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With the large amount of subscribers that popular creators have and the amount of money they're raking in, it's no surprise that many models have turned to third-party companies to run their pages.
Reality star and OnlyFans creator Farrah Abraham recently revealed that she makes seven figures from her page.
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They had tears of joy. I had tears of joy, but a little bit of fear of the unknown, because [twins weren't] something we had talked about beforehand as a possibility.' The babies were monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twins; they shared one placenta. That meant Chelsea required significantly more medical monitoring. She gave birth to healthy identical twin girls three months before the retreat. 'The number one question that I get about being a surrogate is how did you feel about giving the baby away? Or in this case, babies. And I never, ever thought of it that way. I always thought of it that I was growing their babies, not that I was giving anything away. 'And once the girls were here it was just amazing to see them [the parents] within the space of a day, just become the amazing dads that I knew that they would be.' Chelsea refers to the four people – the two dads, the egg donor and herself – who created the twins as a 'team'. They experienced the whole process together: from the embryo transfer to monitoring appointments, and they continue to spend time with each other. But as I sat around the fireplace and shared meals with these women at various stages of pregnancy and postpartum, I couldn't help but think they'd giving up a lot to carry for free. Pregnancy and childbirth are not free. In Australia, while payment for surrogates is illegal, intended parents must pay for all their surrogate's 'reasonable expenses', including medical expenses, maternity clothes and lost wages. 'But then there's a question mark because the legislation says it must be reasonable. What's reasonable? Reasonable for you might be different to reasonable for somebody else,' Jefford explains. 'Most surrogates will use their own money to pay for things, not because the intended parents are stingy, but because we are the sort of people that will just be like, 'I'll just pay for hospital parking myself, or I'll pay for the maternity pads.'' In December last year, the federal government announced a review of Australia's surrogacy laws. The review aims to identify reforms and propose harmonised laws across the country. A response to the review is due by the end of July. When Australia's surrogacy laws were drafted, legislators opted for the altruistic surrogacy model as it's often deemed ethically superior to commercial surrogacy, which is susceptible to human trafficking and the exploitation of vulnerable women. Jefford has long been opposed to paid surrogacy but recently has come to favour a compensated model of surrogacy in which surrogates are perhaps paid some amount of money, 'as if it's a job'. 'I used to say, when we introduce money into surrogacy, we commodify women and children. What I say now is it's much more nuanced than that,' she says. Jefford explains the idea of compensated surrogacy is different from paying a fee in exchange for a baby. 'That is human trafficking and it's illegal. 'Pregnancy is hard work and risky,' she says. 'This woman comes along and says, 'I'll do this for free'. And I think, 'Well, I'm not giving legal advice for free, and the IVF clinic is not giving free IVF treatment. Why is it that we think that she should be unpaid for what she's doing?'' In Australia, before intended parents and surrogates are legally allowed to undergo surrogacy, they must attend various counselling sessions to ensure they are emotionally equipped to go through the process, that it is consensual, and there is no exploitation. During these sessions, intended parents and surrogates discuss thorny issues such as body autonomy, what happens if anything goes wrong with the pregnancy, what happens if there are signs of genetic abnormalities in the embryo, or any complications that could endanger the life of the surrogate. The aim is to set expectations beforehand, to avoid issues once the baby is born. Despite all the guardrails, things can go sour. At the retreat, surrogates share horror stories about some relationship breakdowns. There was one case in which the surrogate and intended parents had fallen out and were not on speaking terms until shortly before the birth. Another in which the intended parents failed to show up on the day of the birth, leaving the surrogate and her family to care for the baby for a few days, which was distressing. There have been more serious incidents that have ended up in court, one in which a surrogate absconded with the baby, another where a surrogate refused to relinquish the child and consent to a parentage order, the legal document that transfers parentage from the birth parents (usually the surrogate and her partner) to the intended parents. In both cases, the courts ruled in favour of the intended parents, after establishing it had been a surrogacy arrangement. The majority of surrogacy arrangements are successful, however. Surrogates at the retreat, such as D'Arcy, say their lives have been enriched by the experience. 'It's been beautiful to watch this modern family created and seeing all the love that's involved,' she says. Claudianna Blanco is a senior journalist and producer for LiSTNR. Secrets We Keep: By Any Means podcast is out now.