Surrogacy in Ireland: ‘Having our baby took four failed transfers, four surrogates and three egg retrievals. He was born in Ukraine’

I have always wanted to be a mother. My whole life, my mother has always told me that I was born to be a mam. Ever since I was a young girl, I would mother just about anything; dogs, cats, horses — you name it. I’ve always loved children and the joy that they bring. Living with diabetes and kidney disease hasn’t been easy, but when I was told that these medical conditions would mean...