When it comes to surrogacy in Australia, it's a topic many of us know seldom about. Some assume surrogacy is completely illegal, others would guess there's surely payment involved.
In Australia, it is legal to be a surrogate — but there's a big criteria list for the impending surrogate, and also strict laws that make it illegal for the surrogate to be paid. It is a completely altruistic choice.
For Kate, she decided to give this ultimate gift to a couple she didn't know personally, purely out of the kindness of her heart.
Kate and her husband Dan know a thing or two when it comes to pregnancy and babies.
"We've been really lucky. We have five biological children, and I've been blessed to be able to fall pregnant very naturally. My husband would joke that I'd bump into him in the hallway and still manage to fall pregnant," Kate tells to Mamamia.
Not only were all of Kate's pregnancies relatively complication-free, but also her deliveries too. For context, they were all vaginal births. After having five kids together, Kate and Dan together decided they were done having biological kids. But that didn't stop them from fostering.
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