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Victoria’s egg and sperm bank will reduce the risks of seeking donors online. Here’s why it’s needed

January 17, 2022 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, IVF • Leave a Comment
The Victorian government’s budget announcement to fund a public egg and sperm bank will be welcomed by couples and single women who need donors to conceive.

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Why everyone should teach their kids about donor conception

December 20, 2021January 17, 2022 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

At just 10 years, my daughter Greta can explain, in language appropriate to her age, donor conception. But while Greta understands what a sperm donor is, her response is almost always met with, “What’s a donor?” Read More

How to survive the festive season when you’re still waiting for your greatest gift

November 20, 2020February 8, 2021 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

It’s those times that should be celebrated – social gatherings, family get-togethers, holidays and milestones – that can be particularly rough for those experiencing fertility problems.  Read More

And then there were seven

September 14, 2020 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, IVF • Leave a Comment

At one time, somewhere in Melbourne there were seven frozen embryos with my name on them. Since the births of my daughters, Greta and Rori, I hadn’t given the embryos much thought. Every six months I would get a bill for their continued upkeep, and I would think of them then. Read More

IVF in Europe: what’s legal and where

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

Although IVF and donor conception is now legislated in almost all European countries, a new study has revealed just how large the difference between countries is – did you know that egg donation is illegal in Germany? Read More

Staying power

July 1, 2020July 6, 2020 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, IVF • Leave a Comment

IVF getting too much? Thinking of throwing in the towel? According to the results of a recent study, you might want to hang in there just that little bit longer.

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What if you discovered you shared 50% of your DNA with your mother’s fertility specialist?

September 13, 2019October 7, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Comments Off on What if you discovered you shared 50% of your DNA with your mother’s fertility specialist?

This is what has happened to scores of donor-conceived people in the Netherlands, where a fertility doctor has been accused of using his own sperm to inseminate patients without their consent. Read More

Baby Hatches: safe option or dangerous experiment?

September 4, 2019September 7, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Pregnancy & baby • Leave a Comment

The discovery of an abandoned baby invariably leaves a community seeking answers, but two cases in Sydney in the space of one week at the end of last year has led to some asking a new question: is it time baby hatches were introduced into Australia? Read More

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High Court rules on donor/dad case

August 16, 2019September 7, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured • Leave a Comment

The High Court of Australia has ruled in the case of a sperm donor who argued he should be considered the legal father because he was involved in the child’s life.

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Meet the men who donate sperm on Facebook

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

An increasing number of men are going online to make arrangements to donate sperm through Facebook or connection websites. Read More

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