Surrogacy & Donor Options for All -Ireland-Dublin

Amanda is the Cycle Coordinator for Hatch and works closely with our IPs & surrogates once they are matched. Amanda is a 2x previous surrogate who is currently matched for a 3^rd journey .  She is a proud military spouse to her husband of 18 years and a mama to 4 children.  A fun fact about her first surrogacy journey is that it was featured on MTV, on True Life: I’m a Surrogate.

Anna is the founder and the Head Coordinator of Perfect Surrogacy Coordination Center. Based in the beautiful city of Odessa,, Anna is a Civil lawyer, specialized in reproductive law, fertility assistance specialist since 2012, certified interpreter in German and English. You can book a private consultation with Anna. Please email: [email protected]

Specialising in family law, Annette Hickey has twenty years’ experience in practice. She heads up the Surrogacy & Fertility Law team at Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan and is a leading expert in the field. She has assisted many clients through the Irish legal complexities of surrogacy arrangements and has a reputation for providing a reliable, efficient and sensitive legal service. Complimentary One on One Consultations are available . To book please email: [email protected]

Becky Loftus was a surrogate for her good friends in 2019 here in Ireland. She now shares her story – the highs & lows of her amazing journey.

Cindy Wasser practiced as a Canadian Criminal Defence lawyer from 1987 until 2008. In that year, she  became a mum to the first of two daughters through an egg donor and gestational surrogacy. This journey led her to her legal specialisation in Fertility Law. Cindy provides legal advice and services to intended parents, Canadian carriers and donors. Cindy has also provided legal advice to fertility medical practitioners and fertility consultant agencies. She has lectured in the area of fertility law at medico-legal conferences and hospitals.

Dr Sevostyanova is a specialist Obstetrician/Gynaecologist practicing since 1994. She has further specialist qualifications in Reproductive Endocrinology and has worked in leading IVF centre in Spain and Finland before heading Mini IVF’s popular centrein Kiev, Ukraine as their cheif physician and fertility specialist. The Mini-IVF program has access to a large range of egg donors and surrogates for patients from around the globe.

Dr Uliana started her professional career as an IVF specialist, coordinating the first international cooperation in Ukraine based on the import of sperm and export of embryos. Her vision of helping patients all over the globe motivated Dr Uliana to establish a process of medical and administrative control of oocyte donation project, which developed into numerous international partnerships and has become recognized worldwide. Dr Uliana studied medicine at Lviv National Medical University and practiced in such countries as Ireland, Israel and Great Britain. She also established the process of oocyte donation in different locations in Asia and Africa. Dr Uliana has over 12 years’ experience in the IVF field, performed over 5000 treatment cycles and treated patients from 36 countries.

Edvin has had first-hand experience of surrogacy when his family decided to embark on their personal family building journey. In 2020 he welcomed his daughter Zoe to the world. He is passionate about sharing his personal experiences with other couples and individuals who are looking at commencing their own family building journey. Therefore he joined the team at Hatch Egg Donation & Surrogacy and PFC LA in 2021. Having gone through the journey as a Swedish citizen residing in Europe, he hopes to offer unique perspectives for European couples and individuals pursuing Egg Donation and Surrogacy.

 Fiona qualified as a solicitor in 1980. She is a partner in the firm of Patrick F. O’Reilly and Company in Dublin. She is a member and former chair of the Litigation Committee of the Law Society of Ireland. She is a member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and has just retired, after 10 years of service, as a member of the Circuit Court Rules Committee. She is a member of UK and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute and works closely with LGBT Ireland. Fiona has in excess of 20 years’ experience working and advising on the law relating to Assisted Human Reproduction. She acts for and advises clients on fertility law to include surrogacy, donor conception and cross border parenting. Fiona’s expertise and reputation in this area of law is highly regarded and recognised both in Ireland and internationally. She has written extensively on Surrogacy and is regularly asked to speak at conferences 

