Pride Angel

Thinking of having a baby?
Finding it difficult to get pregnant?
Want to know how fertile you are?
Considering IVF?
Looking for a sperm or egg donor?
Looking for some answers?

Whether you’re just thinking about starting a family or have been trying for ages, find out what you need to know at The Fertility Show this weekend.

Seminars for single women, lesbian couples and gay couples considering surrogacy
Sunday 12.30-13.15
Legal update for single women and lesbian couples starting a family What happens to the children when lesbian parents split up, what impact does inclusion on the birth certificate for non biological parents make, what rights do known donors have to get involved in their children's lives? Natalie Gamble, prominent lesbian mother of two and campaigner for legal rights for lesbian and single fertility patients, and colleague Sarah Wood-Heath, both of leading fertility law firm Natalie Gamble Associates, address some of the emerging legal issues for alternative parents in this fast developing area of family law.

Sunday 14.30-15.15
Single women and lesbian couples - options for conceiving. What are the routes open to women who want to conceive without having sex with a man? Dr Carole Gilling-Smith, Medical Director of the Agora Fertility Clinic, explains the practical issues around getting pregnant with donor sperm, including IUI and IVF, whilst Natalie Woods, a lesbian patient of Carole’s who became a mother after treatment and is also a fertility counsellor, goes into some of the issues discussed in counselling as well as providing a patient’s perspective.

Sunday 15.30-16.15
Single women and lesbian couples – what to tell the kids.
For single mums and lesbian couples using donated sperm or embryos to start a family, questions about whether or not there is a dad in the family precipitate earlier and faster enquiries about their child's genetic origin, and not just from their children. Single mum and fertility coach, Caroline Spencer, talks through how she dealt with questions arising from donor conception whilst Kim Watson, MD of Diva Magazine and a lesbian parent, tackles the issues for children with “two mums”.

Surrogacy
Sunday 10.45-11.30
Overseas surrogacy
Surrogacy offers hope to couples for whom treatment doesn't work, to women who cannot carry a pregnancy, and to gay couples seeking a family of their own. But UK laws on recruiting surrogates are quite restrictive leading many to search overseas, with India the world's number one destination for surrogacy. Dr Rina Agrawal, a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine in the NHS and private sector who has individually managed over 5000 cycles of IVF and has dual medical accreditation in both the UK and India has worked with British patients who have found surrogates in India. She explains how to go about it, what's involved and some of the risks.

Sunday 13.30-14.15
Surrogacy arrangements UK law says a surrogate mother is the child's legal mother and if she's married, her husband is the child's legal father, regardless of biology. This creates a range of complex legal issues and a lack of legal status for prospective intended parents in this fast evolving area of law and practice. As more people go abroad for surrogacy without any certainty they will be able to navigate a safe path home with their surrogate born child after the birth, cases of stateless and parentless children stuck in legal limbo hit the headlines. What is the legal pathway through domestic and international surrogacy? Louisa Ghevaert, a leading expert in fertility and parenting law and partner at UK solicitors Porter Dodson, goes through the issues.

Pride Angel are exhibiting at stand 61, so why not come and have a chat with us about your parenting options.

Article: 3rd November 2012 Pride Angel

The Fertility show, London Olympia started today with many visitors arriving to discuss their infertility concerns and questions with the 100 exhibitors on show. Exhibitors included fertility clinics from within the UK, USA and Europe. Fertility support services, talked about alternative options to IVF, including natural fertility techniques, DuoFertility, Zestica along with Zita West vitamins and many more. Pride Angel was a popular stand today with many more visitors being interested in the opportunity of using known sperm or egg donors as a method of conceiving. Fertility clinics spoke with interest with Pride Angel, as they are seeing many more people taking known donors to clinics for fertility treatment.

Why not take a visit to The Fertility Show tomorrow Saturday 5th November? There will be many interesting seminars, to include the following:

Saturday 12.45-13.30
International Surrogacy
Earlier this year, Channel 4 aired a controversial documentary called Google Baby which followed the journey of embryos, created in a United States fertility clinic from donor sperm and eggs, to India where they were implanted into local surrogates. Dr Gad Lavy who runs New England Fertility, the IVF clinic featured in the film, talks about what's involved in international surrogacy whilst Louisa Ghevaert, partner specialising in fertility and parenting law at UK solicitors Porter Dodson, discusses the complicated legal aspects involved with such arrangements.

Saturday 14.30-15.15
Issues for families created with donors
If you are hoping to use donated sperm, eggs or embryos to start your family, then the issues of what, when and how to tell a child about their genetic origin becomes crucial. This can be even more complicated with the use of anonymous overseas donors. Olivia Montuschi who runs DC Network, an organisation of 1,500 families created with the help of donors, is joined by a donor conceived person to discuss being open with children in these cases.

