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by Anna McKie
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Latest episodes
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172. Ideas for IPs (Intended Parents) in waiting #9
October 25, 2026 · 3 minThis series of episodes springs from my work with SASS (Surrogacy Australia’s Support Service). When Intended Parents (IPs) have completed their profile and are in the pool of IPs waiting to connect with a surrogate, I do monthly check-ins…
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171. Surrogate Retreat Reflections
October 18, 2026 · 31 minSurrogate Retreat Reflections Co-hosts: Laura, Katie, Chelsea Some of the questions/topics we covered include: Do I need to know other surrogates before attending? Is it clicky? Will everyone else know each other? I’m looking to be a…
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170. It was time to let go - when surrogacy doesn’t work
October 11, 2026 · 29 minThis webinar episode is an example of a surrogacy story that didn't end with a baby. Intended Parents (IPs), Kate and her husband James, were already parents to Harriet, whom Kate was able to carry. However, due to an emergency…
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169. SASS Team - the wealth of knowledge is invaluable
October 6, 2026 · 32 minRin gave birth to little Jack as a surrogate in March 2026. Jack's two dads, Dan and Stu, originally from the UK but living in Sydney, were initially strangers. Rin and her partner Aeron live with their two children near Wollongong. They…
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168. How do I support my surrogate?
September 27, 2026 · 5 minThere are many ways for IPs (Intended Parents) to support their surrogate (and her family) and they will depend on the different stages of your journey, her wants/needs, how far away from you she lives, did you know each other before…
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167. We're not a team anymore, we're a family
September 23, 2026 · 36 minAlex and Carlo became dads to their daughters, Elodie in December 2024 and Arabelle in June 2026. Their surrogate, Em, previously a stranger was initially their egg donor, but became their traditional surrogate (meaning it was also her…
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166. It’s definitely a team event
September 6, 2026 · 26 minKate and Col became parents to their daughter (Alison) in June 2020. Alison was carried by their surrogate Jodie who already had a friendship with Kate before surrogacy. They navigated COVID towards the end of their pregnancy, so it was…
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165. It wasn’t just 9 months for them
August 30, 2026 · 25 minJodie birthed as a surrogate in Perth, WA in June 2020 for her friends, Kate and Col, that she knew prior to surrogacy. They had a little girl, Alison, and they maintain their beautiful friendship but with an extra special status of Aunty…
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164. They needed it, I could do it, so I did.
August 23, 2026 · 25 minMelissa, from Brisbane, has birthed as a surrogate twice, each time for IPs who were previously unknown to her. In 2022, she birthed a little girl for two Intended Fathers after 6 embryo transfers. She had a VBA2C and expressed milk for 3…
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163. Ideas for IPs (Intended Parents) in waiting #8
August 16, 2026 · 4 minThis series of episodes springs from my work with SASS (Surrogacy Australia’s Support Service). When Intended Parents (IPs) have completed their profile and are in the pool of IPs waiting to connect with a surrogate, I do monthly check-ins…
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162. To watch my baby being born was the most remarkable thing
August 9, 2026 · 28 minLaura and her husband who live in Canberra, but were in Sydney for the surrogacy journey, became parents to their daughter (Harriet) in October 2023. Harriet was carried by surrogate Joh, Laura's sister, and is fondly referred to as Aunty…
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161. Don’t dive in head first into a relationship with IPs
August 2, 2026 · 31 minRachel birthed a little girl, Daisy, as a surrogate in Adelaide in May 2022 for Kelli and Ben. Rachel and Ben had known each other since childhood but it was actually Kelli's introduction post in the South Australian Surrogacy facebook…
About the show
Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy. Anna is a gestational surrogate, high school Math teacher and surrogacy educator working with Surrogacy Australia and running SASS (Surrogacy Australia’s Support Service).
These conversations were recorded as part of the free webinar series run by Surrogacy Australia. Dates and registration links on the website. To see the photos described in the recordings, find them on YouTube.
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