‘Series of horrific events’: Boy tries to take own life over IVF bungle
An 11-year-old Queensland boy at centre of an IVF baby swap scandal was so traumatised, sparking demands for national legislation to end laboratory mistakes.
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‘Freaked out’ IVF parents consider drastic move after embryo debacle
Families that have used to Monash IVF to conceive are “freaked out” and “anxious” amid shock revelations of a second embryo bungle in just two months. Here’s what parents are considering.
‘Lively debate’: US doctor touches down to spruik gender selection
An influencer’s decision to travel to the US to select the sex of her baby sparked nationwide debate and a surge in interest about the practice. Now, her American doctor has touched down in Australia.
I spent $45k to pick the gender of my baby
Caitlin already has two sons and a daughter. But to balance her family, she joined the thousands of Australians that have flocked to the US for IVF sex selection.
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Former Monash director speaks out after IVF bungle
Renowned IVF pioneer Alan Trounson says the horror mix-up in which a woman gave birth to a stranger’s baby never should have happened.
I have ‘baby brain’ – it led to this frantic supermarket moment
I’m approaching the end of my third trimester and I’m starting to feel really pregnant. Tiredness, ‘baby brain’ and more involved hospital appointments are becoming the norm.
Shock laws could bar biological mum from her own baby after IVF bungle
Legal experts say the IVF scandal that saw a woman give birth to a stranger’s baby through Monash IVF could set a precedent for custody battles, with the biological parents potentially having no legal rights to their child.
Woman gives birth to stranger’s baby after horror IVF mix-up
Two families have been left furious and heartbroken after a woman unwittingly gave birth to another couple’s baby in a massive IVF bungle which saw her implanted with the wrong embryo.
$65k and we have no baby: Our surrogacy nightmare
An Australian couple paid $65,000 for an overseas clinic to make their parenting dreams come true — but instead, they say they have been subjected to an “emotional rollercoaster of failures”.
Big change for single women doing IVF
More people will be able to get Medicare rebates for IVF after the definition of infertility was expanded to include single women and same-sex couples.
Why I’m not telling anyone the name of my baby
In this chapter of Imogen’s pregnancy diary she reveals how her baby shower went and also why she’s keeping her son’s name a secret until he is born.
Advocate, agitator, survivor: What’s next for beloved GP
He helped lead the fight against Covid, survived a brutal attack on his life and has been a passionate advocate for patients and healthcare workers worldwide. So what’s next for arguably Australia’s best known family doctor?
‘State of shock’: Mum unable to properly grieve after baby death
The death of her newborn girl after just six weeks was the cruellest blow for a Sydney mother, yet the cancellation of her maternity leave forced her back to work despite her grief.
My paid parental leave ended before my baby was out of hospital
Baby Evelyn weighed just 600 grams when she was born and spent so long in hospital her mum’s paid parental leave had run out before they were home.
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