IVF patients eligible for $2000 rebate in new scheme

IVF patients eligible for $2000 rebate in new scheme

From October 1,NSW patients at private clinics undergoing IVF and other assisted reproductive treatments can claim $2000 cashback in an Australia-first scheme.

  • byMary Ward

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How one family made the difficult decision to give the gift of life

How one family made the difficult decision to give the gift of life

Although there are nearly 57,000 embryos stored in Victoria for future IVF treatment,donors are in huge demand. One Melbourne family has shown how the imbalance could be addressed.

  • byWendy Tuohy
US couple sues fertility clinic,saying they had to abort a stranger’s baby

US couple sues fertility clinic,saying they had to abort a stranger’s baby

The ordeal started after the couple learned last year that they were expecting a baby girl,only to be told after tests that they were not the biological parents.

  • byAndrea Salcedo
‘My heart is so full’:Surrogate baby Eli makes Victorian history

‘My heart is so full’:Surrogate baby Eli makes Victorian history

Eli Resnik’s father hopes his story will give other aspiring solo parents reason not to give up hope.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Controversial IVF bill passed after conscience vote

Controversial IVF bill passed after conscience vote

Groundbreaking IVF technology aiming to prevent mitochondrial disease has been given the green light.

  • byDana Daniel
How more awareness could help prevent an IVF ‘kick in the guts’
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How more awareness could help prevent an IVF ‘kick in the guts’

Severe cases of a common IVF side effect increased by 40 per cent in just one year as fertility treatments and egg freezing boom in Victoria.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
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Virtus inks $706m deal with CapVest after lengthy takeover battle

Virtus inks $706m deal with CapVest after lengthy takeover battle

The Australian IVF operator has sealed a takeover deal with UK-based private equity firm CapVest after a bidding war with local investor BGH Capital.

  • byEmma Koehn
‘So many babies,none of them mine’:Not having a child when you dearly want one

‘So many babies,none of them mine’:Not having a child when you dearly want one

Dealing with stereotypes on top of the particular kind of grief that comes from wanting a child and not having one leads to a deep internal reckoning.

  • bySian Prior
‘An inherent human instinct’:Australia’s baby business gets bigger and bigger

‘An inherent human instinct’:Australia’s baby business gets bigger and bigger

Fertility treatment providers are predicting an IVF boom as we emerge from the pandemic,and private equity is taking notice.

  • byEmma Koehn
Andrews apologises for IVF pause,promises ‘positive news’ soon

Andrews apologises for IVF pause,promises ‘positive news’ soon

The Victorian government says it is working hard to resume in vitro fertilisation procedures in hospitals,after the Prime Minister said pausing IVF should be a last resort.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Hundreds of ‘solo mums by choice’ join COVID fertility treatment boom
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Hundreds of ‘solo mums by choice’ join COVID fertility treatment boom

There has been a steep increase in demand for IVF and other fertility treatments as Victorians bring forward their baby plans in the pandemic.

  • byAisha Dow