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It has meant countless hours assisting with airline protocols, paperwork, embassies, visa, ground transport … Monday, 1 June 2020 Uncategorized 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 Uncategorized 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 Uncategorized 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 Uncategorized 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 Uncategorized 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 Uncategorized 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 Previous 1…1314151617 Next
