Welcome to the Australian Surrogacy Podcast, sharing stories from intended parents and surrogates from around Australia. You can scroll through, or search for episodes based on particular topics or keywords in the drop down menus below.
If you would like to find out more about surrogacy and donor conception in Australia, be sure to download the Surrogacy Handbook and check out the Blog for more information. If you have any feedback about the Australian Surrogacy Podcast, or requests for particular topics or interviews, you can get in touch with me.
I have written a book, More Than Just a Baby: A Guide to Surrogacy for Intended Parents and Surrogates, which is the only guide to surrogacy in Australia, and which you can purchase in hard copy or download to your device.
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 100: Mike, Nate and Sarah
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 100: Mike, Nate and Sarah. We made it to 100 episodes of the Podcast! And it seems only fitting that we revisit the earlier episodes, [...]
100 Episodes of the Surrogacy Podcast: A Celebration!
The Surrogacy Podcast celebrates 100 episodes! When I was pregnant with surro-bub, I had daily questions from friends, family and passers-by about the pregnancy, the dads, how surrogacy works, [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 99: Sarah Jefford
The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 99: Reflections on surrogacy with Sarah Jefford. I was lucky enough to sit down with Miranda Crowther-Jones, writer, and mother through egg donation and [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 1: Introducing Sarah
In this first episode of The Australian Surrogacy Podcast, you'll hear from me, Sarah Jefford, and about why I decided to make a surrogacy podcast. I am a surrogate [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 2: Mike & Nate
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 2: Mike & Nate. In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing my intended parents and gay dads, Mike and Nate, about their surrogacy [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 3: Troy
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 3: Troy. In this episode, I interviewed my partner, Troy, about his experience being the partner of a surrogate. I was often asked what Troy [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 4: Bec
In this episode, I speak with Bec, a gestational surrogate for a Canberra family, who gave birth to Holly in 2016. Bec speaks with candour and humour about her [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 5: Rhiannon
The Surrogacy Podcast Epsiode 5: Rhiannon. Rhiannon's brother is lucky enough to have his own sister as his surrogate to help him grow his family. In this episode you'll [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 6: Felicity (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of my interview with Felicity, a parent through surrogacy in America. Felicity and her partner suffered with infertility, miscarriage and the loss of her baby [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 6: Felicity (Part 2)
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 6 (Part2): Felicity. Felicity is an intended parent and pursued American surrogacy after suffering infertility and loss. This is Part 2 of my interview with [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7: Carla (Part 1)
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7 Part1: Carla. This is a 2-part episode with Carla, an egg donor and a traditional surrogate. Carla has donated her eggs to 8 couples! [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7: Carla (Part 2)
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7 (Part 2): Carla. Carla is an egg donor and then entered a traditional surrogacy arrangement with some of her egg recipients. Traditional surrogacy is [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 8: Hayley
The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 8: Hayley. Hayley was a gestational surrogate in Western Australia, and met her intended parents online. Not everything went smoothly in Hayley's surrogacy journey, [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 9: Phillipa
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 9: Phillipa. Phillipa survived cervical cancer, and managed to create eggs from grafted ovarian tissue, and embryos with donated sperm. She's now eagerly awaiting the [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 10: Mike & Glenn
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 10: Mike and Glenn. Mike and Glenn are gay dads that pursued surrogacy overseas initially. They his a few roadblocks and ultimately did not have [...]
