Welcome to Conversations, the podcast with Surrogacy Australia.
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Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy. Anna is a gestational surrogate, high school Math teacher and surrogacy educator working with Surrogacy Australia and running SASS (Surrogacy Australia’s Support Service).
These podcasts were recorded as part of our free, fortnightly webinar series. If you would like to attend one, check out our dates and registration links. The recordings can also be found on our YouTube channel so you can see the photos that are described in the recordings.
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Recent episodes
Episode 141 – Laura – surrogate
Laura birthed as a surrogate on the Sunshine Coast in August 2025 for a couple who were previously her neighbours 10 years ago. They had a little boy, and his dads are Cheyne and Chris who also live in QLD. Laura is a member of the Surrogacy Australia Board, has hosted our Zoom monthly catch ups and advocates for surrogacy at every chance she gets!
Episode 140 – How to find a surrogate
This episode is a recording from a presentation that I (Anna McKie) gave at the annual Growing Families conference in June 2021, in Brisbane.
How do I find a surrogate in Australia? The answer is TIME 🕰
An investment of time 🗣 into talking about surrogacy among your friends and family.
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An investment of time ❤️ into the surrogacy village and into building friendships.
Episode 139 – Education – Ideas for IPs (Intended Parents) in waiting
This series of episodes springs from my work with SASS (Surrogacy Australia’s Support Service). When Intended Parents (IPs) have completed their profile and are in the pool of IPs waiting to connect with a surrogate, I do monthly check-ins to make sure they’re still active and waiting. I like to give some guidance and support along the way because the waiting game can be hard.
This series of episodes are designed as though they are a letter to the waiting IPs.
Episode 138 – Anna – surrogate
Anna and husband, Sam, live in Brisbane with their 2 young daughters and she birthed little girl, Amelia, as a surrogate in February 2025. She met her IPs (Intended Parents) Hannah and Toby through a QLD facebook group and offered to be their traditional surrogate – meaning it was her egg.
Episode 137 – Hannah – straight mum
Hannah and her husband Toby became parents to their daughter, Amelia, in February 2025. Their surrogate, Anna, previously a stranger was their traditional surrogate (meaning it was also her egg). Hannah needed an egg donor due to having Mosaic Turner Syndrome and then also a surrogate due to her endometrial lining not thickening. They pursued a surrogacy journey in Canada so it has been a long road to becoming a mum.
Will and David became parents through Australian altruistic surrogacy when Megan (David’s cousin) carried and birthed their little boy, Harrison, in December 2021. It took 3 previous embryo transfers for this 4th one to stick, with the egg coming from their generous friend Karla. Will is passionate about discussing his journey as an LGBTQ parent through surrogacy and to bring hope to others to know this could be their journey too.