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HealthCommentsPremiumMum’s miracle Christmas baby after infertility heartbreak

After many years of fertility struggles, Amie Stone has welcomed the best early Christmas present she could have ever wished for. 

Claire Sadler

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opinion
Daniel SmithCommentsPremium
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Why ‘forever skills shortage’ should have us all worried

I have some sympathy for moves to reduce migration on environmental grounds, and to allow investment in housing to catch up. But, moves to cut skilled migration and discourage international students worry me.

Daniel Smith

double surprise VideoCommentsPremiumWA mum falls pregnant naturally then via IVF - 18 days apart

A Perth mum has described her shock at discovering she’d become pregnant twice in less than three weeks — in an extremely rare phenomenon recorded just 10 times worldwide.

Rebecca Le May

opinion
opinion
Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
opinion
Bluey tackles subject of infertility better than most

Trust Australia’s collective cartoon obsession, Bluey, to tackle the subject of infertility and somehow do it better in seven minutes than the average adult drama.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

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opinion
Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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Changes to WA’s laws on surrogacy are long overdue & welcome

Modern families no longer necessarily resemble the mum, dad and two kids dynamic that we still see on TV trying to flog us a KFC bucket or laundry detergent. Our laws should reflect that fact.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

Pregnant pauseCommentsPremiumWhy Australia’s baby drought has hit a new low

For years we have been warned that overpopulation is a problem. Now falling birth rates across the western world — which have hit a new record low for Australia — have been flagged as a cause for concern.

Kate Emery and Charlotte Elton

Fresh hopePremiumNew IVF technology gives Perth parents ‘miracle’ babies

Cutting-edge assisted reproductive treatment available in Perth results a in surge of live births.

Jessie Stoelwinder

HARD ROADPremiumPower couple reveal pregnancy after fertility fight

As one in six Australian couples of reproductive age turn to IVF, conversations about the journey are growing. Hoping they can empower others, Scott Nugent and Claire Ridley share their experience.

Di Bauwens

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Shock poll reveals vax anxiety’s impact on sperm donors

The term ‘future proof’ has taken on a new context with vaccine anxiety forcing some women to think about which man they choose to help make their family dream come true.

Kimberley Caines

Birth traumaThe trauma few mums talk about

Birth trauma is real. It affects one in three Australian women and can have a lasting impact on their lives.

Katie Hampson

Birth traumaThe traumatic births that haunt mothers

The birth of a child should be one of the happiest moments of a woman’s life - but for some it is an experience that leaves them psychologically scarred.

Katie Hampson

Maybe babyPremiumInfertility is uncensored in new podcast

Media identity Cassie Silver uses her IVF journey as a gateway to have candid chats

Jessie Stoelwinder

Coronavirus restrictionsVideoPremiumElective surgery ban’s dire consequences for IVF

A woman undergoing fertility treatment has called on the Morrison Government to relax its ban on elective surgeries so that IVF procedures can continue for desperate couples.

Kristy Mayr

Fertility newsPremiumDo you have an ovulation obsession?

If you’ve become obsessive about your ovulation and fertility, you’re not alone, but there’s more to understanding your cycle than you might realise

Jade Jurewicz

FertilityHope on the horizon

New technologies can already predict which genetic conditions might affect a child and that is just the start.

Katie Hampson

Fertility preservationParenthood on ice

Can couples buy themselves more time? Explore the latest in fertility preservation and what the experts have to say

Katie Hampson

baby joyPremiumfertility struggle a roller coaster of emotions

Parenthood was worth the wait for same sex couple.

Raquel de Brito

Baby stepsPremiumWhat the experts want you to know about IVF

No matter how your experience of infertility has played out, it’s likely IVF has crossed your mind at one time or another. If this is you, this is what the experts want you to consider.

Brooke Evans-Butler

IVF successPremiumYoung couple’s infertility battle

Just because you’re in your 20s doesn’t mean fertility isn’t an issue.

Raquel de Brito

Tick tockPremiumDo men have a biological clock?

It isn’t just women who are feeling the pressure of conceiving.

Raquel de Brito

Women’s healthPremiumWe need to talk about endometriosis

One in nine women are diagnosed with endometriosis, yet the disease continues to confuse and frustrate medical experts.

Jade Jurewicz

Fertility mythsPremiumGetting pregnant: 7 fertility myths and facts

To save a massive lifestyle or financial change, we have quizzed the medical experts on what fertility statements should be trusted and which ones should be ignored.

Jade Jurewicz