Elyse

The Australian Surrogacy Podcast Episode 75: Elyse. Elyse and her partner went through many years and many rounds of fertility treatment before researching donor conception and international surrogacy. They eventually created embryos with an Australian donor with a Thai clinic, and went on to have twins via surrogacy in Thailand. The babies were born not long after the surrogacy situation in Thailand changed dramatically, with the Baby Gammy saga. Several years later, when they were preparing for the twins to graduate from childcare to school, Elyse discovered she was pregnant - naturally! She went on to deliver her daughter in 2019. She's now one of 'those women' who conceived naturally after infertility - a unique and rather special place to be. Elyse and I talked about her journey in Thailand,  and returning to Australia with the babies, and parenting after surrogacy. As Elyse says, 'if you’re gonna go through all of that, you definitely want a baby. These kids are going to be the most loved children in the entire world because their parents fought so hard to have them."