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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

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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Police checks for IVF patients scrapped in Victoria

April 6, 2020April 21, 2020 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Comments Off on 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

May 21, 2019July 4, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

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

January 30, 2019March 4, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

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

December 26, 2018February 2, 2019 by Margaret Ambrose • Donor conception, Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

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

December 15, 2018December 26, 2018 by Margaret Ambrose • Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

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

August 2, 2018September 17, 2018 by Margaret Ambrose • Featured, IVF • Leave a Comment

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

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Latest Articles

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

    January 17, 2022
  • Why everyone should teach their kids about donor conception

    December 20, 2021
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