My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your regular hosts, but today - it's only Wes. Michael and Wes are parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogac...
Nov 23, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 17
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. This Podcast was recorded prior to the new HFEA treatment ad ons revised ratings released early October. A list of treatment add ons with limited clinical evidence are listed here; https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/treatment-add-ons/ Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to...
Nov 20, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 16
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. This Podcast was recorded prior to the new HFEA treatment ad ons revised ratings released early October. A list of treatment add ons with limited clinical evidence are listed here; https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/treatment-add-ons/ Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to...
Nov 19, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 16
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Pregnancy Loss is discussed in this podcast Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about s...
Nov 13, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 15
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. It's part 2; excited much? Did you listen to ...
Nov 10, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 14
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Pregnancy Loss is discussed in this podcast Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about s...
Nov 09, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 15
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Today’s episode takes a light hearted and int...
Nov 06, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 13
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. It's part 2; check out what's coming up! Did ...
Nov 05, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 14
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Today’s teaser episode is all about The Commi...
Nov 05, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Trigger warning; Pregnant loss My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are usually your hosts, but today you have just Wes. As parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths abou...
Oct 31, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Trigger warning; Pregnant loss My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are usually your hosts, but today you have just Wes. As parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths abou...
Oct 31, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 12
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Michael and Wes are your host today and they ...
Oct 30, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 11
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Michael and Wes are your host today and they ...
Oct 25, 2023•1 min•Season 2Ep. 11
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome back! Today’s brand new episode is all about The HFEA reforms and what opening the register means both donors and recipients. Michael is flying solo today, he chats to Dr Carole Gilling Smith from The Agora in Brighton as well as Rachel Cutting MBE from The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), who as an independent organisation regulate UK fertil...
Oct 17, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 10
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Today’s teaser episode is all about The HFEA ...
Oct 17, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 10
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is almost 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Welcome back, and have we got a little...
Sep 30, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is almost 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy. Welcome back, and have we got a little...
Sep 30, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage, MRKH and loss is discussed in this episode Hello again! Welcome back, and thank you for downloading us again, here is Episode 8. We wanted to use the time today to talk to you about 'Who needs surrogacy?'. Let's look at the times of people that need to look deeper into surrogacy, most of which had never even considered this type of fertilit...
Sep 25, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 8
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage, MRKH and Loss is discussed in this episode Hello again! Welcome back, and thank you for downloading us again, here is Episode 8. We wanted to use the time today to talk to you about 'Who needs surrogacy?'. Let's look at the times of people that need to look deeper into surrogacy, most of which had never even considered this type of fertilit...
Sep 21, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this episode Welcome back, and thank you for downloading us again, here is Episode 7. It's a good un'. This episode features within our Irish surrogacy special, supported by SIMS IVF. Take the first step towards your future today! Visit their website at www.sims.ie to learn more about our services and success stories...
Sep 18, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 7
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this episode Welcome back, and thank you for downloading us again, here is your teaser for Episode 7. How are ya? This episode features within our Irish surrogacy special, supported by SIMS IVF. Take the first step towards your future today! Visit their website at www.sims.ie to learn more about our services and succ...
Sep 14, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 7
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this two part episode Welcome to Episode 5; Part 2 (which is called Episode 6 confusingly), Exploring International Surrogacy: A Guide for Irish Nationals ft. Anette Hickey. Welcome back, this two parter was originally a 20 min episode, but whilst in the studio in Dublin, Michael and Wes kept the audio running, and t...
Sep 11, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 6
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this two part episode Welcome to Episode 5; Part 2 Exploring International Surrogacy: A Guide for Irish Nationals ft. Anette Hickey. Hold tight, this two parter is an emotional rollercoaster, but we're confident it holds some exceptional nuggets of information for you, if you're considering surrogacy and you're based...
Sep 07, 2023•1 min
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this two part episode Welcome to Episode 5; Part 1, Exploring International Surrogacy: A Guide for Irish Nationals ft. Anette Hickey. Hold tight, this two parter is an emotional rollercoaster, but we're confident it holds some exceptional nuggets of information for you, if you're considering surrogacy and you're base...
Sep 04, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 5
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Trigger warning; Miscarriage and Loss is discussed in this two part episode Welcome to Episode 5; Part 1, Exploring International Surrogacy: A Guide for Irish Nationals ft. Anette Hickey. Hold tight, this two parter is an emotional rollercoaster, but we're confident it holds some exceptional nuggets of information for you, if you're considering surrogacy and you're base...
Aug 24, 2023•1 min•Season 2Ep. 5
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome to the teaser of Episode 4; CAFCASS; who are they and what role do they play in surrogacy cases in the UK? Mike and Wes chat to the wonderful Susie Blamire, Head of Practice. A fascinating and essential discussion for anyone starting out on a surrogacy journey; this is for you if you'd love to learn more about the parental order process and the potential new pat...
Aug 21, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome to the teaser of Episode 4; CAFCASS; who are they and what role do they play in surrogacy cases in the UK? Mike and Wes chat to the wonderful Susie Blamire, Head of Practice. A fascinating and essential discussion for anyone starting out on a surrogacy journey; this is for you if you'd love to learn more about the parental order process and the potential new pat...
Aug 17, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome to the teaser of Episode 3; Surrogacy in Mexico City - why it's not Cancun! Mike and Wes are back with a brand new award winning episode. Talking all about their latest surrogacy pathway in Mexico City and joined by Andrew Spearman, Partner at Laytons ETL Global. Why did they choose Mexico City? How safe is it? How does it different from other regions in Mexico ...
Aug 14, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 3
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome to the teaser of Episode 3; Surrogacy in Mexico City - why it's not Cancun! Mike and Wes are back with a brand new award winning episode. Talking all about their latest surrogacy pathway in Mexico City and joined by Andrew Spearman, Partner at Laytons ETL Global. Why did they choose Mexico City? How safe is it? How does it different from other regions in Mexico ...
Aug 10, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 3
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation. Welcome to Episode 2; Surrogacy and workplace rights ft. Fertility Matters at Work Mike and Wes are back with a brand new episode. Chatting to two of the co-founders of Fertility Matters at Work, Clare Ingle and Becky Kearns. Sadly Natalie Silverman couldn't join us due to prior commitments. In this episode we tackle the conversations to have with your employer. What do...
Aug 06, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 2
