New guide for diagnosing gestational diabetes
Guidelines on the diagnosis of gestational diabetes will be overhauled in Australia amid concerns too many low-risk pregnant women are being subject to monitoring and treatment with unclear benefits.
Fertility
If we value children, should we subsidise the cost of egg freezing?
More and more women are choosing to store eggs to ‘protect’ their fertility. But with the cost rising, is it time for us to consider an egg bonus?
Birthing study reveals ‘safest time’ to have a baby
Research has dispelled women’s fears around induction of labour as experts declare 39 weeks the ‘optimum time to have a baby’.
‘Weird, icky feeling’: Parents’ anxiety after embryo bungles
Two embryo mix-ups by Monash IVF have shaken confidence in the assisted reproductive technology sector. What does it mean for the future of IVF?
Longevity is now a factor when picking an embryo for IVF
In the United States, DNA analysis predicts the likelihood of age-related conditions such as heart disease and cancer.
Monash IVF admits second embryo transplant bungle
Fertility company Monash IVF has reported a second major bungle in which the wrong embryo was implanted into a woman, prompting governments to urgently examine regulation of the sector.
Women on Mounjaro ‘cannot rely on contraceptive pill’, say UK health officials
So-called skinny jabs have been associated with a mini ‘baby boom’ after apparently reducing the effectiveness of the oral contraceptive pill.
‘Our 20th IVF cycle worked’: the case for freezing your eggs
Everyone’s reason for choosing to freeze their eggs is different. Three women who have undertaken the process tell how they began, and share their hopes and fears | READ AND WATCH THEIR STORIES
Fertility rates are plummeting — fortunately, we have migrants
Australia’s fertility rate today is half what it was at the peakof the baby boom, with single-child households and childlessness more socially acceptable options now than a generation ago.
Combing through the causes of postpartum hair loss
Shedding light on this surprising, yet completely normal, side effect of childbirth, from minimising fall out to treatments for growth.
Unions seek IVF, vasectomy leave
Workers could take paid leave for IVF treatment, vasectomy recovery and prostate or breast cancer screening under a new push for 10 days reproductive leave a year.
Tummy tucks and IVF: how super cash is leaking away
Money is pouring out of superannuation – legally and illegally – as savers move to tap their savings long before retirement.
Super and IVF: Whose money is it, anyway?
An industry fund has broken ranks from the mantra that superannuation money is strictly for retirement by highlighting how its members can access early super for IVF treatment.
Pre-term births at highest in Top End
First Nations women in the Top End of the Northern Territory experience some of the highest rates of premature birth in the world, new research has found.
Billion dollar babies: Fertility clinics in growth phase
Fertility clinic revenues are outperforming the economy and set to climb, led by demand for egg freezing by women like Olympic triathlete Emma Jeffcoat.
IVF embryos a new divorce war front
Many IVF contracts do not include any provisions about what to do with frozen tissues in the event a relationship breaks down or one of the parents dies.
Frozen eggs ‘as good as fresh’
As more women than ever choose to freeze their eggs, advances in IVF techniques mean survival and fertility rates match those of fresh eggs.
Birth a solo effort when midwife can’t be found
After three decades of shutdowns, the lack of maternity services in rural and remote Australia is now a national crisis, with babies increasingly being born without healthcare on hand
The punishing reality of a middle-aged IVF dream
Seven years, 31 IVF attempts and $250,000. Suvi Mahonen, 48, and her doctor husband stopped at nothing to have a baby. But how far is too far?
How miracle baby Spencer survived Putin’s invasion
Baby Spencer – seven long years in the making – is the result of an epic IVF odyssey and extreme rendition of the rollercoaster ride tens of thousands of Australians embark on each year.
Paracetamol pregnancy risk far from certain: experts
Medical experts in Australia have cast doubt on the reliability of a study that links paracetamol use in pregnancy with sleep and attention problems in children.
Bub’s the word with help of new tech
An Australian artificial intelligence program designed to screen the quality of embryos during IVF is reducing the time and cost involved in achieving the pregnancy.
IVF dilemma few see coming
Desperate to conceive, Clara Pirani never considered what she’d do with her leftover embryos — or how tough the choice would be.
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