Leia is a mother to five, a two-time gestational surrogate, and a six-time egg donor. She began Canadian Fertility Consulting and Egg Helpers in 2007 after her second surrogacy, with the intention of creating a more rewarding experience for surrogates, egg donors and intended parents. With a background in business development and management, Leia turned her professional passion for alternative family building into a full-time business. Leia believes that surrogacy and egg donation is more than a medical transaction – bringing someone’s child into the world through surrogacy and egg donation is a milestone that deserves to be honoured and celebrated.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. To book please email : [email protected]

Mary (she/her) is a Fine Gael Senator and party Seanad spokesperson on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Privacy Rights.  She is a member of three Joint Oireachtas Committees: Children, Disability Equality, Integration and Youth Affairs; Housing, Heritage and Local Government; Disability Matters.  She  has been particularly active on the legislation for Birth, Information and Tracing Bill and the Institutional Burials Bill, working very closely with mother and baby home survivors.  She has been very outspoken on the call for legislation to end the discrimination of children born via surrogacy and for the establishment of rights regarding Assisted Human Reproduction including International and Domestic Surrogacy. Mary is married to David and mother to Scarlett who was born via international surrogacy in May 2015. Mary first qualified as a Counselling Psychologist and practiced in private practice for a number of years. She is a practicing Barrister specialising in Privacy and Employment Law; prior to her appointment to the Seanad together with David she was active in running a successful consultancy company specialising in Management, HR and Legal Services.

Naia has an MBA and is a managing partner of Be Parent Surrogacy, a unique full-service agency which currently operates in Georgia and  Cyprus. Naia has experience of working with several IVF clinics for over 7 years and this led her to start a unique, transparent, and personalized surrogacy journey for each intended parent. Be Parent team is like one family where all team members are united under one great mission to make your miracle of having a baby come true. Working for Be Parent Surrogacy is one of the most rewarding experiences she has ever dreamed of: bringing the joy of parenthood to over 250 families throughout the world.   Self-confident and goal-oriented, Naia is inspired by the rapid progress of Be Parent.

Natia has eight years of working experience with number of intended parents who have successfully completed surrogacy and egg donation programs in Georgia. Her activities include full program management and coordination, including donor and surrogate management for the successful completion of a defined program. Over her years of journey in the field, she has successfully implemented more than 2000 egg donation and surrogacy programs. 95% of the clients involved in the programs are international patients from different countries, most of the couples participating in the programs are from Israel, China, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Canada, Australia, Greece, Spain, India and other countries. Many years of work experience helps her to determine the couple’s priorities, identify their needs and help them achieve the desired result. Free consultations are available at: [email protected]

Oksana is a 35-years old Ukranian surrogate, living in Pavlograd, Dnipro region and the mother of three beautiful daughters. She carried successfully for a US couple in 2018. That time Oksana gave birth to twins and she is still in contact with this family. Since then, she has begun a second journey for a UK couple with the help of Perfect Surrogacy Coordination Center (in Odesa and Kyiv, Ukraine). Oksana is also an active member of the Ukraine surrogacy community, representing the rights of Ukrainian surrogate mothers.

Róisín Venables has worked as a specialist Fertility Counsellor for 25 years. She works  with those affected by fertility issues including; Infertility/IUI/IVF/Donor conception/Onco-Fertility and Surrogacy as well as miscarriage, pregnancy loss and termination of pregnancy. She offers implications counselling as well as support and therapeutic counselling before during and after treatment(s). She is a trained Mind Body Medicine practitioner and has designed and run programmes for individuals preparing for and going through fertility treatment here in Ireland as well as those travelling outside the country.  She is one of the founding members and the current chairperson of the Irish Fertility Counsellors Association which was established in 2008. As well as running a busy private practice in Dublin, she is the Director of Counselling and head Supervisor with the Irish Family Planning Association.  She sits on a number of research and advisory committees and up until recently she guested on a radio programme near her home town, where she discussed different issues relating to mental health, counselling and fertility.

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.

