Adoption & Fostering
Adoption & Fostering Information Line
193, Market Street, Hyde, Cheshire., SK14 1HF. Tel 0800 783 4086
Adoption UK
Manor Farm, , Appletree Road, Tipping Warden, Banbury, Oxon, OX17 1LH Helpline 0870 770 0450 - Fax 01295 660123
Quarterly newsletter on children to adopt.
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
Skyline House, 200 Union St, London, SE1 OLX
Tel 0207 593 2000 - Fax 0207 593 2001
JAFA
Jewish Adoption, Fostering & Infertility Association.
Contact Suzi on 0208 952 3638 or Paula on 0208 207 658
National Foster Care
87 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8HA
Tel 0207 6206400 - Fax 0207 6206401
Breast Feeding Your Surrogate Child
AdoptionBreastfeeding.com
La Leche League
Breastfeeding Site
PO Box 29, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7NP
Phone: 0115 981 5599 - Fax: 0115 981 5597
24 hour helpline 020 7242 1278
Cancer Research UK
National Office: P.O. Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX
Tel. 020 7242 0200 - Fax. 020 7269 3100
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org
Cancer Help UK
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk
Daisy Network
Early Ovarian Failure Support Group, PO BOX 183, Rossendale,
Lancs, BB4 6WZ. Endometriosis.
Juliet Trust
16 Station Road West ,Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8BP
National Childbirth Trust
Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, Acton, London
Tel 0208 992 8637 - Fax 0208 992 5929
National Breast Feeding Line 0870 444 8708 o - 8am and 10pm weekdays
http://www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com
Active Birth Centre
25 Bickerton Road, London, N19 5JT
Tel: 020 7281 6760 - Fax: 020 7263 8098
Birth Choice UK
http://www.birthchoiceuk.com
Water Birth Facts
http://www.bluelagoonbirthpools.co.uk
Conception & Kits
Access Diagnostic Tests UK
Halam Grange, The Turn Pike, Halam, Notts Tel 01636 816 700
Ovulation & Pregnancy Kits etc.
http://www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk
Med-Direct International
Summit Point, Summit Crescent, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 1BT
Tel: +44 (0)870 770 5223 - Fax: +44 (0)870 770 5224
http://www.med-direct.com
Medsave
Units A & B, McKay Way, Lynch Lane Industrial Estate, Weymouth
Dorset, DT4 9DN Tel 0800 804 6447
Unipath Limited
Priory Park, Bedford, MK44 3UP, Tel: +44 1234 835000
Fax: +44 1234 835001
Government Bodies
British Medical Association
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
Tel: 020 7387 4499 - Fax: 020 7383 6400
Department of Health
Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS
0207 210 4850 (line open from 10.00 to 17.00 Monday to Friday)
DoH Review Teams
Read Review Teams Summary on Surrogacy
http://www.dh.gov.uk
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Paxton House, 30 Artillery Lane, London, E1 7LS
Tel 020 7 291 8200 (line open from 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday). - Fax: 0207 291 8201
HFEA ACT 1990
Section 27
Children's Act
Surrogacy Act
Section 27/28/29/30 regards surrogacy
Independent Midwives
Independent Midwives Association
1 The Great Quarry, Guildford, Surrey. GUI 3XN
Tel: 01483-821104
Infertility Support Groups
Fertility Friends
http://www.fertilityfriends.co.uk
Infertility Network UK
Charter House. 43 ST. Leonards Road, Bexhill on Sea, E. Sussex TN40 1JA
Tel 01424 732361. - Fax 01424 731858 - Support Line 01424 732361
Gives info on all aspects of infertility.
This was Child and Issue they have now merged.
IVF Infertility
National Infertility Awareness Campaign
Julie Johnson (Co-ordinator), Room 601, 6th Floor, Newward Block
Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX
Tel 0800 716345
Web Link Insurance
Sovereign Finance
Tom Shuster, 29a London Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1AW
Tel 01342 313302 - Fax 01342 315435
Life insurance for surrogate mother's
Single policy for Two year for at least £200,000 on life.
Please make sure that the policy is set in please before any attempts at inseminations/transfers take place.
