Legal expert Nino Bogveradze is a guiding light for numerous intending parents requiring assistance with surrogacy contracts and birth certificates. She unpacks the recent government announcement that has left the Georgian surrogacy community on shaky ground. What could this unexpected governmental pivot mean for intending parents already engaged in IVF and surrogacy services in Georgia?

Allow Nino to guide you through the existing legal landscape, anticipated changes and their potential impact on surrogacy and IVF in Georgia. Amidst uncertainty and unanswered questions, Nino shares her insights and potential scenarios for prospective parents. Stay abreast with our ongoing coverage of this issue and other family-building options by subscribing to the Growing Families newsletter and keeping a watchful eye on the website for future webinars. There's much to comprehend and decode with each unfolding development.

Nino Bogveradze from Kordzadze Law Office recently appeared in a Growing Families Webinar on Georgia . Her update has been included in this episode.

Growing Families https://www.growingfamilies.org or call +61 02 8054 0078

Growing Families was established by Sam Everingham in 2014 (initially as Families Through Surrogacy) and has assisted over 3000 singles and couples to engage in cross-border donor and surrogacy arrangements. 

As an International Advisory Board creator Growing Families specialises in education, guidance and support on surrogacy and donation globally. It provides legal, financial, psychological and practical professional industry advice as an independent third party in a complex area to providers. Growing Families helps singles, heterosexual and gay couples on their family building journeys. 

Contact Growing Families today to find out more about its confidential one to one consultations, holistic concierge packages and global events with guest speakers and industry experts from around the world.

We discuss the news of Georgia's impending surrogacy ban for foreign nationals, a situation that's causing great concern for many . Our episode brings invaluable insights from our Host Sam Everingham, Global Director of Growing Families and Poonam Jain, a migration agent. Both have  a rich experience in international surrogacy, and front line experiences with similar legislative changes in India,  Thailand and Nepal. Amid the uncertainty and ambiguity, we'll attempt to decode the potential implications of this closure and recommendations for Intending Parents.

Based on what has unfolded in other country bans our essential message is: Don't panic. There will be a solution and we are here to help. 

Growing Families https://www.growingfamilies.org or call +61 02 8054 0078

Growing Families was established by Sam Everingham in 2014 (initially as Families Through Surrogacy) and has assisted over 3000 singles and couples to engage in cross-border donor and surrogacy arrangements. 

As an International Advisory Board creator Growing Families specialises in education, guidance and support on surrogacy and donation globally. It provides legal, financial, psychological and practical professional industry advice as an independent third party in a complex area to providers. Growing Families helps singles, heterosexual and gay couples on their family building journeys. 

Contact Growing Families today to find out more about its confidential one to one consultations, holistic concierge packages and global events with guest speakers and industry experts from around the world.

Associate Professor Peter Illingworth has in excess of 25 years' experience in assisted reproduction. We were delighted to have the opportunity to explore many topics with Peter including...

• Changing  demographics of IVF Australia’s patients
• Refinements to treatments coming onto the market.
• When it's time to give up on your own eggs and/or uterus and explore donation and surrogacy.
• Fulfilment as a mother using  donor egg
• Testing available to check on quality of eggs
• How natural natural therapies can be used to empower people
• Egg & sperm donation and wait times
• Role of egg versus sperm post conception
• Future of IVF and genetic testing 
• IVF in Australia versus overseas 
• Advocating changes in the industry and fairer access to Medicare rebates for  IVF for surrogacy

Growing Families https://www.growingfamilies.org or call +61 02 8054 0078

Growing Families was established by Sam Everingham in 2014 (initially as Families Through Surrogacy) and has assisted over 3000 singles and couples to engage in cross-border donor and surrogacy arrangements. 

As an International Advisory Board creator Growing Families specialises in education, guidance and support on surrogacy and donation globally. It provides legal, financial, psychological and practical professional industry advice as an independent third party in a complex area to providers. Growing Families helps singles, heterosexual and gay couples on their family building journeys. 

Contact Growing Families today to find out more about its confidential one to one consultations, holistic concierge packages and global events with guest speakers and industry experts from around the world.

Miranda Myles, is a Naturopath, Nutritionist & Acupuncturist focused on health, hormones, fertility & family. She understands the road to family via her own personal experience with overseas egg donation and shares her expertise and advice for women about fertility. Miranda is a passionate advocate for women's reproductive health and recommends that women not turn to IVF too quickly. We explore many topics including...

• Miranda's journey to IVF and egg donation
• Average age of clients
• When you just want to be a Mum but cannot get pregnant 
• When to give up on own eggs and consider donation 
• Natural medicine during IVF and pregnancy to support a healthy birth 
• Knowing your own body and when you ovulate 
• More and more people needing donor eggs 
• Balancing natural medicine with IVF treatment
• Using donor eggs - will it feel like my child?
• Changes Miranda would like to see.

Growing Families https://www.growingfamilies.org or call +61 02 8054 0078

Growing Families was established by Sam Everingham in 2014 (initially as Families Through Surrogacy) and has assisted over 3000 singles and couples to engage in cross-border donor and surrogacy arrangements. 

As an International Advisory Board creator Growing Families specialises in education, guidance and support on surrogacy and donation globally. It provides legal, financial, psychological and practical professional industry advice as an independent third party in a complex area to providers. Growing Families helps singles, heterosexual and gay couples on their family building journeys. 

Contact Growing Families today to find out more about its confidential one to one consultations, holistic concierge packages and global events with guest speakers and industry experts from around the world.

Sam and Kerry discuss the topics planned for their limited series podcast including fertility preservation, sourcing donor eggs and sperm, timelines and costs and surrogacy by country.

Sam shares his global expertise regarding surrogacy and donor IVF, including...

• how Growing Families started.
• what he loves about his role  
• how COVID has impacted the journey for many 
• how demographics of Intending Parents are changing 
• advice for Intending Parents, 
• general cost overview per country, 
• his thoughts on what he would like to see happen in the industry to protect the rights of all parties.

Growing Families https://www.growingfamilies.org or call +61 02 8054 0078

Growing Families was established by Sam Everingham in 2014 (initially as Families Through Surrogacy) and has assisted over 3000 singles and couples to engage in cross-border donor and surrogacy arrangements. 

As an International Advisory Board creator Growing Families specialises in education, guidance and support on surrogacy and donation globally. It provides legal, financial, psychological and practical professional industry advice as an independent third party in a complex area to providers. Growing Families helps singles, heterosexual and gay couples on their family building journeys. 

Contact Growing Families today to find out more about its confidential one to one consultations, holistic concierge packages and global events with guest speakers and industry experts from around the world.