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
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Staying power
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.
Police checks for IVF patients scrapped in Victoria
People undergoing IVF in Victoria will no longer be required to pass police and child welfare checks before being approved for treatment. Read More
Frozen VS Fresh
It’s been a long-held belief that fresh embryos have a greater chance of resulting in a pregnancy than frozen ones, but new research is turning this theory on its head. Read More
The baby conceived one year after her mother was born
A mum in the United States is reported to have given birth to a baby born from the oldest frozen embryo ever to be carried to term. Read More
Lexie’s Village: transfer day
When a woman going through IVF finally becomes pregnant, there’s joy and happiness – but still one question remaining: what should we do with the left over embryos? Read More
Frozen embryos: know the facts
So you’ve gone through an IVF cycle and you have more than one embryo – what happens next? Read More
40 years after the birth of IVF, researchers push boundaries
Tears are a regular occurrence in a fertility clinic. Tears of joy, tears of frustration, tears of loss happen almost daily. For some, those tears are the tears of “what if.” What if I had tried to get pregnant sooner? What if I had known then what I know now? Read More
Everything you need to know about your eggs
The more you know about your eggs, the better you will understand your fertility, says Dr Andy Stamatiou, fertility specialist at City Fertility Centre. Read More
What will you do with your leftover embryos?
I always knew that 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… Read More