That's

quite an important question, actually, and one we get asked quite a lot because you can go on to the birth certificate as IPs.

But over in the UK, we won't recognise you as the legal parents.

The surrogate is still always the legal parent and the mother as far as the UK court and law is concerned until such time as you get the parental order.

That's the big myth I would say with international surrogacy because people can go on birth certificates in different countries and be recognised immediately from birth as legal parents.

It's to make sure that all members understand that that's not recognised over in the UK.

And our starting point is always that the surrogate is the legal parent of the child.

Yeah, we quite often send,