BABY AVA: AN IRISH SURROGACY STORY
Book ID/图书代码： 07902513B62259
English Summary/英文概要： Baby Ava is the moving and insightful account of Caroline and Niall O’Flaherty’s struggle to have a baby. Faced with fertility issues after Caroline’s battle with cervical cancer, the couple begin to explore various options. However, with the usual pathways of IVF and adoption proving problematic, all hope seems lost until Caroline views a TV documentary about surrogacy in India.Buoyed by the possibility of having a child, the pair contact the Akanksha Infertility Clinic run by Dr Nayna Patel and set about making arrangements to travel to India. This book details their remarkable journey through the surrogacy process, from their first trip to India, to the arrival of their beautiful daughter. Following Ava’s birth, however, the O’Flahertys meet a further obstacle; with no surrogacy legislation in place in Ireland, they cannot obtain an Irish passport for their child. Niall immediately embarks on a campaign to bring his family home, as Caroline adjusts to motherhood while stranded in a foreign land.
The O’Flahertys’ story is both poignant and powerful. Their personal exploration of this emotive issue provokes thought on the wider questions of morality and ethics surrounding surrogacy, making Baby Ava as enlightening and challenging a read as it is heartwarming.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當母親是她從小以來的夢想
長大後 卻面臨罹癌 不孕等考驗
代理孕母實現她的夢想 但又遭逢國家無法讓寶寶申請到護照的阻礙…
跨海求子的心路歷程 流露父母深切的愛 也引發道德議題對Caroline來說，成為母親，擁有自己的孩子是從小以來的夢想。遇見真命天子Niall O’Flaherty後，Caroline原以為夢想終於可以實現，但卻事與願違…。
先是Caroline在27歲時診斷出罹患子宮頸癌，與癌症抗戰讓懷孕難上加難。O’Flaherty夫婦試過各種方法卻都無疾而終，在希望將破滅之際，Caroline在電視上看到印度代理孕母的紀錄片…。
求子心切的O’Flaherty夫婦聯絡被譽為歐美不孕夫婦救星的印度代理孕母診所Akanksha Infertility Clinic，此診所的負責人是印度生殖學家，歐美雜誌爭相訪問的帕蒂爾(Nayna Patel)醫生。兩人馬上啟程前往印度，終於盼到女兒Ava出生！
但此時他們又遇到另一個阻礙：在兩人的國家愛爾蘭沒有與代理孕母相關的法規，他們無法幫Ava申請到護照，無法帶她入境！這對夫妻只好分隔兩地，Niall回愛爾蘭想辦法處理護照事宜，Caroline則是無依無靠的一個人，留在有生以來第一次踏上的陌生印度土地上適應當母親的種種。
O’Flaherty夫婦求子的心路歷程流露出為人父母深切的愛，以及為父（母）則強，面對並克服逆境的勇氣與決心。但代理孕母的議題同時也引發道德倫理的廣大議論。
(Eva)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Antoinette Walker is a freelance editor and writer.
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