Fly-in fly-out workers are fast-becoming one of the largest patient groups at West Australian fertility clinics as demanding swings cause couples to miss their chances at conceiving naturally.
Claire Sadler
Jessica Boam has given birth to one child through IVF but under current laws, her remaining viable embryos to carry a second child cannot be transferred to her wife, Claire.
Jessica Page
After many years of fertility struggles, Amie Stone has welcomed the best early Christmas present she could have ever wished for.
I have some sympathy for moves to reduce migration on environmental grounds, and to allow investment in housing to catch up. But, moves to cut skilled migration and discourage international students worry me.
Daniel Smith
A Perth mum has described her shock at discovering she’d become pregnant twice in less than three weeks — in an extremely rare phenomenon recorded just 10 times worldwide.
Rebecca Le May
Trust Australia’s collective cartoon obsession, Bluey, to tackle the subject of infertility and somehow do it better in seven minutes than the average adult drama.
Kate Emery
Modern families no longer necessarily resemble the mum, dad and two kids dynamic that we still see on TV trying to flog us a KFC bucket or laundry detergent. Our laws should reflect that fact.
For years we have been warned that overpopulation is a problem. Now falling birth rates across the western world — which have hit a new record low for Australia — have been flagged as a cause for concern.
Kate Emery and Charlotte Elton
Cutting-edge assisted reproductive treatment available in Perth results a in surge of live births.
Jessie Stoelwinder
As one in six Australian couples of reproductive age turn to IVF, conversations about the journey are growing. Hoping they can empower others, Scott Nugent and Claire Ridley share their experience.
Di Bauwens
The term ‘future proof’ has taken on a new context with vaccine anxiety forcing some women to think about which man they choose to help make their family dream come true.
Kimberley Caines
Birth trauma is real. It affects one in three Australian women and can have a lasting impact on their lives.
Katie Hampson
The birth of a child should be one of the happiest moments of a woman’s life - but for some it is an experience that leaves them psychologically scarred.
Media identity Cassie Silver uses her IVF journey as a gateway to have candid chats
A woman undergoing fertility treatment has called on the Morrison Government to relax its ban on elective surgeries so that IVF procedures can continue for desperate couples.
Kristy Mayr
If you’ve become obsessive about your ovulation and fertility, you’re not alone, but there’s more to understanding your cycle than you might realise
Jade Jurewicz
New technologies can already predict which genetic conditions might affect a child and that is just the start.
Can couples buy themselves more time? Explore the latest in fertility preservation and what the experts have to say
Parenthood was worth the wait for same sex couple.
Raquel de Brito
No matter how your experience of infertility has played out, it’s likely IVF has crossed your mind at one time or another. If this is you, this is what the experts want you to consider.
Brooke Evans-Butler
Just because you’re in your 20s doesn’t mean fertility isn’t an issue.
It isn’t just women who are feeling the pressure of conceiving.
One in nine women are diagnosed with endometriosis, yet the disease continues to confuse and frustrate medical experts.
To save a massive lifestyle or financial change, we have quizzed the medical experts on what fertility statements should be trusted and which ones should be ignored.
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