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Five years ago, Liz Tripodi nervously touched down in Georgia, on Russia's doorstep, to meet her newborn twins.
At the time, she knew no-one else who had been there to have a baby.
Now at least 400 Australian families have followed, turning the small eastern European country into an unexpected hub for commercial surrogacy.
"For my husband and I, it was a 13-year journey with infertility," Ms Tripodi said.
"We literally tried every treatment possible and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"The girls are the light of our lives — we wish we'd gone to Georgia and done it [surrogacy] sooner."
Georgia is one of the few countries in the world where it is legal to pay someone to carry your child — and its baby business is booming.
The country, which has a population roughly the size of Brisbane, is struggling to keep up with the demand for commercial surrogacy.
Ukraine used to be a hub for the industry, but Russia's invasion has seen surrogates and intended parents move to Georgia.
"At the moment we have around 250...
