Tertia Albertyn: Matchmaker Extraordinaire
Tertia, Nurture co-founder is a recovering infertile and now mother to very cheeky twins conceived on her 9th IVF + one freebie baby . She has written extensively about her personal experience with infertility, both on her award winning blog (www.tertia.org) and in her book ‘So Close’ (available on Amazon here). She lives behind The Boerie Curtain (Durbanville) with her husband who never listens to her and her two (+one extra) children who listen even less. Her job is to support Recipients and keep Melany under control. The first bit she is very good at, the second bit is impossible. Contact Tertia on tertia@nurture.co.za or 0824418639
Melany Bartok: Top Dog Donor Diva
Melany is co-founder of Nurture and is our Top Dog Donor Diva. An ex-egg donor herself, she knows first hand what it is like to go through the process. She is fiercely protective about her donors and has been known to take on people several sizes bigger than herself in order to protect their best interests. Melany is part Vampire (she never sleeps) and part teenager. She lives in Table View with her three fur babies and her gorgeous husband Tony, who, bless him, has the patience of Job. Speaking of Job….Mel’s job is to recruit and support our donors. She is their BF! Contact Melany on melany@nurture.co.za
Lara Payne: Deputy Donor Diva
Smallest in stature, but biggest in terms of Being Responsible, Lara’s role is to recruit, screen and support our donors. If Melany is the teenager, Lara is the grown up and thank goodness for that! Quiet, conscientious, clever and analytical, Lara comes from a legal background – imagine the culture shock she got when she joined the crazy Nurture team! Lara lives in Hout Bay with her husband and two beautiful boys Contact Lara on lara@nurture.co.za or 0728885539
Kim Lazarus: Surrogate Sister
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be someone who has done more IVFs than you have….Meet our Surrogate Sista, Kim – veteran of 17 IVFs. Bringing some Kosher to the team, this animal-loving ex infertile is now a dedicated soccer mom to two boys. In between rescuing stray cats and saving pet tortoises (true story!), she looks after our surrogacy program. We’d love to say that Kim is the sensible one, but we’d be lying. Kim lives in Camps Bay with her two boys, her husband and an assortment of rescued strays. Contact Kim on kim@nurture.co.za or 0832619956
Sue Pace: Financial Goddess
Currently in the middle of Infertility Hell with IVF attempt number 440000, Sue is one of those rare anomalies – a blonde-haired domestic goddess who is both a Cordon Bleu Chef and a Whiz at Numbers. A perfect example of what happens to those nice Convent girls once they leave school; Sue now attempts some modicum of respectability by living a quiet(ish) life in the quaint town of Constantia with her six year old child-genius super rock star son and her equally talented husband John. Sue’s role is to collect the money, pay the money and tell us what to do. Contact Sue on sue@nurture.co.za or 0844132001
Helen de Pinto: Santa’s Little Helper
Helen is not only Santa’s Little Helper, but more importantly she is Nurture’s little helper. Sweeter than a Christmas Elf and harder working too, Helen fits in supporting Nurture’s donor team with her official duties as mother to 3 girls and wife to a mad Italian who loves her dearly. What’s not to love! If we had a wife, we would want her to be just like Helen. Nurture wouldn’t function if it wasn’t for Helen’s hard work and understated bossiness (what is it with the Nurture gals and being bossy???) Contact Helen on helendp@nurture.co.za
The Rocking Nurture Gals
Back row: Kim, Tash, Melany, Sue, Helen. Front: Tertia and Lara
Nurture Cares
Nurture cares about our country, our community and our children, and are a proud supporter of Ikamva Labantu who do amazing work to develop self-reliant and sustainable community-based organisations to facilitate positive social change.
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