Andre

Choosing the right IVF package

Surrogacy
January 9, 2018May 28, 2020

Decisions, decisions. Money, money.

As we all know that surrogacy is not like buying lunch – you don’t eat, be filled, be satisfied and then go. It is not as easy as you think and it is not as affordable as you think too. We have to keep reminding ourselves that we are fortunate to be able to do this in order to reach our family goals. There is so much to think of, and so many ‘stakeholders’ to deal with. One of them is CReATe Fertility Centre, our selected IVF Clinic in Toronto.

Willy & Hobby interviews us

Surrogacy
January 8, 2018May 28, 2020

On 10 December 2017, David Llewellyn, the founder and editor of Willy & Hobby, an online publication focusing on the ins and outs of Hobsons Bay (Victoria, Australia) area. Where we live in Seaholme, we are a part of the Hobsons Bay community. David contacted us through our Instagram account – DoubleDads – asking if he can interview us as he feels that the Hobsons Bay community would find surrogacy news intriguing. We agreed to it as we want more people to know about surrogacy and also what it entails and we also hope to crush any myths and misconceptions about the process.

Egg donor is medically cleared

Surrogacy
January 5, 2018May 28, 2020

Egg donor is ready

Since we have decided on the egg donor, it went pretty quickly. Today, we were informed by Hilary Smith, from CReATe Fertility Centre, that our egg donor is medically cleared and she is ready for meds when they know her period cycle.

Our introductory video & presentation slides

Surrogacy
November 29, 2017May 28, 2020

Nope, we didn’t settle for ‘basic’

After having to let go of our first surrogate in August 2017, our surrogacy agency, Canadian Fertility Consulting (CFC), advised us to update our Intended Parents’ profile bio but creating a PowerPoint presentation slides with a bit of information including pictures, and an introductory video of us. The agency said that potential surrogates like to see and listen to Intended Parents before they decide to pick them. Fair enough, a video is one of the best ways to see how we would speak or interact with each other. It will also be able to show enthusiasm and desires well. We can show so much more than potential surrogates seeing two head shots of us and reading answers to questions on several pages on a PDF document.

Rematched with another egg donor

Surrogacy
November 5, 2017May 28, 2020

New egg donor, we have!

Since losing our egg donor and having to let our surrogate go, we knew we didn’t have the time to look into the egg donor agency’s database and also making the video and presentation for potential surrogates. While we were away in Singapore for work, we managed to secure a place to move into. We wanted to move closer to Melbourne and we have been looking for places to rent, for many months. There were also other factors that came into play that didn’t allow us to do much, and leaving us tired and drained every day. Imagine having to pack the old place and moving and setting up in the new place, plus having work pressures – the weekends were supposed to be a bit better, but it just didn’t seem to be relaxing at all. It was only around mid to end-October when we knew we had to something about it.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal | Melbourne

Food, Australia, Melbourne
October 9, 2017May 28, 2020

We went to Dinner by Heston Blumenthal for my birthday dinner last night. We have never been there before but I have to say it is far overrated. We left disappointed with the experience and will never be encouraging friends an family to go.