Saturday 14.45-15.30
Single women and lesbian couples - options for conceiving.
What are the routes open to women who want to conceive without having sex with a man? Dr Carole Gilling-Smith, Medical Director of the Agora Fertility Clinic, explains the practical issues around getting pregnant with donor sperm, including IUI and IVF, whilst Natalie Woods, a lesbian patient of Carole’s who became a mother after treatment and is also a fertility counsellor, goes into some of the issues discussed in counselling as well as providing a patient’s perspective.

Pride Angel will be exhibiting on stand 20, so if you have any questions, why not come along and have a chat, we look forward to seeing you there.

Article: 4th November 2011 www.prideangel.com

If you are planning to start a family and having problems getting pregnant, then a visit to the Fertility World Show will provide you with all the help, information and advice you need to get you on the road to having your baby.

The Fertility World Show will provide you with an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss your requirements with a host of hospitals, clinics and consultants specialising in fertility issues.

Erika Tranfield co-founder of Pride Angel will be talking in two seminars about ‘Co-parenting and using a known donor’ at 3.30pm Friday 15th April and ‘Choosing an egg donor and the surrogacy route’ in conjunction with the British Surrogacy Centre at 2.15pm Saturday 16th April.

The following programme of FREE SEMINARS covers a host of fertility issues and topics that will include:

Friday 15th April
10.30am - 11am - Maximising your chances of getting pregnant
11.30am - 12pm - Third Party Reproduction - It Takes A Village
12.30pm - 1pm - Travelling abroad for fertility treatment
1.30pm - 2pm - Supplements to improve sperm motility
3.30pm - 4pm - Co-parenting and using a known donor
4.30pm - 5pm Boosting your Fertility Naturally

Saturday 16th April
10.15am - 10.45am - Getting Fit for Fertility
11.15am - 11.45pm - PCOS and what effect does your lifestyle have on your fertility?
12.15pm - 12.45pm - IVF/ICSI Failures-Role of Egg donation & Surrogacy-India
1.15pm - 1.45pm - Natural Conception
2.15pm - 2.45pm - Choosing an egg donor and Surrogacy Options
3.15pm - 3.45pm - How can you get the best out of the NHS in IVF?

Book your FREE TICKETS now

Look forward to seeing you there!
Pride Angel www.prideangel.com

Dates and opening times
Friday 15th April 2011 - 10am to 5pm
Saturday 16th April 2011 - 10am to 4.30pm

Venue
Olympia Exhibition & Conference Centre
Hammersmith Road
Kensington
Olympia
London

The first 'Fertility World Show' will be held at Olympia in London 15-16 April and is supported by Fertility Road the first and only Lifestyle Magazine aimed at helping women and men on their path to parenthood.

If you are planning to start a family and having problems getting pregnant, then a visit to the Fertility World Show will provide you with all the help, information and advice you need to get you on the road to having your baby.

The Fertility World Show will provide you with an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss your requirements with a host of hospitals, clinics and consultants specialising in fertility issues.

You wil also have a chance to attend a programme of FREE SEMINARS covering a host of fertility issues and topics that will include:

- Maximising your chances of getting pregnant
- Choosing a fertility clinic
- Going overseas for fertility treatment
- How the NHS can help with fertility costs
- Same sex fertility treatment
- The donor and surrogacy route
- Natural methods to boost your fertility
- Fertility information resources

We are pleased to announce that Pride Angel will holding a seminar at the Fertility World Show, about the option of using known donors.

To read more about the Fertility World Show and book your tickets visit www.fertility-world.co.uk

The worlds first 'fertility show' took place this weekend at the Olympia Conference centre London. Pride Angel went to communicate with leading charities, infertility support networks and fertility clinics at the exhibition. The response to Pride Angel's new connection service was extremely positive. 'What a fantastic idea and service, we never new such a site existed for enabling sperm donors, co-parents and recipients to connect and gain the correct advice' was the response from many exhibitors.

The fertility show was a huge success, with many thousands of attendees. Seminars by leading nutritional expert Zita West where sold out well in advance. Although Pride Angel did manage to speak personally with Zita West regarding her giving advice to our members on our site in the future.

The fertility show held over 80 exhibits and 45 talks from top fertility experts. Pride Angel will soon be creating a new recommended links section connecting to many of the services and clinics offered at the fertility show. We want to help all our members by giving the right advice and the recommended contacts they need when making such an important and exciting decision to start a family.