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Feb 2024
19m 5s

What It’s Really Like To Be A Surrogate

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About this episode

Our friends do so many incredible things for us. But what happens when your best friend offers to have your baby for you?

In this episode, Libby and Tegan speak to best friends Edwina and Jen who went down a surrogacy path together. They share how they navigated this new territory as friends and what it's like to have kids who are 'womb mates".

Plus, Tegan can't get enough of a very specific hot cross bun, and Libby's dairy-free journey continues.

RECCOMENDATIONS: 
Biscoff Hot Cross Buns

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Host: Tegan Natoli & Libby Trickett 

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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