The Intended Parent's Podcast

THE MACMILLAN NURSE
Before Azmina became a Macmillan nurse she had her own brush with cancer. We speak to her about the journey that she has been on, the invaluable work she does now and crucially the discussions around fertility options once someone has been given a cancer diagnosis

THE SURROGATES
In Episode 2 we have the pleasure of talking to Gina (Fran's surrogate) and Kate who has been on multiple journeys. We talked about why the ladies decided to become surrogates, how they chose their IPs, the ups and downs of their journeys and why they'd do it all again in a heartbeat.

In this weeks episode we’re talking about the clinics we used for the actual surrogacy process. We discuss why we chose our clinics, the meetings we had and the questions you need to ask. We talk paperwork, blood tests, counseling, added extras moving the embryos and then finally what happens on embryo transfer day!

In this episode we are chatting all about agreements. It wasn’t a particularly easy conversation at times and as expected there are some fairly contentious issues that arise. Everyone has their own opinion on these matters and as we’ve discovered when talking and listening to other ips and surrogates the views can often be worlds apart and very passionately held. Clearly these factors can make for some very awarkward conversations but they are also some of the most important ones anyone who embarks on a surrogacy journey will have.

It’s important to point out that currently surrogacy agreements are not legally binding in the UK and as the reforms underway are not due report back until 2021 they won’t be anytime soon. They do however provide a detailed and extremely useful framework for discussions so in our opinion are a must for any potential match.

In this episode we chat to Julianne Boutaleb is the Clinical Director and Founder of the Parenthood In Mind practice. https://www.parenthoodinmind.co.uk