Croissants and egg freezing:What a consultant on $130,000 spends in a week

Croissants and egg freezing:What a consultant on $130,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,we meet a diarist with severe endometriosis and adenomyosis who spends $9796 on fertility treatments and finishes four books.

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‘I’d really love to meet you one day’:A sperm donor’s message to his progeny

‘I’d really love to meet you one day’:A sperm donor’s message to his progeny

Gone are the days when the identity of donors was a tightly guarded secret – and this biological dad couldn’t be happier.

  • byGary Nunn
‘Thousands of lives in one shell’:Gaza’s IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike

‘Thousands of lives in one shell’:Gaza’s IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike

When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December,it destroyed more than 4000 embryos,plus 1000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilised eggs.

  • byAndrew Mills,Imad Creidi andSaleh Salem
Forget sky-high migration,Australia’s got bigger population problems
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Forget sky-high migration,Australia’s got bigger population problems

Much has been made of Australia’s recent migration boom. But the real issue is much bigger and much closer to home.

  • byShane Wright
Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

More women and girls suffering complex medical conditions like cancer will have access to cheaper reproductive care after Queensland became the latest state to announce public funding for fertility treatments.

  • byJacob Shteyman
Scientists looked at 1 million Sydney births. Extreme heat was a problem
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Pregnancy

Scientists looked at 1 million Sydney births. Extreme heat was a problem

Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures are more likely to have a premature baby,a new analysis found,sparking a push for more green space in cities.

  • byAngus Thomson andMegan Gorrey
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Ruling that frozen embryos are children sparks fight over women’s reproductive rights

Ruling that frozen embryos are children sparks fight over women’s reproductive rights

It was an unprecedented decision that US President Joe Biden described as “outrageous and unacceptable”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
The costly IVF technique being unnecessarily sold to thousands

The costly IVF technique being unnecessarily sold to thousands

A procedure designed for severe male infertility is increasingly being sold to couples where the man has no or only moderate fertility issues.

  • byAisha Dow andHenrietta Cook
‘I’ll try for the dragon’:Why Chinese births are expected to spike this year

‘I’ll try for the dragon’:Why Chinese births are expected to spike this year

The most recent Year of the Dragon in 2012 saw Singapore’s birth rate skyrocket to a five-year high. Will we experience the same in Australia?

  • byJewel Topsfield
The groundbreaking Australian scientists growing human eggs outside the body

The groundbreaking Australian scientists growing human eggs outside the body

Research that helped one Melbourne mum have her own biological twins after cancer is being expanded to give other people more ways to have babies.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Baby Frankie brings joy early as his parents wish for peace in the new year

Baby Frankie brings joy early as his parents wish for peace in the new year

Courtney Wheeler was one of the 6500 mums to give birth at Australia’s largest public maternity hospital where the babies came in all shapes and sizes.

  • byWendy Tuohy