The Alternative Parenting Show 2012

Saturday 15 September 2012 - 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

Grand Connaught Rooms, London

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The Alternative Parenting Show is a forum for same sex couples and single people to find out more about starting their family. The show boasts a host of world leading experts in their field helping people find the information they need at this most important time of their life.

This one day event provides you with the opportunity to chat in an informal atmosphere to the people who can give you the answers you need. The seminars will be launched on Monday 16th July 2012

The show is run by Square Peg Media and sponsored by The London Womens' Clinic alongside our Legal Partners - Dawson Cornwell and Surrogacy Partners - British Surrogacy Centre.

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In this event:

Using surrogacy to achieve your baby dreams

Tony Drewitt-Barlow and Dr Guy Ringler from California Fertility Partners

Speakers will talk through the process of surrogacy in the USA and how the process all comes together from costs, finding surrogate and egg donors to bringing baby home.

INSEMINAR: Fertility Treatment using donor sperm

Dr Kamal Ahuja, Mimi Arian-Schad

Regularly held at the London Women’s Clinic, INSEMINAR is a great chance to learn more about treatment using donor sperm. The session will guide you firstly through how to pick your sperm donor, your fertility and therefore your various treatment options using donor sperm such as donor insemination, IVF, egg-sharing and egg donation. Legal implications and how to support yourself through treatment will also be discussed.

International Surrogacy: Passports and Parenting

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Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE of Dawson Cornwell joins a panel of legal experts including practising lawyers from overseas. More couples are going overseas for surrogacy arrangements and as a result, significant legal issues arise including immigration, citizenship and legal parentage. The panel will cover the immigration issues and pitfalls that intending parents must be aware of and also how to acquire parental rights in the UK.

Identifying a surrogate and egg donor

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, Sandra Martin and Reece Carter, British Surrogacy Centre

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow & Reece Carter form the BSC will take you through the process of surrogacy in the UK and then talk to you on how to find a surrogate and egg donor and to talk about the process in the UK.

INSEMINAR: Fertility treatment using donor sperm

Venessa Smith, Mimi Arian-Schad

Regularly held at the London Women’s Clinic, INSEMINAR is a great chance to learn more about treatment using donor sperm. The session will guide you firstly through how to pick your sperm donor, your fertility and therefore your various treatment options using donor sperm such as donor insemination, IVF, egg-sharing and egg donation. Legal implications and how to support yourself through treatment will also be discussed.

Domestic and International Adoption, Co-parenting and other means of acquiring Parental Responsibility

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Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE, Partner, Zoë Fleetwood, Solicitor and Colin Rogerson, Solicitor Advocate from Dawson Cornwell join Hassan Khan, Barrister from 4 Paper Buildings to provide an overview of the legal issues arising from domestic and international adoption, co-parenting arrangements and other means by which a person can acquire Parental Responsibility in relation to a child.

What are my options? How age, lifestyle, funding and the law will affect your fertility treatment choices

Tracey Sainsbury, Deidre Myburgh

With so much information available it’s difficult to know where to start when thinking about your fertility treatment choices to have a baby. This seminar provides a useful guide for lesbian couples and single women on how age, lifestyle, funding and the law will affect your options. Advice on preparation for treatment as well as tips on how to change your lifestyle to benefit your fertility and supporting yourself through treatment will be discussed. The session will include information on the LWC’s low cost price packages and treatment options for every budget and advice from our expert Natalie Gamble about the legal implications of your treatment decisions.

STONEWALL - FINAL SEMINAR

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TO BE CONFIRMED