have been working around the clock in recent months to assist parents from Australia, USA, UK, mainland Europe and Asia to travel to births. It has meant countless hours assisting with airline protocols, paperwork, embassies, visa, ground transport …

Monday, 1 June 2020

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Creating Families via Canadian Surrogacy

Nearly one in five Australian couples venturing abroad choose Canada as their special place to create family (one in three if you only consider gay couples). Eleven couples I know are expecting babies via Canadian surrogacy over the coming five …

Saturday, 23 May 2020

Surrogacy

Surprising Tips to Relieve Stress During the Surrogacy Process

Surrogacy is an exciting journey and an ideal option when you are unable to conceive on your own. However the current Covid-19 pandemic brings added stress to both surrogates and intended parents, particularly when working at a great distance from …

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Surrogacy

Five Reasons Why a Woman May Need to opt for Surrogacy

Surrogacy is one of the most trending topics of the recent times. But it is not only high-end celebs like Jay Z, Beyonce, and Kim Kardashian who pursued surrogacy to realize their parenthood dreams. Even though surrogacy is more accepted …

Saturday, 16 May 2020

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Affordable Surrogacy for Gay Couples and Singles

First Fertility is a global IVF and surrogacy provider with hubs in South-East Asia and Russia.Their surrogacy programs drastically reduce the costs of family-building by utilising IVF and surrogacy procedures in countries with lower professional salaries. Countries such as Russia …

Thursday, 7 May 2020

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The Not-Forgotten Infants Trapped By CoVid 19

The priority of most nations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been to close their borders to foreigners while getting their own citizens ‘back home’. Many countries have shut down government departments, closed visa applications – some have introduced …

Saturday, 18 April 2020

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Advice for Parents with Georgia Births (April -July)

The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it will be possible to provide permission for foreign citizens to enter Georgia during travel ban provided that their embassy contacts MFA Georgia with the following information: Intended Parents full name, Passport Number and …

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

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Global assistance for Emergency Parent Travel

If your surrogate is due to give birth prior to 30 July in a country with travel restrictions, please contact your surrogacy agency for advice. The following ‘source’ countries have set up channels of communication with governments in respect to …

Saturday, 28 March 2020

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I Need to Travel. How can I protect myself?

Many intended parents need to travel abroad in the coming weeks and months for the birth of their child(ren) via cross-border surrogacy. Chinese healthcare authorities now have the best understanding of Co-Vid-19, how it spreads and how to prevent this. …

Sunday, 22 March 2020

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CoVid-19 Entry & Exit for US Surrogacy Births

______________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary studies from China show no evidence that if a surrogate was infected with Co-Vid-19 she would pass it on to the child she births. Additional Time Off Work for Your Surrogate Some intended parents may want their surrogate …

Thursday, 19 March 2020

Surrogacy

Travel Restrictions to IVF/ Surrogacy Destinations

In this difficult time, Growing Families is providing an update on current travel restrictions which will impact intended parents travelling internationally for embryo creation or the birth of children. OVERSEAS TRAVEL FOR BIRTHS (updated as at 4.30pm 22 July AEST) …

Thursday, 19 March 2020

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Hearing from Ukranian Surrogates

For many couples who have experienced medical complications in pregnancy, including the heartbreak of late miscarriage or still-birth, working with a surrogate to create their family becomes the best way forward. However surrogacy arrangements can be complicated emotionally and logistically. …

Thursday, 6 February 2020

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