Becoming a dad again
Tuesday August 6, 2019

I am delighted to advise that on 19 July, my husband Mitchell and I had a baby daughter, Elizabeth, via surrogacy in Brisbane. Both our daughter Elizabeth and our surrogate are safe and well. Our surrogacy journey was a domestic surrogacy journey. Mitchell and I were able to stay at the hospital. Elizabeth was under… Read More »Custom Single Post Header

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Becoming a dad again

Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Becoming a dad again - Surrogacy in Brisbane

I am delighted to advise that on 19 July, my husband Mitchell and I had a baby daughter, Elizabeth, via surrogacy in Brisbane.

Both our daughter Elizabeth and our surrogate are safe and well. Our surrogacy journey was a domestic surrogacy journey. Mitchell and I were able to stay at the hospital. Elizabeth was under our care in our room from the moment she was discharged from the birthing suite. We were very lucky. Not everyone is so lucky.

We are truly blessed. I am overwhelmed by the generosity of spirit of our egg donor and our surrogate.

Within a few days of her birth, Elizabeth featured in this ABC story.

Things to Read, Watch & Listen

Forced Marriage

On November 1st 2023, Accredited Family Law Specialist and Page Provan Director Stephen Page presented a paper at the Brisbane Zonta Club about forced marriage. I acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, on whose lands we meet today, their elders, past, present and emerging. Ruqia Hidari was aged 21 and living in Victoria, when, according to police,… Read More »Forced Marriage

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ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

The ACT Government has today introduced a bill to amend the ACT’s surrogacy laws. The proposed changes are more incremental than fundamental. They include allowing a single person to undertake surrogacy, for the surrogate to be single if needed, a requirement for legal advice and counselling beforehand, a written agreement being required, that traditional surrogacy is… Read More »ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

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Planning to resolve: ADR in ART

ADR can help resolve disputes in ART cases. ADR is not limited to mediation and arbitration. Other types of informal dispute resolution can resolve disputes. When assisted reproductive treatment cases go off the rails, they can have the next level of bitterness and volatility. There can be a keen sense of betrayal when things don’t… Read More »Planning to resolve: ADR in ART

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