I've made over $200,000 from surrogacy | SBS Insight

In Australia, the baby making business is booming and is now worth 820 million dollars, with one in 16 babies born via IVF. What are the issues, risks and ethics, when money and making a baby mix? This Insight episode is Baby Business. 00:00 As a woman, going to an IVF clinic made me feel broken 04:44 I think IVF is like a gambling addiction 06:04 I had an anaphylactic reaction during an IVF procedure 10:07 I felt the IVF clinic treated us like a wallet 15:50 I used my superannuation to freeze my eggs 21:22 The ethics of making babies and making money 23:13 I found my sperm donor on a Facebook group 27:52 I think the clinic mixed up the sperm 32:50 My sperm donations have fathered 17 children 36:26 Should Australia legalise commercial surrogacy? Insight airs Tuesdays at 8:30pm on SBS: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight​ SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/3txZoUN Insight, hosted by Kumi Taguchi, is Australia's leading forum for powerful first-person stories offering a unique perspective on the way we live. Insight first went to air in 1995 and has since been a mainstay of SBS current affairs programming. The team doesn't shy away from taboo topics: from polygamy, to brain implants, to the secrets revealed on the deathbed. Do you want to be part of the discussion and join an Insight record? Insight aims to include a range of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives in our studio audience. If you want to be involved, register here: https://bit.ly/3vQlO7T Visit our website: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/​ Catch up on full episodes: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/insight Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightSBS​ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightsbs/ Network Terms & Conditions: https://www.sbs.com.au/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.sbs.com.au/privacy Feedback or complaints: https://www.sbs.com.au/complaints