‘I’m doing this because I’m running out of time ... I’m single ... can’t meet a man accepting of what I do’

At 37, Booby Tape founder, multi-millionaire Bianca Roccisano, wants a baby. And she’ll go to great lengths to make it happen.

Busy Bianca Roccisano is considering is travelling to Los Angeles and going through the baby-making process in the United States. Picture: Tony Gough

An entrepreneur who co-created a $20m a year global phenomenon fashion accessory has revealed the desperate measures she is investigating to realise a long-held dream of having a family while still managing a growing business empire.

Mildura sisters Bianca and Bridgett Roccisano created and built the hit brand Booby Tape into an international must-have fashion accessory. It is now sold in 60 countries and features at many a Hollywood red carpet event.

But desperate to also be a mother, Bianca Roccisano said working seven-days-a-week and travelling globally, had drawn her to the sad realisation women “can’t have it all”.

“I have always wanted to be a mother. I wanted to be married at 26 and have my first child by 30,” she said.

“But in reality it doesn’t always turn out how you plan.”

Bianca Roccisano has just begun an IVF journey after struggling to meet a partner. Picture: Tony Gough

Ms Roccisano, 37, says she has now begun investigating IVF options after struggling to find the time to develop a permanent relationship.

“I kept hoping that I would meet someone but what I do intimidates so many men,” she said.

“I’ve tried to date and I get told all the time that I’m not attractive because I’m too independent, to work focused.”

Worried her time to realise her dream of being a mother was running out, Ms Roccisano is now working with leading fertility specialist Lyn Burmeister and is exploring multiple options, including surrogacy.

“I’ve been trying to avoid IVF. It obviously wasn’t my preferred way to do things but it’s only in the past few months I’ve just decided that’s just the way that I’m gonna go,” she said.

“I’m doing this because I’m running out of time. It’s because I’m single. It’s because I can’t meet a man that is accepting of what I do.”

The gun businesswoman said it had became more obvious to her that “being a woman has its limitations”.

“I have no one supporting me, so I have to support myself and that means running my business, maintaining my household and now finding a way to become a mother,” she said.

Bianca Roccisano says children can be raised in a happy home with one parent. Picture: Supplied

“And I don’t think I shouldn’t be a mother because I work and I have a successful career.”

Ms Roccisano was originally hoping to be able to export her eggs to the US where paid surrogacy is legal, a plan that could have cost nearly $300,000.

While unpaid surrogacy is legal in Australia – with the surrogate often a family member – it is illegal to pay a surrogate or export eggs to a surrogate overseas, making it extremely difficult for women wanting to choose the option.

“Another option I’m considering is travelling to Los Angeles and going through the whole process over there,” she said.

“(Either way) It’s all going to take years.”

Ms Roccisano said she is lucky to be able to afford “a lot of help” with plans to recruit nannies most days, if and when a baby arrives.

“I was raised by nannies,” she said.

“We had nannies during the day, when mum came home at night, every night was a few hours of quality time together.

You can provide a baby in a healthy, happy home with one person.”

Leading fertility specialist Dr Lynn Burmeister said a growing number of professional women were choosing to have children through IVF, often with surrogates.

“It’s not the norm, but we’ve seen the number of single women going it alone to have a baby, often with a surrogate, double in the past five years,” she told the Herald Sun.

“People have so many choices now, so if they want to have a baby and don’t have a partner or cannot carry a baby themselves – for a variety of reasons – that’s no longer a barrier to parenthood.”

Dr Burmeister said “many women, and men” were delaying children because they don’t have a partner, are not ready or because they are busy with their careers.

“The average age of a first pregnancy is now 31, and that number is going up, so I think we will begin seeing more people choosing to have a baby without a partner.”