Stephanie is an experienced fertility branch manager with a background and Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology. In addition to having worked in both the IVF and surrogacy sectors, she has lived in 7 different countries to which she credits her expertise in managing an international patient base. Her youngest daughter was also born via surrogacy in 2010, lending unique sensitivity to her role at Be Parent and the guidance and education she provides intended parents.

Tamari is an experienced international fertility manager,  with a long history working in local and international health care industry, a Medical degree and a Master’s degree in Public Health and Health Policy. What she enjoys most  is the variety of roles and the type of environments she is exposed to. Being involved in the fertility sector allows Tamari to work with different teams on new projects/programs, work in different cultural environments, be exposed to various systems, and manage her time and efforts against very specific deliverables, thus being able to gain insight into managing projects from different angles.  Her specific interest is in the inter-dependencies of global and national practices, in how policies are written  based on different regional contexts and translated into real medical solution to ensure better health outcomes.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. To book please email [email protected]

Tracy is a founding partner of Tracy Horan & Company. The firm has developed a strong knowledge of family law and in particular surrogacy. From a legal perspective, things aren’t that simple where surrogacy is concerned in Ireland.  There is no legislation that legislates for surrogacy and the quest for legal parenthood can seem very daunting. Tracy has guided many Irish nationals through the legal labyrinth, to reach the end goal of passports, citizenship and where necessary, adoption.

Aisling’s twins, Art & Cadhla are four and born via surrogacy in the Ukraine in December 2017 following many years of IVF and recurrent miscarriage. Aisling had always known she would need IVF following treatment for an ovarian cyst however it became apparent quite quickly that she would need donor eggs. We moved on to anonymous and non anonymous oocyte donation following a lot of research and implication counselling. Aisling fell pregnant however went on to have recurrent miscarriages. She and her husband attended the first Families Through Surrogacy (now Growing Familie) conference in April 2016 and signed up to the clinic in the Ukraine in December that year.

Jason and his partner attended previous Growing Families Dublin conferences in 2018 and 2019 and are now dads to two boys (19 months, and 4 weeks) with the help of Canadian Fertility Consultants and CReATe in Canada. Arriving back in Ireland from Canada on 1 Sept 2021 they are keen to give back to the community they learned so much from. Jason will share their experience, as well as practical issues around costs, travel and exit processes during the pandemic.

Lucy’s 2011 Breast Cancer diagnosis started their long journey to creating a family. She and Cormac began down the domestic adoption pathway, yet after five years of preparation and paperwork, with approval imminent, her husband Cormac was also diagnosed with cancer. Irish authorities insisted they wait another five years. Out of patience, they turned to surrogacy  in September 2016, looking to the Ukraine given its proximity to Ireland and affordability.  They looked for programs that included unlimited attempts as well as accommodation. But their journey hit a crisis point when, shortly after they learned their surrogate was carried twins, Cormac’s cancer returned. Their twin girls were born a month premature and thankfully Cormac is now in full recovery and enjoying the children they had always dreamed of. Lucy will give advice on navigating the journey

Molly and her partner Niall are an Irish couple who engaged in Canada to have a child with the help of Canadian Fertility Consulting after a long and heart-breaking fertility journey. Baby Elliot was born in Alberta  on September 4th 2020, carried by surrogate Meghan with the support of her husband Travis . Elliot is the light of their lives and a miracle that was worth waiting and fighting for.

Neil & Andrew  live in Northern Ireland and  work in banking and air travel respectively. Their son Oisin was born in November 2016 in the UK via gestational independent surrogacy after four years of planning. Neil and his partner looked at many different options before deciding on the UK. They met their surrogate through an online surrogacy forum in April 2015. Whilst they experienced some challenges, they feel so lucky to have overcome these and to be bringing up the child they have long dreamed of.

Sharon was diagnosed with MRKH in her 20s.  She had hysterectomy in my late 20s but her ovaries remained. She and her husband initially tried in India but were unsuccessful.Sharon is now a little over 40 living in Dublin. She has boy/girl twins eventually born through egg donor surrogacy 8 weeks premature in November 2017 in Ukraine.