Fulfilling Your Family Building Dream

After celebrating more than 20 years as one of Canada’s top criminal defence lawyers, Cindy Wasser thought she was retiring in 2008 to become a mother to the first of her two daughters created with the help of an egg donor and surrogate. Driven by her difficult path to parenthood, she instead founded Hope Springs Fertility Law, to guide, protect and advocate for everyone building families with the help of donors and surrogates. She has since grown Hope Springs into a leading fertility law firm, providing legal advice and services to hundreds of intended parents, donors and surrogates from across Canada and around the world, year after year. With her background in criminal law, and personal experience with surrogacy and egg donation, Cindy occupies a uniquely revered position within the fertility law community. She regularly uses this influence to advocate for stronger rights and protections for intended parents, donors and surrogates within Canada, and has become well-known internationally as a respected leader in this complex and evolving area of law.

Dr. Rahi Victory Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The namesake of our practice, Dr. Victory is a board-certified Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Infertility specialist dedicated to helping improve the reproductive health of men and women. .

He is fully licenced in both Canada and the U.S. and welcomes patients from all backgrounds to our state-of-the-art clinic. His passion for promoting reproductive health is reflected by his deep commitment to educating and helping patients, active involvement in fertility research and also for creating a multi-disciplinary clinic environment that embraces patient-centred and wholistic healthcare

Rosa is a Medical Doctor trained in Italy and the U.K. and also a qualified Nutritionist (UK), a Holistic Fertility Consultant and surrogacy programme co-ordinator in Thessaloniki. Rosa has many years of experience at Senior Level in managing International patients seeking cross-border Fertility Care and Surrogacy. She is Italian and speaks fluently English, Italian and Greek and has good knowledge of Spanish and French.

Dr. Librach is the Director of the CReATe Fertility Centre.  A graduate of University of Toronto, he completed undergrad, graduate and a specialty degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Dr. Librach went on to spend 3 years at the University of California in San Francisco becoming a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist. Since 1991 Dr. Librach has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. He is a Co-Director of the University of Toronto Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Clinic. He is the principal investigator in various clinical and embryology studies and researcher at Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto. Dr. Librach has played an active role in presenting abstracts at various conferences and meetings. He is frequently interviewed for television, radio and print media.

Ester Nunez is the owner of SudAmerica Surrogacy, an agency which has supported South Americans, UK and French couples with the help of a multi-lingual team. She is a family and surrogate lawyer and a partner in Abogados Numa. Ester is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires and the Bar Association of San Isidro as well as the Argentine Association of Lawyers for Gestational Surrogacy. Ester is a regular participant in congresses, seminars, courses and conferences, is the author of several legal publications and is fluent in Spanish, English & French.

Kathryn is the co-owner and founder of The Fertility Agency. A parent through surrogacy herself, Kathryn understands just how much goes into the journey. heart-wrenching, & expensive Kathyrn wished she had met others who could have advised her. What was missing  was an agency that would look out equally for the best interests of the Intended Parents and the Gestational Surrogates. Agency for Surrogacy Solutions, Inc. was her response. Surrogacy and pregnancy are emotionally turbulent, and Kathryn hopes to make the experience as simple and as free of anxiety as possible for everyone involved.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. 

Lauri’s daughter was born via surrogacy in May 2005. Eighteen months later, the same surrogate gave birth to Lauri’s son. Lauri has experienced the depression and heartache of infertility herself. Like Kathryn, she too, had a career in television before infertility consumed her life. She was a producer/director/writer. But to Lauri, there is nothing more rewarding and ultimately as important as bringing a child who is so very wanted into the world.

Professor Hayden Homer has over 20 years’ experience in Infertility and Gynaecology and is a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynaecology with Royal Colleges in Australia & New Zealand (FRANZCOG) and in the UK (MRCOG). He has the unique distinction of also holding an advanced accreditation in Fertility and Reproductive Surgery in both Australia & New Zealand (CREI) as well as the UK (CCSST). Hayden’s practice focuses on fertility treatment (including miscarriage), gynaecology and minimal access surgery for many conditions including endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic pain and uterine abnormalities. He has a PhD in fertility research from the UK and holds a Professorship in Reproductive Medicine at the University of Queensland where he directs research aimed at developing innovative technologies for improving ageing egg quality.

Professor Homer combines an extensive clinical track-record with a deep understanding of the basic biology underpinning fertility and infertility, and he firmly believes that it is critical for patients to understand their own unique fertility problems. His treatment philosophy therefore centres on educating patients and taking the time to help his patients understand sometimes complex biological conditions. To allow for this, he favours longer appointment times that facilitate attention to detail, with patience and approachability. For these reasons too, he no longer practices Obstetrics thereby enabling him to devote his undivided attention to fertility and gynaecology patients. Hayden strongly believes that the best chance of pregnancy success comes from highly individualised treatment planning. His breadth of knowledge and fertility experience allow him to design patient-specific programs incorporating the latest developments in the field geared towards maximising success rates.

Hayden offers a highly personalised management style, is patient, thorough, approachable, and readily accessible during treatments. He is also available for consultations outside of normal work hours, including weekends.

Dax is a graphic designer, web developer and photographer. He and husband Todd live in country Queensland. After four failed IVF attempts, Dax’s sister told he and Todd that she wanted to help them become dads – she became their egg donor.  They were featured on Sunrise, and were soon-after contacted by Todd’s sister, Danielle, who offered to be their surrogate. As Danielle and her family live in New Zealand (and the process was repeatedly being stalled by Covid), they sent the embryos to NZ in September 2021 for the transfer. Dax & his partner became parents to a daughter, Bailey, on 7 November, 2022. As their daughter is technically a Kiwi by birth, they needed to become parents via adoption (due to NZ law). Dax will discuss what they learned along the way.

Elijah is nearly 11 years old. He and his twin brother Huxley were born via traditional surrogacy in Brisbane to an experienced surrogate and egg donor. Elijah and Huxley live with their two dads, Jared and Michael, and enjoy regular catch ups with their surrogate Rachael and her family.

Huxley is nearly 12 years old. He and his twin brother Huxley were born via traditional surrogacy in Brisbane to an experienced surrogate and egg donor. Elijah and Huxley live with their two dads, Jared and Michael, and enjoy regular catch ups with their surrogate Rachael and her family.