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Growing Families have made arrangements with IVF clinics, airlines and cryoshippers for intended parents to travel or freeze and ship sperm and embryos

We have worked with >50 parents in recent months to arrange safe transit of sperm and embryos. We have utilised six different courier companies. Levels of service and transit times vary significantly

Understand

• How and when you can travel to create embryos/provide sperm
• Risks and costs of travel in 2021
• Sperm collection, testing & freezing options
• Embryo creation options
• Paperwork requirements for shipping internationally
• Pros and cons of handcarry and sensitive freight courier options
• Shared & solo shipments
• Shipping costs & risk

This webinar is relevant to

a) intending parents through egg donor IVF or surrogacy who are looking to engage in cross-border IVF or surrogacy

b) International agencies and IVF clinics seeking to advise their clients

It aims to provide you with a practical guide to the issues below

PART 1: Engaging in your Home Country

• Can I travel if I have embryos already overseas for IVF procedures?
• How can I commence an international surrogacy program without physically being there?
• Can overseas donors still travel internationally to allow me to create embryos in my home country?
• If I haven’t done IVF yet, can I make embryos in my home country and then ship?
  
  PART 2: Making Embryos/ Freezing Sperm
• Are there IVF specialists who are more open to making embryos or freezing sperm for international arrangements?
• How will my IVF clinic allow me to ship, if commercial surrogacy is illegal in my home country?
• What paperwork and protocols need to be followed for my sperm or embryos to be accepted frozen?
• What are the specific requirements?
  
  PART 3: Shipping
• What are the sperm and embryo shipping options?
• What are the costs ?
• Can IPs share shipments with other couples to reduce costs?
• Is insurance available for my sperm or embryos? What does it cover?
• Which shippers are reliable?
• How can Growing Families help

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