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: The Ring Leader

Smallest in stature, but biggest in terms of Being Responsible, Lara’s role is to ensure that all the boxes are ticked when it comes to looking after our precious recipients and donors.  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: Ex Surrogate Sister and now Dream-maker

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 ran our surrogacy program. Sadly for all, surrogacy agencies are no longer allowed in South Africa so we’ve moved her into the Donor Dream Team and she will be assisting Tertia in matching the perfect donor to the perfect recipient. 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

Jacci Lotter: Deputy Donor Diva

Welcome to Jacci, the newest, youngest and sweetest member of our team. Jacci joins the Donor Diva Department and her role is to recruit and support donors.  We asked Udo, her much adored husband to describe Jacci in a few words and this is what he came up with:  “You are like a fiery flying serpent”.  Sounds about right (well, the fiery bit, not so sure about the serpent bit!).  Currently in the midst of her own infertility struggle, wears her heart on her sleeve and gets mighty fiery about things that need doing to help loved ones… which translates to her being a real mother-hen with donors! Perfect for them, perfect for us. Contact Jacci on jacci@nurture.co.za

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 helen@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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