Selfless,not selfish:Women who freeze their eggs happy to donate them

Selfless,not selfish:Women who freeze their eggs happy to donate them

Young women who chose to freeze their eggs were once dubbed “selfish careerists”,a myth busted by new research showing most now intend to donate their eggs to other women.

  • byWendy Tuohy

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Fertility firm boss happy to ‘have the chat’ with potential suitors

Fertility firm boss happy to ‘have the chat’ with potential suitors

Monash’s CEO said the company would be happy to talk to firms about a takeover but said the stability of ownership had been a plus for recruitment.

  • byEmma Koehn
IVF clinics look to remote consultations to bounce back from pandemic

IVF clinics look to remote consultations to bounce back from pandemic

Fertility treatments have been hit hard in the coronavirus crisis,but operators say they are finding a way through the patient backlog.

  • byEmma Koehn
The controversial fertility specialist putting the va-va-voom into IVF

The controversial fertility specialist putting the va-va-voom into IVF

Melbourne “baby whisperer” Lynn Burmeister has a pink-infused and hyper-femme game plan to shake up Australia’s $550 million IVF industry. But not everyone’s tickled pink.

  • byMelissa Fyfe
Fears over patient data breach after cyberattack on Monash IVF

Fears over patient data breach after cyberattack on Monash IVF

Monash IVF Group which is attached to clinics in six Australian states and territories,said scammers accessed emails,email addresses and address books belonging to a number of staff members in the targeted phishing attack.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Old sperm and international imports:Victoria has a donor shortage
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Old sperm and international imports:Victoria has a donor shortage

Television producer Nick decided to donate sperm in 1996. Two decades and 16 offspring later,it's still in play.

  • byAisha Dow
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How the'egg timer'test falsely feeds women's fertility anxieties

How the'egg timer'test falsely feeds women's fertility anxieties

Women anxious about their ticking clocks are being led to believe that a flawed test can predict their ability to have a baby.

  • byKate Aubusson
'Dr Love'egg-freezing clinic targets young women and single Asians
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'Dr Love'egg-freezing clinic targets young women and single Asians

Australia is set to get a new player in the fertility market,offering pay-as-you-go egg freezing to a new generation.

  • byAisha Dow
Giving up on your eggs:the last-ditch hope for older IVF mothers

Giving up on your eggs:the last-ditch hope for older IVF mothers

Manda Epton is part of an'underground network'of would-be mothers in their late 40s and 50s using eggs donated by younger women to have their babies.

  • byKate Aubusson
Australia's IVF rates revealed:one in every 25 births an IVF baby
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Australia's IVF rates revealed:one in every 25 births an IVF baby

IVF mothers and babies having elevated rates of complications,including miscarriage,caesarean and premature births.

  • byKate Aubusson