Surrogacy: why women carry babies for others

EPISODE · Feb 24, 2025 · 30 MIN

Surrogacy: why women carry babies for others

from Ladies, We Need To Talk · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

What's it like to carry and give birth to a child for someone else? What compels a woman to take on something so profound? There's more to surrogacy than cooking a bun in an 'oven', it's complex as hell.In this episode Yumi Stynes meets women who have been surrogates and hears about the joy and the heartache the experience can bring.This episode contains references to surrogacy, family, baby, parenting, adoption, Surrogacy Act, transfer of parentage, counselling, depression, mental health, pregnancy, birth, suicidal ideation.

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