Traditional Surrogacy
Sarah Jefford2020-10-30T19:08:13+11:00Traditional surrogacy is where a surrogate uses her own eggs to conceive, with sperm from an [...]
Best Practice Surrogacy
Sarah Jefford2020-09-30T11:52:29+11:00Surrogacy sometimes ends up as a headline such as in 2019 when Foreign Correspondent covered surrogacy [...]
Donor Agreements
Sarah Jefford2020-09-11T22:24:23+11:00Donor Agreements involve an agreement between a donor and recipient parent/s that clarifies the relationships and [...]
Expectations for Donor Agreements
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T22:17:12+11:00Expectations for Donor Agreements When entering a donor agreement, it is important for the parties to [...]
Co-Parenting Arrangements
Sarah Jefford2020-09-04T20:05:39+11:00There are many ways to grow a family, and co-parenting is one creative option. There are [...]
Importing and Exporting Embryos
Sarah Jefford2021-01-07T21:58:56+11:00Importing and Exporting Embryos and Gametes The coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions has caused significant delays [...]
Egg Donor Agreements
Sarah Jefford2020-09-04T20:08:35+11:00Egg Donor Agreement Are you considering growing your family with the help of an egg donor [...]
Gestational Surrogacy in Australia
Sarah Jefford2020-09-12T21:19:13+11:00Gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate is not the genetic mother of the baby she is [...]
Conception, Consent and Death
Sarah Jefford2020-09-07T22:50:08+11:00Conception, Consent and Death I've been thinking a lot about death lately. A few things have [...]
Egg Donation in Australia
Sarah Jefford2021-01-31T21:03:22+11:00Egg donation in Australia is one of those topics that gets some interest on social media [...]
Sperm Donor or Dad – the case of Masson and Parsons
Sarah Jefford2020-09-12T23:52:55+11:00Sperm Donor or Dad? If you are a single woman or in a same sex couple [...]
Joe Donor and the Consequences of Online Conception
Sarah Jefford2020-10-01T18:04:49+11:00Sperm donation options in Australia vary from friends and family, to online connections or clinic-recruited donors. [...]
Egg Donation: Seeing Yourself In Someone Else’s Child
Sarah Jefford2020-09-12T22:54:13+11:00I became an egg donor after having my own children. My partner and I are parents-through-IVF; [...]
Donor Conception and the End of Anonymity
Sarah Jefford2020-09-11T22:30:24+11:00I recently attended the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA)’s twilight seminar The Genie is out [...]
Who Owns an Embryo?
Sarah Jefford2020-08-30T12:19:28+11:00Who owns an embryo? Is an embryo treated like a child in a parenting dispute? Or [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7: Carla (Part 1)
Sarah Jefford2020-09-05T11:02:06+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 7 Part1: Carla. This is a 2-part episode with Carla, an egg [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 14: Henry & Lisa
Sarah Jefford2020-09-05T11:13:37+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 14: Henry and Lisa Henry and Lisa suffered with infertility and turned [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 23: Rachel (Part 1)
Sarah Jefford2020-09-17T14:00:54+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast 23: Rachel. Rachel is a surrogate in Queensland. This is Part 1 in [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 36: Amber
Sarah Jefford2020-09-02T23:51:41+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast: Episode 36: Amber. Amber first heard about egg donation in Australia before she [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 37: Kate from VARTA
Sarah Jefford2020-09-02T23:49:22+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 37: Kate from VARTA, where we talk about donor conception and what [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 38: Miranda
Sarah Jefford2020-10-11T12:48:25+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 38: Miranda. Miranda is a heart transplant recipient, and has since [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 41: Gail
Sarah Jefford2020-09-03T00:05:55+11:00Episode 41 of the Surrogacy Podcast: Gail Pascoe of Donor Conception and Beyond. Gail is a [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 46: Kim
Sarah Jefford2020-11-09T13:37:18+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 46: Kim. Kim pursued surrogacy in the Ukraine. She had a [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 60: Dr Lynn Burmeister
Sarah Jefford2020-09-04T19:15:10+11:00The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 60: Dr Lynn Burmeister of No. 1 Fertility. Dr Lynn Burmeister was [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 75: Elyse
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T21:50:07+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 75: Elyse. Elyse and her partner went through many years and [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 79: Pat
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T22:01:40+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 79: Pat. This story explores infertility and pregnancy loss. This episode [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 85: Emma-Lee
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T21:59:01+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 85: Emma-Lee. Emma-Lee is an egg donor, and is also a [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 88: Hayley
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T21:57:10+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 88: Hayley. Hayley is a donor conceived person in Victoria, and [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 90: Francine & Ian
Sarah Jefford2020-09-18T21:56:32+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 90: Francine and Ian. Francine came to Australia for a 'gap [...]
The Surrogacy Podcast Episode 93: Scott & Sean
Sarah Jefford2020-09-05T11:14:28+11:00The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 93: Scott and Sean. This is a Stories Series episode with [...]
