Wednesday 29 June 2022 03:24 AM Melbourne couple bring home surrogate daughter Alba from Ukraine after Russian ... trends now

Wednesday 29 June 2022 03:24 AM Melbourne couple bring home surrogate daughter Alba from Ukraine after Russian ... trends now
Wednesday 29 June 2022 03:24 AM Melbourne couple bring home surrogate daughter Alba from Ukraine after Russian ... trends now

Wednesday 29 June 2022 03:24 AM Melbourne couple bring home surrogate daughter Alba from Ukraine after Russian ... trends now

An Australian couple have told the extraordinary story of getting their surrogate daughter from Ukraine after the Russian invasion forced them to battle for months to get her home.

Chefs Jessica Van Nooten and Kevin Middleton, from Melbourne, rushed to meet their baby girl Alba when she was born on February 22, just two days after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Little Alba was born 10 weeks early in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa and needed specialist care to survive.

After more than four months, and with help from numerous countries, the couple finally landed in Melbourne on Sunday with Alba. 

The couple had suffered 15 failed rounds of IVF over a seven-year period and a miscarriage before they decided to get help from a surrogacy agency in Ukraine. 

They booked flights to Ukraine, completely unaware that a war was about to unfold - until they were contacted Australia's Department of Foreign Affair and Trade.

An Australian couple had to get their surrogate daughter Alba (pictured) home from Odesa, Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion

An Australian couple had to get their surrogate daughter Alba (pictured) home from Odesa, Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion

Jessica Van Nooten and Kevin Middleton (pictured), from Melbourne, had suffered 15 failed rounds of IVF over a seven-year period and a miscarriage before they decided to get help from a surrogacy agency in Ukraine

Jessica Van Nooten and Kevin Middleton (pictured), from Melbourne, had suffered 15 failed rounds of IVF over a seven-year period and a miscarriage before they decided to get help from a surrogacy agency in Ukraine

'We didn't really know about the Russian invasion until DFAT called us and said: "Where are you off to?" and we said: "Ukraine, we've got to pick up our baby", and they were like "you're not going anywhere",' Mr Middleton revealed to 7News

'We said: "I think we are".' 

The couple, who have been together for 20 years, jetted over to Dubai for a connecting flight to Ukraine.

But they discovered upon arriving at Dubai that their connecting flight

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