The Amazing Surrogacy Project
Surrogacy and Parental Leave
Surrogacy and parental leave. Are intended parents and surrogates entitled to paid parental leave? Is surrogacy considered the same as other pregnancy and [...]
Surrogacy Milestones & Celebrations
Surrogacy Milestones and Celebrations When most people have a child, they celebrate milestones like a baby shower, and later the birth, and then [...]
Finding Happiness Beyond Surrogacy
Finding Happiness Beyond Surrogacy Surrogacy can be all-consuming - for the intended parents, and the surrogate family. Relationship-building takes time (particularly if we [...]
Egg Donation Australia
Egg donation in Australia is one of those topics that gets some interest on social media occasionally, and a warm fuzzy headline now [...]
Sperm Donor or Dad – the case of Masson and Parsons
Sperm Donor or Dad? If you are a single woman or in a same sex couple considering growing your family through sperm donation, [...]
Joe Donor and the Consequences of Online Conception
Sperm donation options in Australia vary from friends and family, to online connections or clinic-recruited donors. If you watched 60 Minutes in 2019, you'd [...]
Egg Donation: Seeing Yourself In Someone Else’s Child
I became an egg donor after having my own children. My partner and I are parents-through-IVF; survivors of infertility who inevitably became overbearing [...]
Donor Conception and the End of Anonymity
I attended the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA)’s twilight seminar The Genie is out of the bottle: DNA testing and the end [...]
Feminism and Surrogacy
Feminism and surrogacy. Feminist beliefs include that a woman has the right to full bodily autonomy. That includes reproductive autonomy; the right to [...]
Hi! I’m Sarah Jefford (she/her). I’m a family creation lawyer, practising in surrogacy and donor conception arrangements. I’m an IVF mum, an egg donor and a traditional surrogate, and I delivered a baby for two dads in 2018.
I advocate for positive, best practice surrogacy arrangements within Australia, and provide support and education to help intended parents make informed decisions when pursuing overseas surrogacy.
