An increasing number of men are going online to make arrangements to donate sperm through Facebook or connection websites. Read More
Donor conception
Sometimes it takes three to make a baby. Sometimes it takes four. And sometimes it takes one and someone that person has never met. Donating your sperm or eggs so that another can experience parenthood is one of life’s great acts of giving. It also poses unique challenges and rewards.
IVF win for Victorian women split from their spouse
In a breakthrough for reproductive rights, women in Victoria who are separated from their partners, but not divorced, will no longer have to get their estranged spouse’s permission to access IVF. Read More
Can a sperm donor be a dad?
The High Court of Australia will soon decide if sperm donors can also be dads. Read More
The search for donor dads
In 2016, a law was passed in Victoria that, if you believed some in the media, was going to have a group of men dreading a visit to the mailbox. Read More
IVF: Are two embryos better than one?
Most people undergoing fertility treatment will tell you IVF is a numbers game – and the number you want is almost always high: number of viable eggs, sperm count, pregnancy hormones. But on the question is it better to transfer one or two embryos, the jury has remained out. Now, new research may have the answer. Read More
Uterus donation giving women new hope
A mother in the USA who struggled with infertility for years is hoping to make the dreams of another woman come true by donating her uterus. Read More
Australia one step closer to ‘three person IVF’
Australia could be on the brink of legalising “three-person IVF”, a procedure which is hoped will prevent babies from being born with debilitating and potentially deadly genetic diseases. Read More
Fifi Box pregnant with donor conceived child
Radio presenter Fifi Box is raising awareness of the joy that donor conception brings to single women by announcing the news that she is pregnant with her second child. Read More
When you should freeze your eggs and why it matters
Thinking about freezing your eggs? Well, according to new research, the sooner you do it the better. Read More
The crowd-funded IVF baby
With many couples sacrificing their life savings to IVF, and others being priced out of treatment all together, people are looking at new ways to fund their treatment. One couple crowd-funded their IVF on Facebook. Read More