Join us on a visit to Brilliant Beginnings in London, UK to talk about one of the most controversial subjects in the field - surrogacy! While offering wonderful opportunities for struggling couples to become biological parents, this method is widely questioned and debated all over the world. We meet up with surrogate mother Laura, and Stephen who became a dad through surrogacy, and who both went on to work for Brilliant Beginnings.

In this episode:

Emma Karling - midwife and showhost

Carolina Tristen - fertility doctor

Laura Clarke - surrogate mother at Brilliant beginnings

Stephen Ashe - father through surrogacy at Brilliant beginnings

This production is made at Beppo

Sound design and editing by Erland Karling

Scriptwriting Susanna Lewenhaupt

Photos and graphics Anneli Nygårds

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Dr Sarah runs a boutique fertility practice in central London, UK. She is passionate about spreading awareness about fertility in general, and also tells us about how small establishments like hers can work in parallel with the larger fertility clinics, in order to shorten the wait for families to get treatment.

In this episode:

Emma Karling - midwife and showhost

Carolina Tristen - fertility doctor

Dr Sarah J Matthews - gynecologist and fertility specialist

This production is made at Beppo

Sound design and editing by Erland Karling

Scriptwriting Susanna Lewenhaupt

Photos and graphics Anneli Nygårds

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Felicitas is a privately run chain of fertility clinics in Helsinki. Dr Merja and embryologist Jorge tell us about how things are done in Finland, and give us the pros and cons of genetic screening and PGT-A.

In this episode:

Emma Karling - midwife and showhost

Carolina Tristen - fertility doctor

Dr Merja Tuomi-Nikula - gynecologist Felicitas

Jorge Gomez - Embryologist Felicitas

This production is made at Beppo

Sound design and editing by Erland Karling

Scriptwriting Susanna Lewenhaupt

Photos and graphics Anneli Nygårds

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.