Motherland Australia

243: Kerry O'Sullivan's incredible IVF journey as a single parent and grazier


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At 35, Kerry O’Sullivan was busy running her 90,000-acre cattle station near Clermont in QLD. On the surface life was great. Kerry had a successful business, lived next door to her 3 sisters and parents, all on neighbouring properties, and spent her weekends at campdrafts. But Kerry knew deep down that she really wanted to be a mum. The only problem was, she’d never met the right person. At 35, Kerry started the process of doing it on her own, but at a routine doctor's appointment, she was told that her body didn’t produce eggs. And while it was a devastating discovery, it didn’t stop her. Kerry began researching egg and sperm donors and IVF clinics. There was talk of embryos from America, but then COVID hit. Thankfully, she found a way to do it all, closer to home. Now Kerry is a mum to two little kids, Joe, who was born in 2022 and Dulcie who was born in 2023. Kerry sits down with me for a very honest conversation about her journey to motherhood, and what she’d tell people who find themselves in a similar situation to her. This is her story.

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