Medical Tests
The Doctors Laboratory
58 Wimpole Street,, London, W1M 8LQ
Tel 0207 460 4800 - Fax 0207 460 4848
For all medical tests required by COTS ie HIV etc. + DNA testing
Relationchecker c/o Anglia DNA Bioservices Ltd, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane
Norwich, NR4 7UH 08454 586 587. For DNA(Paternity) testing
Regional Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Hospital Road, Manchester
M27 4HA Contact Dr. Martin Schwarz on Tel/Fax 0161 727 2328 Cystic Fibrosis test
Miscarriage
Miscarriage Association
c/o Clayton Hospital , Northgate, Wakefield, W. Yorks, WF1 3JS
Tel: 01924 200799 - Fax: 01924 298834
Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic
St. Mary's Hospital,, Julia Wilson, Clinic Coordinator,
Samaritan Hospital for Women, Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5YE Referral by GP. 80% success rate.
Miscellaneous
Babybond Ashford
10 Station Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2UP Tel. 01784 244975
This is a 30 minute ultrasound video of your baby set to music
Beyond Childlessness
http://www.beyondchildlessness.com
Children's Legal Centre
University Of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ
Tel 01206 873820 - Fax 01206 874026
Advice line 01206 873820 give free legal advice on children's issues.
Create Health
Create Health Clinic, 103-105 Harley Street, London, W1G 6AJ
Tel: 020 7486 5566 - Fax : 020 7486 7070
3D/4D Ultrasound
Echoson Laboratories LTD Echoson Studios,
High Street East, Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9PY
Tel. 01572 823888
Gay Parenting
Proudparenting.com, 7336 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 6L,Los Angeles, CA 90046
Tel : 001 323 512-2922
Fax:: 001 323 512-2924
http://www.proudparenting.com
Maternity Alliance
3rd Floor West, 2 - 6 Northbough Street, London, EC1V 0AY
Tel: 0207 490 7639 - Fax 0207 014 1350
Information Line 0207 490 7638
(for information about maternity rights and benefits)
Mothersbliss
http://www.motherbliss.co.uk
Mumsnet
http://www.mumsnet.com
NHS Direct
Tel 0800 665544 NHS Direct is a 24 hours confidential helpline
Patients Association
PO Box 935, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3YJ
Tel: 0208 4239111 - Fax: 0208 4239119
For help and information please call our Helpline between 10:00am and 4:00pm Mondays - Fridays 0845 6084455
We are unable to provide information and help via e-mail. Please always try our Helpline first.
Private Health Care Guide
Vi’enne Ltd, Imperial House, St Nicholas Circle, Leicester LE1 4LF
Tel: 0116 242 4165 - Fax: 0116 242 4054
The Private Health Care Guide covers all types of private health related services.
Progress 140 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8AX
Tel 020 7278 7870 - Fax 020 7278 7862
Deals with reproduction.
Tiger
This site provides advice on rights and responsibilities around leave and pay for adoptive parents
http://www.tiger.gov.uk
Women's Health
2 Featherstone street, London, EC1
Tel 0845 125 5254 - 9:30- 1:30 calls charged at local rate
Multiple Births
Multiple Births Foundation
Level 4 Hammersmith House ,Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital
Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS
Tel 0208 383 3519 - Fax 0208 383 3041
Tamba (Twins & Multiple Birth Ass)
Harnott House, 309 Chester Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1QQ Tel 0870 121 4000 or 0151 348 0020
Fax 0870 121 4001 or 1051 348 0767
http://www.tamba.org.uk
Pregnancy
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Austy Manor, Wootton Wawen, Solihull, West Midlands. B95 6BX
Tel 01564 793225 - Fax 01564 794935 - Actionline 08457 304030
http://www.bpas.org
BabyWorld
The Observatory,36-41 Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0AU
http://www.babyworld.co.uk
Premature Births
Bliss
8 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL
Tel: 0870 7700 337 - Fax: 0870 7700 338
Tommy's Head Office
1 Kennington Road, London, SE1 7RR
Tel: 08707 70 70 70 - Fax: 020 7928 6628
http://www.tommys.org
BabyWorld
The Observatory,36-41 Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0AU
http://www.babyworld.co.uk
Premature-babies.co.uk
http://www.premature-babies.co.uk/
USA
Center For Surrogate Parenting
West Coast Office, 15821 Ventura Blvd. Suite 675 Encino, California 91431 Tel 001 818-788-8288 - Fax 001 818-981-8287
OPTS
P.O. Box 611 ,Gurnee, IL, 60031
Tel 001 847 782-0224 Support Group
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