Margaret Ambrose
Essential Victorian donor-linking service facing the axe
It's an authority that facilitates the sometimes tricky and emotionally charged path of connecting donor-conceived people and their...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 29
- 5 min
What Being A Single Mom Taught Me About My Own Mother
The reason my mum has been such an incredible support to me is that she knows exactly what I am going through.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 29
- 1 min
"I’m a single mum living in a sharehouse with other mums"
Welcome to ‘mummunes’ - communities of mothers deciding to live together for support and friendship.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Meet Australia’s First IVF Baby
For her 40th birthday, Candice Thum reflects on her life as Australia's first 'test-tube baby'
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 1 min
Inside the family violence refuges that are making sure everyone is safe – even pets
Five-year-old Hervey is entering a family violence refuge in the western suburbs of Melbourne with his family, frightened and bearing the...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 5 min
Have baby, will travel
When I told a good friend, and seasoned mother and traveller, that I was taking my newborn to Europe for two months...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 6 min
The story of the PM's mum must be a catalyst for change
It was a rags-to-riches story that titillated the Australian public and through a long, drawn-out election campaign was re-told...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech has empowered me – to speak up about her government’s shortcomings
On Tuesday night I was one of the almost 3,000 mostly women at the Victorian Arts Centre who rose from their seats in thunderous applause...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2023
- 2 min
Melbourne’s donor sperm drought
Melbourne fertility specialists are sounding the alarm about a shortage of sperm donors and are warning that the problem is set to get worse
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Margaret Ambrose
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
Why everyone should teach their kids about donor conception
At just 10 years, my daughter Greta can explain, in language appropriate to her age, donor conception.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Bluey episode that deals with infertility
It’s the Australian children’s show that is loved by parents as much as their kids.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Inside the refuges helping family violence survivors get back on their feet
A taxi pulls up in an ordinary street in an outer Melbourne suburb. A woman and small child get out, carrying only a couple of plastic...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Why universal healthcare is essential for single mothers
When I decided to become a single mother, there were a lot of things weighing on my mind — such as how it'd be to go through in vitro...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
Are infertile women the new enemy?
When Sally’s* best friend had to unexpectedly go into work on her day off, Sally offered to look after her son, James, aged two. She...
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Margaret Ambrose
- May 1, 2022
- 1 min
COVID-19 vaccine and fertility
All you need to know about vaccination and fertility.
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Neera Bhatia, Deakin University
- May 1, 2022
- 5 min
Thinking of using your super to pay for IVF?
People can access their superannuation early to pay for expensive fertility treatments such as IVF.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Mums who refuse to work for free
The work performed by mothers at home has traditionally been unpaid, but one unexpected by-product of lockdown, when everyone was working...
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Fiona Kelly
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Victoria’s egg and sperm bank will reduce the risks of seeking donors online. Here’s why it’s needed
The Victorian government’s budget announcement to fund a public egg and sperm bank will be welcomed by couples and single women.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
Women who choose parenting partners, not life partners
It’s called co-parenting or platonic parenting, and it’s when two or more people, not in a relationship, come together to raise children....
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
‘I started working two jobs’: The real cost of IVF
On average, in Australia the out-of-pocket costs of a single IVF cycle can range from $3400 to $4400, depending on the individual treatment.
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