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.
Shedding light on this surprising, yet completely normal, side effect of childbirth, from minimising fall out to treatments for growth.
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.
Money is pouring out of superannuation – legally and illegally – as savers move to tap their savings long before retirement.
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.
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.
Fertility clinic revenues are outperforming the economy and set to climb, led by demand for egg freezing by women like Olympic triathlete Emma Jeffcoat.
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.
As more women than ever choose to freeze their eggs, advances in IVF techniques mean survival and fertility rates match those of fresh eggs.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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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