Fertility treatment can ask you to carry hope and fear at the same time. There are medical appointments, injections, scans, results and decisions, but there is also an emotional experience that may be far less visible. Online IVF counselling provides...
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Online IVF Counselling: Support Through Fertility Treatment
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Attachment in Surrogacy When a Baby Comes Early: What Intended Parents Need to Know
Read MoreWhen you have waited a long time to become a parent, you may have imagined the moment your baby is born many times. You might picture being at the hospital, hearing your baby cry, having skin-to-skin contact and finally...
Same-Sex Intended Parents and Hospital Birth in Surrogacy: What to Consider Before Baby Arrives
Read MoreFor many same-sex couples becoming parents through surrogacy, the birth of their baby is the moment they have imagined, hoped for and worked towards for years. It can be joyful, emotional and life-changing. It can also be a point where...
Online Remote Surrogacy Counselling: The Psychological Process of Claiming the Baby After Surrogacy
Read MoreFor many intended parents, the birth of a child through surrogacy is one of the most meaningful moments of their lives. It can also be unexpectedly emotional, tender, and psychologically complex. After years of infertility, IVF treatment, waiting lists, legal...
Holding Space for the Baby in Surrogacy: Why It Matters for Attachment and Infant Mental Health
Read MoreSurrogacy is a profound way to build a family—and it can also be emotionally complex. Alongside the medical process and legal steps, there are relationships to navigate (intended parent(s), gestational carrier, partners, extended family), expectations to manage, and a lot...
Do Donor-Conceived Children Need to Know About Donor Siblings?
Read MoreWhen a family is created through donor conception, questions about openness do not usually end with the first conversation about how a child came into the world. Over time, many parents begin to wonder about another layer of the story:...
Red Flags When Choosing Surrogacy Support
Read MoreSurrogacy is emotionally, legally and relationally complex. The right support can help intended parents, surrogates and their families feel clearer, safer and more prepared. The wrong support can do the opposite. It can increase confusion, pressure, mistrust, guilt or conflict....
Surrogacy Advice: How to Weigh Lived Experience, Peer Support and Personal Opinion
Read MoreSurrogacy can feel isolating, especially because it is not something most people encounter in everyday life. Intended parents and surrogates often find themselves searching for people who understand the process, the language, the emotions and the uncertainty. This is why...
Psychologist, Fertility Counsellor or ANZICA Member: What Is the Difference?
Read MoreWhen people begin a surrogacy journey, they are often told they need counselling. Sometimes they hear different terms used: psychologist, fertility counsellor, surrogacy counsellor, ANZICA counsellor, clinic counsellor, implications counsellor or therapist. It can be confusing. These terms are sometimes...
Why Qualifications Matter in Surrogacy Counselling
Read MoreSurrogacy is one of the most generous and emotionally significant pathways to creating a family. It can also be complex. Alongside the medical treatment and legal steps, there are relationships, expectations, grief, boundaries, pregnancy, birth, parenthood, identity and the future...
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