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Sharri Gould, 34, has frozen her eggs and intends to give any she does not use to other women to help them start families.

Selfless, not selfish: Women who freeze their eggs happy to donate them

Young women who chose to freeze their eggs were once dubbed “selfish careerists”, a myth busted by new research showing most now intend to donate their eggs to other women.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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Demand for IVF services remains strong but providers acknowledge COVID normal is causing widespread interruptions to services.

Fertility firm boss happy to ‘have the chat’ with potential suitors

Monash’s CEO said the company would be happy to talk to firms about a takeover but said the stability of ownership had been a plus for recruitment.

  • Emma Koehn
Street Talk understands Monash IVF is considering a trip to equity markets.

IVF clinics look to remote consultations to bounce back from pandemic

Fertility treatments have been hit hard in the coronavirus crisis, but operators say they are finding a way through the patient backlog.

  • Emma Koehn
Lynn Burmeister is on a mission to shake-up Australia's IVF industry.

The controversial fertility specialist putting the va-va-voom into IVF

Melbourne “baby whisperer” Lynn Burmeister has a pink-infused and hyper-femme game plan to shake up Australia’s $550 million IVF industry. But not everyone’s tickled pink.

  • Melissa Fyfe
The Health Department says no patient privacy was compromised in a recent data breach.

Fears over patient data breach after cyberattack on Monash IVF

Monash IVF Group which is attached to clinics in six Australian states and territories, said scammers accessed emails, email addresses and address books belonging to a number of staff members in the targeted phishing attack. 

  • Melissa Cunningham
Nick donated sperm in 1996. It has been used to create 16 children to date. He's pictured with two teenage daughters.

Old sperm and international imports: Victoria has a donor shortage

Television producer Nick decided to donate sperm in 1996. Two decades and 16 offspring later, it's still in play.

  • Aisha Dow
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The only way to test your fertility is to try having a baby.

How the 'egg timer' test falsely feeds women's fertility anxieties

Women anxious about their ticking clocks are being led to believe that a flawed test can predict their ability to have a baby.

  • Kate Aubusson
'Dr Love' egg-freezing clinic targets young women and single Asians

'Dr Love' egg-freezing clinic targets young women and single Asians

Australia is set to get a new player in the fertility market, offering pay-as-you-go egg freezing to a new generation.

  • Aisha Dow
Giving up on your eggs: the last-ditch hope for older IVF mothers

Giving up on your eggs: the last-ditch hope for older IVF mothers

Manda Epton is part of an 'underground network' of would-be mothers in their late 40s and 50s using eggs donated by younger women to have their babies.

  • Kate Aubusson
Australia's IVF rates revealed: one in every 25 births an IVF baby

Australia's IVF rates revealed: one in every 25 births an IVF baby

IVF mothers and babies having elevated rates of complications, including miscarriage, caesarean and premature births.

  • Kate Aubusson

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