Hey blokes,if you want to have kids,get on with it. Your biological clock is ticking

Hey blokes,if you want to have kids,get on with it. Your biological clock is ticking

As a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist,I can tell you that declining birth rates are as much about male fertility as they are women’s.

  • byRaelia Lew

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Could Australia follow the US with a contraceptive pill at supermarkets?

Could Australia follow the US with a contraceptive pill at supermarkets?

The US has approved a non-prescription contraceptive pill that will allow women to buy it from convenience stores without seeing a doctor.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Australia’s baby drought underscores challenges facing young workers
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Australia’s baby drought underscores challenges facing young workers

The fertility rate is near historic lows and there are signs it will fall further.

  • byMatt Wade
If a male contraceptive pill were to become a reality,could we trust blokes to take it?

If a male contraceptive pill were to become a reality,could we trust blokes to take it?

It’s hard enough to get most fellas to remember to hang up wet towels and take out the garbage.

  • byKathy Lette
WA widow wins court bid to have dead husband’s sperm frozen

WA widow wins court bid to have dead husband’s sperm frozen

The man,aged in his 20s,died in a tragic accident at his parent’s house when he cut an artery on a broken window. His wife then made an urgent application to the court.

  • byHeather McNeill
Why the state’s COVID baby boom is going bust

Why the state’s COVID baby boom is going bust

Fewer babies were born in NSW in the first three months of 2023 than in any year for more than a decade,with the average age of first-time mothers on the rise.

  • byLaura Banks andAngus Thomson
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‘Absolutely stunned’:Sperm counts are falling faster than ever

‘Absolutely stunned’:Sperm counts are falling faster than ever

Chemicals in tin can linings,cosmetics,teflon pans and on cushions have been linked to the steep decline in male fertility – and a potential “crisis in human reproduction” – but some experts question the findings.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Baby Maisie and her mum defy the odds

Baby Maisie and her mum defy the odds

Maisie Boyle was simply meant to be born. The extraordinary journey her mother went through to get her here is proof of that.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
‘Fertility queen’ and her IVF clinic sanctioned for breaching Ukraine egg ban
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‘Fertility queen’ and her IVF clinic sanctioned for breaching Ukraine egg ban

Dr Lynn Burmeister’s No.1 Fertility clinic has had significant conditions slapped on its registration by the regulator of the state’s IVF industry.

  • byAisha Dow
I was single and lonely at 39. By 43,I had my miracle baby

I was single and lonely at 39. By 43,I had my miracle baby

Some women don’t want children. Annoyingly,I did. Then one day a good man turned up.

  • byAnne Edmonds
More women are returning to their frozen eggs,as social media boosts the trend

More women are returning to their frozen eggs,as social media boosts the trend

The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has jumped as social media pushes the trend,and pregnancy success rates for those returning to use their eggs has increased dramatically.

  • byWendy Tuohy